The speaker on Wednesday 21st May 2025 was Mr Roddy Hackett reflecting on the life and times of the late Stephen McKenna, teacher, councillor and columnist. Roddy recalled that Stephen’s parents were both from Innisowen in Donegal and his father was a well-known footballer: they came to Omagh and lived initially in Castle Street. Stephen was educated at the local CBS School and later at Queens University, Belfast. At QUB he overlapped with poet Seamus Heaney and with Phil Coulter founded the Glee Club. He even made an appearance on University Challenge. He was intensely interested in the local history of Omagh and became well known for his weekly Raymond Na Hatta column in the Ulster Herald. Stephen was an inveterate traveller taking many vacations in Europe and trips as far afield as Texas.