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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CG4_hangmans-bastion_Londonderry-DC.html
Bulwarks and bastionsWhen first built, the bastions were known as bulwarks, each called after a person associated with the city from King James I to the Governor of the Plantation. They were renamed during the 1689 siege. This is Hangman's Bastion…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CG3_magazine-gate_Londonderry-DC.html
Fire powerMagazine Gate takes its name from the Plantation city's gunpowder store. The mixture of saltpetre, sulphur and fine charcoal had to be kept very dry as it easily absorbed water. A barrel of gunpowder and a pile of shot was placed beside …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CFR_guildhall-square_Londonderry-AL.html
City under siegeThe city was twice besieged for over a hundred days. In 1649 the garrison held out against royalist troops during the English Civil War. Forty years later the city supported Protestant William III against Catholic James II in their…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CFQ_free-entire-and-perfect_Londonderry-AL.html
A city fit for war and merchandise...for ever a free, entire and perfect city and county of itself, to be called the city and county of Derrie.Charter from James I, 1604
One City...Fifty NamesAll of the city's names over the centuries refer bac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CFD_the-walled-city_Londonderry-TX.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/HM1CFC_shipquay-gate_Londonderry-TX.html
This was one of the four original 17th century gates to the city. It had a watch tower, battlements and a portcullis. The carvings on the outside of the present gate, built between 1803-5, celebrate the city's wealth. The cornucopia is a symbol of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CFB_war-memorial_Londonderry-TX.html
In memory of all those from andwithin the city and districtwho have lost their livesas a result of war and conflict
In Memory of all thosekilled by weapon systemsproduced within thisCity & District
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CFA_michael-browning_Londonderry-TX.html
Near this spot was landed the body ofMichael BrowningMaster of the shipMountjoyof Londonderry - killed in action at the breaking of the boom, July 28th 1689.o.s. while leading the van of the relieving squadron against the forces of James II & Loui…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CEZ_jane-ross-and-danny-boy_Limavady-WI.html
It was in Limavady thatthe famous melody "Danny Boy"was noted down by Jane Rossfrom a tune played by a blind streetfiddler named Jimmy McCurry
Oh Dan-ny Boy, the pipes, thepipes are calling from glen to glenand down the mountain side...