New series of Derry Girls hits Channel 4 tonight as its stars say farewell to their characters
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This has been like saying goodbye, but it’s not often you get to do exactly what you wanted to do. ”Looking back at the impact the show had, McGee described her pinch-me moment as when Derry Girls was referenced in The Simpsons.
I was a big Simpsons fan in the 90s, so it blew my mind, I can’t believe that happened. That and the mural (in Derry) were my two moments,” she said.
The story follows a group of teenagers growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1990s, around the time of the IRA and loyalist ceasefires.
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