Day life Quote by Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

Obviously the Troubles is such a massive and important part of our history and it's not something 'Derry Girls' shied away from either.

— Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

I was one of the many kids in Northern Ireland who grew up in the countryside and had an idyllic childhood well away from…

— James Nesbitt

I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.

— John Hume

Derry Girls' is about more than just growing up in Derry. I think the humour translates to anywhere, really.

— Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.

— Clive Owen

The thirties were troublesome in Belfast, and then of course there was no work for people, and it was terribly religiously divided.

— Frank Carson

When my family moved from Ireland in the 70s, Britain was such a difficult place to be Irish. It was a decade of real…

— Maggie O'Farrell

It's an extraordinary thing, this tiny little province of Northern Ireland, where carnage happened. And I was part of it. I grew up in…

— Liam Neeson

Derry and Belfast slang has crept into my vocabulary.

— Dylan Llewellyn

“There were some places, and streets, where he did not venture since he had learnt that others had claims there greater than his own…

— Peter Ackroyd

I've always wanted to do my own little tribute to Derry and a tribute to the community and to the people who made me…

— Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

Derry Girls' was such a launchpad and we're all so appreciative.

— Dylan Llewellyn