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The form Londonderry is used for the post town by the Royal Mail; [35] however, use of Derry will still ensure delivery. The city is also nicknamed "the Maiden City" by virtue of the fact that its walls were never breached despite being besieged on three separate occasions in the 17th century, the most notable being the Siege of Derry of 1688 ...
The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the Old Irish Daire [8] (Modern Irish Doire [9]), meaning "oak-grove" or "oak-wood". [10]As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form "Londonderry" generally preferred by unionists and "Derry" by nationalists.
The earliest Irish name for the site of the modern city was Daire Calgaich, Old Irish for "oak wood of Calgach", after an unknown pagan. [5] [6] [7] John Keys O'Doherty, the Catholic Bishop of Derry from 1889 to 1907, sought to identify Calgach with Agricola's opponent Calgacus, [5] whereas Patrick Weston Joyce says Calgach, meaning "fierce warrior", was a common given name. [8]
Londonderry is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 60 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district , in the local government area of the City of Penrith .
This is a list of cities, towns, villages, parishes and hamlets in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. See the list of places in Northern Ireland for places in other counties. Towns are listed in bold .
Londonderry is a town in western Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. It sits between Manchester and Derry , the largest and fourth-largest communities in the state. The population was 25,826 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ]
Londonderry London + Daire: oak grove Mullennan Muilean: mill Pennyburn Either named after Pen y Bryn or (Irish/Scots) Pingine + (Scots) burn top of the hill or penny large stream/small river: Shantallow Sean Talamh: old land Sheriffs Mountain Springhill Springtown Termonbacca Tearmainn Bacach: sanctuary of lames/cripples
Londonderry was first chartered in 1770 to a Col. James Rogers and was known as Kent, which included what is now Windham. The town was again chartered by act of the new Vermont Legislature on April 20, 1780. In this charter, the township was named Londonderry after Londonderry in New Hampshire, [4] which in turn was named after Londonderry in ...