Manager John White of Derry’s Park Bar tells Laura McDaid why they were always more than happy to be considered an “oul’ man’s bar”

John White outside bar

John White outside bar

The thing about living in Derry is, there’s nowhere to hide. Everybody knows everybody, knows everything about everybody, and sometimes all I really want is to be simply left alone.”

So says Erin Quinn in the opening lines of the very first episode of Derry Girls.