Derry
Foyle River city
Derry is a city in Northern Ireland, also known as Londonderry—the name itself a political marker, with nationalists preferring Derry and unionists Londonderry.
The city sits on the River Foyle and is known for its well-preserved 17th-century walls.
We drove up to Derry for the weekend.
Violent suppression of civilians
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- IRATax-advantaged retirement fund
- British ArmyUK's land warfare branch
- internmentWartime civilian imprisonment
sectarianism · Catholic · Protestant · paramilitary · Sinn Féin · peace process · Good Friday Agreement · murals
Large flowing watercourse
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- salmonPink-fleshed migratory fish
- tidalOf sea rhythms
- quayWaterfront loading platform
waterfront · Guildhall · marina · riverbank · crossing · Waterside · shipbuilding · port
Protective fortress walls
- bastionsFortified defensive positions
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
- cannonLarge mounted gun
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
gates · watchtower · parapet · garrison · heritage · landmark · walkway · seventeenth-century
Systematic British settlement in northern Ireland
Wholeness through cohesion
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
- integrationCombining into a whole
Bloody Sunday
Violent suppression of civilians
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- IRATax-advantaged retirement fund
- British ArmyUK's land warfare branch
internment · sectarianism · Catholic · Protestant · paramilitary · Sinn Féin · peace process · Good Friday Agreement · murals · barricades
river
Large flowing watercourse
quay · waterfront · Guildhall · marina · riverbank · crossing · Waterside · shipbuilding · port
ramparts
Protective fortress walls
- bastionsFortified defensive positions
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
- cannonLarge mounted gun
battlements · gates · watchtower · parapet · garrison · heritage · landmark · walkway · seventeenth-century · preserved
Plantation of Ulster
Systematic British settlement in northern Ireland
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- charterFounding organizational document
- guildsCraftsmen's mutual aid societies
Jacobite · cathedral · medieval · settlement
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
- Irish PlacesCork, Galway, Waterford, Belfast, Kilkenny
- Northern IrelandBelfast, Antrim, Newcastle, Troubles, Strangford Lough
- DerryGuildhall, Bloody Sunday, The Troubles, Waterside, Rosemount
- Irish Border TownsMiddletown, Garrison
- IrelandDublin, Cork, Irish, leprechaun, Galway
- CountiesCork, Dublin, Kerry, Galway, Mayo
DerryDublin
Irish capital city
the Republic · Cork · Galway · Letterkenny · Donegal
- Derry GirlsTroubles-era teen comedy