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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CMB_free-derry-corner_Londonderry-Northern-Ireland.html
On 5 January 1969, after a night of rioting and sustained police attacks on the Bogside, the words "You Are Now Entering Free Derry" were painted on the gable wall of 33 Lecky Road. This simple graffiti became the defining symbol of the civil righ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CL4_the-bloody-sunday-commemoration_Londonderry-Northern-Ireland.html
This mural was painted to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. A circle frames the faces of the 14 victims with the youngest in the centre. The circle is the symbol of wholeness, the goal of the healing process. Fourteen oak leaves, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJN_newmarket-street_Londonderry-Northern-Ireland.html
You are standing on the city walls. Newmarket Street slopes up and over the wall. The street was created in the mid 19th century on the site of the Smithfield Meat Market to allow carts to the new covered market.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJM_demi-culverin-cannon_Londonderry-Northern-Ireland.html
Livery Companies of theCity of LondonDemi-culverin (C9)Bore 4.8," Length 120,"Weight 3977lb
Sent to the city in May-June 1642 by theWorshipful Company of Mercers.Probably cast by John Browne at one of his works in Kent.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJL_newgate-bastion_Londonderry-Northern-Ireland.html
The first shotOn 13th April, 1689 the first shot of the siege was fired. Citizens on the walls spotted the vanguard of the Jacobite army approaching under Lieutenant General Richard Hamilton. To make his presence known, Hamilton fired a shot which…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJK_ferryquay-gate_Londonderry-Northern-Ireland.html
Locking the gatesIn 1688 James II proposed to replace the Protestant garrison in the city with Catholic troops. Rumours were rife that the citizens were to be massacred. Meeting in the Diamond, the city leaders could not make up their minds whethe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CHW_the-walled-city_Londonderry-Northern-Ireland.html
If 'stones could speak', what a story they would have to tell. Their voices still echo on the walls and in the city streets.
According to tradition St. Colm Cille chose the oak grove on top of the hill for his monastery in 546 AD. His community…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CHT_bishops-gate_Londonderry-Northern-Ireland.html
It was here that James II demanded entry to the city during the 1689 siege. The present gate was built at the suggestion of Bishop Hervey in 1789 to celebrate the centenary of the siege. The head facing Bishop Street represents the river Boyne cro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CHK_bishops-gate_Londonderry-Northern-Ireland.html
The centenary of the siegeIn 1789 the cannons roared in peace, the bells rang out and the Protestant and Catholic bishops processed together to St Columb's Cathedral to celebrate the centenary of the siege. To mark the event Bishop Hervey proposed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CH0_st-columba_Londonderry-Northern-Ireland.html
On this site of St Augustine's Church, St Columba built his Abbey circa 543AD, and departed from Derry down the River Foyle with his supporters to the Island of Iona in 563AD.