Tourists give their views on Derry Girls mural new pub awning.
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00:00So Faye you've come here today to see the mural? Yes this was my first stop on my list. Oh really?
00:06Is it your first time in the city? Yes it is, it's my first time in Ireland and particularly I put
00:13Derry Girls mural in my list. Oh very good and whereabouts are you from yourself? I'm from
00:20Maryland, United States. All right and who's your favorite character in Derry Girls? Claire. Claire?
00:26She's a very big hit here today like with everybody. Yeah she's a bit of um she's a
00:31good girl but does come under pressure with her friends. I can relate to that.
00:38And uh the mural itself are you quite impressed with it? I am it is you know it's very much how
00:44I've seen it in clips on the internet so I'm very pleased that you know I made the stop here. Oh
00:50very good and what do you think of the new awning that's been placed over with the bar and stuff?
00:56I actually feel like it's a little bit more um
01:00organized I guess like it less crowding around the mural in the back. Yeah and yeah it gets
01:06nice to have somewhere to sit as well like you know for people like for the side of the mural.
01:10You've watched the show yourself have you? Yes. All right and what do you think of it? I like it
01:15it's very funny. All right and you've heard about the mural before? Yeah we visited London Derry
01:20or Derry for the day and this was one of the things we wanted to come and see. Oh good stuff
01:24and then uh do you heard too about the Butterford counter vision? Yeah just recently yeah it looks
01:29pretty good isn't it? Yeah you're not a fan of it then? Well it's going to spoil the view.
01:34There's a couple of extra seats in the pub there's plenty of other seats elsewhere isn't it?
01:39It's not good. And uh do you think the mural is quite impressive as well? Yeah it's great.
01:45You're a fan of Derry Garage yourself? Yes I am. Yeah and it's one of the things that brought you
01:49here is that right? Yes I come from all the way from Melbourne Australia. No way. So yeah it's
01:54far away from home. And what do you like most about the show? Oh I think it's the humor it's
02:00the Irish humor it's the fact that it's such a it's such a serious subject of the war going on
02:06in the background but at the same time it's like these girls it's just make it funny.
02:11My favorite one is the nun the principal like oh my god she's hilarious. Sister Michael? Yeah yeah.
02:18The character yeah love it. And did you hear about the new onan in front of the mural as well?
02:23Like the new? No this one I didn't know about it I just knew about the mural. The mural?
02:27They've erected some seating area as well in front of it like so what do you think of the
02:32seating area like? Oh that's amazing. Yeah do you think it's handy that for people they sit down
02:37that's from the bar like you know? Oh beautiful that's beautiful yeah and it looks lovely.
02:43Margot can I just ask you what you think of the murals? Is this your first time seeing the mural?
02:47Unfortunately I never saw all of the program but you know I'll catch up with it eventually I'm sure.
02:52Have you seen any of it? I would have seen quite a bit of it yeah. Very good. Yeah. And do you think
02:57the onan detracts from what or do you think it's fine there because you can still see their faces?
03:02Yeah I mean they're all young men and I mean they've all done so well which is great to see
03:07you know. Do you think it's still? So what's going to be below there? That's part of the bar that
03:13is attached to. And do you think it detracts in any way or do you think it's fine you know like?
03:19I mean if it's raining it's it's handy just to look for but I mean it's a beautiful day today
03:25but as you say it would be nicer maybe just to see the full uniform. Yeah and you're a big
03:31Derry Girls fan then? I love it. Ah and you wanted to see this specifically here is it?
03:38Well of course you can still see it but I think maybe the pub got it wrong.
03:42Right on this occasion? On this occasion yes. And had you seen pictures of it before? Yes I had
03:50and I saw it on the news this morning or last night and I thought oh that's a terrible shame
03:55so I wasn't going to miss the opportunity to see it. Yeah. Maybe they could reconsider it because
04:00I think this is important to a lot of people who watch the Derry Girls and learn about
04:05Derry, London Derry, through the programme. And do you think it's it's become a tourist
04:11attraction and something you obviously heard about as well? Yep. Helen, so this is your first
04:17time seeing the mural today? Yeah first time in Derry. Right and you're here for a holiday is that
04:22right? We just landed actually about an hour ago. Oh right. And we're on our way over to
04:26over to um to Derry Girl. Oh very nice. It's just on route we thought we'd stop by.
04:33And you've watched the show have you? Yeah. Yep and did you like it? A few times yeah.
04:38And the mural what do you think of the mural itself? Yeah I think it's great yeah. Yeah
04:43and and just uh do you think the onan doesn't really affect it like or do you think it's a
04:49kind of does impact? It was better before it was there but it's still worth coming to have a look
04:52yeah you can still see their faces I suppose yep that's pretty hard