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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CH2_george-farquhar_Londonderry-AZ.html
Playwrightattended the Free Schoolnear this site
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CGZ_walker-memorial-pillar_Londonderry-Northern-Ireland.html
This monument was erected to perpetuate the memory of the Rev. George Walker, who, aided by the garrison and brave inhabitants of this City, most gallantly defended it through a protracted siege, viz., from the 7th Dec. 1688 O.S. to the 12th of Au…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CGY_royal-bastion_Londonderry-Northern-Ireland.html
The siege governorsThe Royal Bastion is associated with the city's four governors during the 1689 siege. Professional soldier Robert Lundy was unconvinced that the city could be defended against Jacobite attack. His indecisiveness and refusal to a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CGV_grand-parade_Londonderry-Northern-Ireland.html
Fourteen sycamoresThere are 14 sycamore trees on the Grand Parade, one for each of the 13 Apprentice Boys and one for James Morrison, their look-out on Ferryquay Gate. The fruit of the sycamore are like bunches of keys. They represent the keys of …
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/HM1CGJ_butcher-gate_Londonderry-MI.html
This was one of the four original gates of 1617. It was initially called the 'Nugate' or King's Gate, later being renamed Butcher Gate after the nearby meat market and slaughterhouse. The gate was nearly destroyed by cannon fire during the 1689 si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CGI_butcher-gate_Londonderry-MI.html
Two million gallons of whiskySmoke from illicit poteen whisky stills used to waft over the walls from the Bogside. Legal distilleries opened in the Waterside and in the Bogside in the 1820s. Watt's Abbey Street distillery became the largest in Ire…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CGH_castle-gate_Londonderry-MI.html
Constructed in 1803 this was the second of the three new gates into the city. Although originally named New Gate, by the mid 19th century it was known as Castle Gate after the medieval tower house built by the O'Doherty family.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CG7_castle-gate_Londonderry-TN.html
Demolish the wallsThe Maiden City withstood two sieges without its walls being breached. In the 18th century the city grew too big for its walls and increasingly houses and factories were built on the slopes below. Castle Gate (1803) was the secon…