Derry Girls' Good Friday Agreement refresher offers a timely reminder of what's at stake

The final episode of 'Derry Girls' did more to educate viewers in Britain about the Good Friday Agreement than in all their time in school.

Derry Girls cast: (L-R) Orla Mccool (Louisa Clare Harland), (James Maguire (Dylan Llewellyn), Deirdre Mallon (Amelia Crowley),Clare Devlin (Nicola Coughlan) , Sarah Mccool (Kathy Kiera Clarke),Erin Quinn (Saoirse Monica Jackson), Michelle Mallon (Jamie-Lee O'Donnell), Mary Quinn (Tara Lynne O’Neill), Gerry Quinn (Tommy Tiernan), Cara (Darcey McNeeley), Granda Joe (Ian McElhinney), Gerladine Devlin (Philippa Dunne).

“What if all this becomes a ghost story? A ghost story they’ll hardly believe?” posits Granda Joe, as Derry Girls comes to a fitting end with an hour-long special focusing on the vote that changed history: The Good Friday referendum. 

In between the laughter and 90s hits, writer and creator Lisa McGee’s clarion call was clear; we were given the gift of peace, now it’s our responsibility to protect it.