Derry is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in Ireland. The earliest historical references date to the 6th century when a monastery was founded there by St. Columba or Colmcille, a famous saint from what is now County Donegal, but for thousands of years before that people had been living in the vicinity.
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Derry has its origins as a Christian Monastery dating back to the 6th Century A.D. which was founded on the hill of Doire, east of the River Foyle. According to ...
Derry is one of the longest continuously inhabited places in Ireland. The earliest historical references date to the 6th century when a monastery was founded ...
During the 19th Century, Derry was one of the main emigration ports from Ulster to the USA, a point remembered with the sculptures of Waterloo place and groups ...
6th Century AD: First mention of a monastery, but settlement is believed to stretch back many more centuries. The Irish name Doire, from which Derry derives ...