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Cannon on the Derry Walls. The Bogside is on the left. The earliest references to the history of Derry date to the 6th century when a monastery was founded there; however, archaeological sites and objects predating this have been found. The name Derry comes from the Old Irish word Daire (modern: Doire) meaning 'oak grove' or 'oak wood'.
Derry city walls. Derry's walls, also known as the Walls of Derry, were originally built by the Irish Society between 1613 and 1619, under the supervision of the London builder and architect Peter Benson. They were built with the intention of protecting the Scottish and English planters that had moved to Ulster as part of the Plantation of ...
Derry. Derry, [a] officially Londonderry, [b][8] is the largest city in County Londonderry, the second-largest in Northern Ireland [9][10] and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. [11] The old walled city lies on the west bank of the River Foyle, which is spanned by two road bridges and one footbridge.
Derry Township is a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 24,796 at the 2020 census , [ 3 ] an increase over the figure of 24,679 tabulated in 2010. Hershey , the site of the well-known Hershey's chocolate factory and its affiliated amusement park , is located within the township.
Free Derry (Irish: Saor Dhoire) [1] was a self-declared autonomous Irish nationalist area of Derry, Northern Ireland that existed between 1969 and 1972 during the Troubles. It emerged during the Northern Ireland civil rights movement , which sought to end discrimination against the Irish Catholic /nationalist minority by the Protestant ...
South Maitland coalfields. The South Maitland coalfields was the most extensive coalfield in New South Wales until the great coal mining slump of the 1960s. It was discovered by Lieutenant-Colonel William Paterson 's party when they were engaged in an exploratory visit to the Hunter Valley during July 1801. Mention has been made that coal was ...
So IT: Welcome to Derry follows suit. The main storyline plays out in 1962, which is the year the Black Spot burned down, while the book places that particular tragedy in the 1930s.
Pages in category "History of Derry (city)" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...