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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.
County Londonderry. Contae Dhoire[3] is the Irish name; Coontie Lunnonderrie is its name in Ulster Scots. [4] County Londonderry (Ulster-Scots: Coontie Lunnonderrie), also known as County Derry (Irish: Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster.
Derry Urban Area. The Derry Urban Area ( Irish: Limistéar Uirbeach Dhoire) is the urban area that includes and surrounds the city of Derry in Northern Ireland, and is part of the Derry City and Strabane District Council area. It had a population of 93,512 in the 2001 census. It is the second-largest urban area in Northern Ireland (after ...
Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four components of the United Kingdom in terms of both area and population, containing 2.9% of the total population and 5.7% of the total area of the United Kingdom. It is the smaller of the two political entities on the island of Ireland by area and population, the other being the Republic of Ireland.
Towns in County Londonderry. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Populated places in County Londonderry. The NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) defines a town as having a population of 4,500 or more people (ref: Report of the Inter-Departmental Urban-Rural Definition Group – Statistical Classification and Delineation of Settlements ...
History of Derry. 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 ...
UK. Northern Ireland. County Londonderry. 54°55′41″N 6°55′30″W / 54.928°N 6.925°W / 54.928; -6.925. Dungiven (from Irish Dún Geimhin, meaning 'Gevin's fort') [1] is a small town, townland and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is near the main A6 Belfast to Derry road, which bypasses the town.
County Londonderry. 54°58′55″N 7°12′11″W / 54.982°N 7.203°W / 54.982; -7.203. Tamnaherin (possibly from the Irish: Tamhnach Caorthainn[1]) is a townland and small housing estate in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 123 people. It is situated within Derry and Strabane district.