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City of Derry airport is the main regional airport for County Donegal, County Londonderry and west County Tyrone as well as Derry City itself. The airport is served by Loganair and Ryanair with scheduled flights to Glasgow Airport , Edinburgh Airport , Manchester Airport , Liverpool John Lennon Airport [ 157 ] and London Stansted all year round ...
On this occasion the English managed to hold on to Derry and, when the war came to an end in 1603, a small trading settlement was established and given the legal status of city. During the 1608 O'Doherty's Rebellion , this 'infant city' was attacked by Sir Cahir O'Doherty , Irish chieftain of Inishowen , and the settlement was virtually wiped out .
Derry City Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach Dhoire; Ulster-Scots: Derry Cittie Cooncil) [1] was the local government authority for the city of Derry [a] in Northern Ireland. It merged with Strabane District Council in April 2015 under local government reorganisation to become Derry and Strabane District Council .
Glentoran, Cliftonville, Larne and Derry City are among the clubs expected apply for a share of the £36.2m available.
Derry City or City of Derry may refer to: Derry, officially Londonderry, a city in Northern Ireland; Derry City Council, the local authority 1973–2015 for a district including the city; City of Derry Airport, in Eglinton, County Londonderry; Derry City F.C., an association football club; City of Derry R.F.C., a rugby union club
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]
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Derry City and Strabane is a local government district that was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the City of Derry District and Strabane District. [3] It covers most of the northwest of Northern Ireland .