Street Map Of Derry
The original name Doire means "a grove of oak trees" in the Irish language. Such places were sacred to the
pre-Christian Celts who inhabited Ireland. Later it became an important Christian settlement. In 563 C.E. Columb (Columba),
Abbot of Derry, left to carry the message of Christianity to the people of Scotland and played a key role in evangelizing
that country. His tomb and monastic foundation on Iona are among Scotland's most revered religious sites. In the Seventeenth
Century the city was developed with money invested by the city guilds of London, and Derry officially became Londonderry.
The Pale and the Great Lordships circa 1500 AD
The English Pale
The territorial
limits within which the English conquerors of Ireland held dominion
for centuries after their invasion of the country in 1172.
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