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[19] [20] [21] The name was changed from Derry in 1613 during the Plantation of Ulster to reflect the establishment of the city by the London guilds. [22] [23] Derry has been used in the names of the local government district and council since 1984, when the council changed its name from Londonderry City Council to Derry City Council. [24]
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]
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 .
Personal name Corr + town: Corrs town Craignahorn: Creag na hEorna: rock of the barley Crossreagh: Crois Riabhach: grey cross Glebe An Ghléib: area of land granted to a clergyman as part of his benefice Island Doo: Oileán Dubh: black island Island Flackey: Islandmore Lower: Oileán Mór: big island Killygreen Lower: Choillidh Gréine: sunny ...
NH 128 is the main north–south route through Londonderry, entering from Windham in the south and terminating at NH 28 in North Londonderry. It is known locally as Mammoth Road. Interstate 93 crosses the eastern side of Londonderry from south to north. There are two exits to access Londonderry: Exit 4 (NH 102) and Exit 5 (NH 28).
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. Unlike with the city, however, there has ...
Across the pond, in a suburb of South Yorkshire, the long-suffering residents of Butt Hole Road couldn't take the jokes visiting tourists and back-side baring teens any longer.
Kilrea (/ k ɪ l ˈ r eɪ / kil-RAY, from Irish Cill Ria, meaning 'church on the hill') [1] [2] is a village, townland and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.It gets its name from the ancient church that was located near where the current Church of Ireland is located on Church Street looking over the town.