Commemoration of Frances Molloy at Museum of Free Derry

22 Nov 2025

Dr Laura Kennedy organised and introduced '40 Years On: The Legacies of Frances Molloy’s No Mate for the Magpie’, Saturday 22 November 2025 at the Museum of Free Derry, with the support of the Memory, Commemoration and Uses of the Past research cluster. The event was a brilliant success – we had a full house comprised of academics, students (from undergraduate to PhD level), a local book club, acclaimed booksellers, writers, editors, and publishers based in the North, and family members of Frances Molloy. The hope is that this event will help get the novel republished (it is currently out of print), as well as leading to an academic special issue.