00:00Hello, my name's Mays McGilligan, I'm a first year medical student.
00:09And where are you from? I'm from Mahra.
00:11Are you staying in Derry Free Air Force? I am, yes, I'm staying in the halls of Magazine Street.
00:16Lovely, and how are you staying in Derry so far?
00:19Yeah, I'm loving it. It's a very lively city. Everyone's really nice. Yeah, the Derry people are very friendly.
00:28Lovely, and have you been out to Tanya? Yeah, we've been out a couple of nights now.
00:35Any bars in particular? Yeah, we've been to the Thirsty Goat and Powder O'Donnell's and they're really good.
00:44That's it, introduce yourselves please.
00:47Yeah, so I'm Leah Newgarvey and I'm a first year medical student here in McGee.
00:52I'm Ryan Cattle, first year medical student here.
00:55Where are you from?
00:57I'm from Gheador in County Trinigal.
00:59And I'm from Kildare.
01:01And how are you finding Derry so far?
01:04Derry's lovely, I really, really like it. It's not too far from home for me, which I wasn't used to before.
01:10I was used to going up and down to Dublin, so it's really lovely to only have to pop over the road if I want to go home.
01:15But no, Derry itself is lovely. It's really, really nice.
01:18Yeah, it was a big move for me, but I really, really like it. It sounds really nice and I've been getting on really good.
01:23Have you been out in there at all? Have you explored a town yet? Or is that used to come?
01:28Explored wouldn't exactly be the word. We've gone out a couple of times, but we're creatures of habits.
01:33We go back to the one spot all the time, pretty much.
01:35Where's that?
01:36It's Paddy O'Donnell's, I hope we go to.
01:39What's that?
01:41I'm Ellie Mae Temple. I'm Telly McQuillan. Where are you from?
01:55I'm from Donegal, Leather County. I'm from Belfast.
01:58What do you see you're studying in Derry? Personalised Medicine. Personalised Medicine.
02:02Are you staying? Are you living in Derry? Yeah, I'm living in Derry. It's an off-campus accommodation.
02:07Yeah, I'm in Duncraig Inn. Lovely. And how have you been finding Derry so far?
02:11Really good, yeah. It's a lovely city. There's a good buzz around it.
02:15It's so nice. Everyone's like so jumpy. It's actually so funny.
02:19Yeah, everyone's so friendly and easy to get along with, so it's lovely.
02:22Have you just been out to town yet? The bars? Yeah, the Bentley and the Thirsty Goat so far.
02:27How do you find the life here? Good crowd, yeah. It's a lovely crowd like. Yeah.
02:31Alright, that's it. My name's Erin Kennedy. I'm Brooklyn. I'm Sophie.
02:36Where are you from? Matherfield. Strabane. Cookstown.
02:40And what do you see you're studying in? Law with Criminology. Law with Criminology.
02:44Law. And are you staying in Derry? Are you still living here?
02:49No, I'm travelling up. I commute. Great. Travelling.
02:52Are you just going to take some time to go into Derry's study? Maybe see a bit of the town at all?
02:57Yeah. I'm pretty, like, I know the town because I live 20 minutes up the road and it's a great place for uni students, especially freshers and all. The night knife's great.
03:07The night knife's great. You're going to take the all of you guys here at the all of the bars too?
03:11Yep. All the good bars, all the cheap places. Yeah. Me and Driver here.
03:17That's it. Yeah, perfect.
03:18Yes, so I'm Patrick Kean. I'm one of the information assistants working in the library.
03:23We're asking freshers, or staff members I guess now, do you have any advice for the freshers coming in here today?
03:29Oh, yeah. I mean, I would suggest coming to the library. That would be your best place to get some work done.
03:35We have multiple floors, different learning spaces for students. And yes, I would always say if you have any issues library related, just come directly to us. We'll get you all sorted.
03:44Are you from there yourself? I am, I am. Do you have any recommendations for the students of where you should go, maybe for a bite to eat or maybe even a bar?
03:53Yeah, I would say definitely try Clipper Key. That's been very fun. You know, they always have these different places that sort of pop-ups that you can go for.
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