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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CKA_demi-culverin-cannon_Londonderry-MN.html
Demi-culverin withRose and Crown (C12)Bore 4.5", Length 120"Weight 3417lbCast in 1590 by Thomas JohnstonFounder of iron ordnance toQueen Elizabeth I
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CK9_arthur-joyce-lunel-cary_Londonderry-MN.html
Novelistwas born here
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CK8_shipquay-gate_Londonderry-MN.html
'A city fit for war and merchandise'In 1600 Elizabeth I of England instructed Sir Henry Docwra to establish and fortify a new settlement on the Foyle. An explosion in the cathedral in 1567 had largely destroyed the town. Docwra and his 4200 troops…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CK7_water-bastion_Londonderry-MN.html
FeabhailThe river Foyle lapped against the Water Bastion until the late 18th century. The name Foyle probably arose because English-speaking settlers had difficulty saying the Irish 'Feabhail', used traditionally to describe the stretch of water f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CK6_the-walled-city_Londonderry-MN.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/HM1CGL_the-platform_Londonderry-MN.html
The Apprentice BoysFrom the early 18th century clubs have celebrated the role of the 13 apprentices who locked the gates of the city in December, 1688 rather than admit the new Jacobite garrison. Local architect, John Guy Ferguson, designed The Ap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CF1_magazine-gate_Londonderry-MN.html
Magazine Gate is the city's newest gate, built in 1865. At the same time the wall between Magazine and Shipquay Gates was raised by two metres and ornamental battlements added. A line of stonework on the outside shows the height of the original wa…