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St Columb's Cathedral, August 2009. St Columb's Cathedral in the walled city of Derry, Northern Ireland, is the cathedral church and episcopal see of the Church of Ireland's Diocese of Derry and Raphoe.
The changes to the Roman Catholic liturgy in 1962/1964 meant that the sanctuary of the cathedral had to be reorganised. In May 1964 a temporary wooden altar was placed in the sanctuary to accommodate the mass being said in English and facing the congregation.
The local newspapers, the Derry Journal (known as the Londonderry Journal until 1880) and the Londonderry Sentinel, reflect the divided history of the city: the Journal was founded in 1772 and is Ireland's second oldest newspaper; [53] the Sentinel newspaper was formed in 1829 when new owners of the Journal embraced Catholic emancipation and ...
St Columba's Church, Long Tower is a Roman Catholic Church in the Diocese of Derry.It is located in the heart of the city of Derry in Northern Ireland.. The present church is built on the site of Roman Catholic worship which goes back as far as the 12th century.
Londonderry London + Daire: oak grove Mullennan Muilean: mill Pennyburn Either named after Pen y Bryn or (Irish/Scots) Pingine + (Scots) burn top of the hill or penny large stream/small river: Shantallow Sean Talamh: old land Sheriffs Mountain Springhill Springtown Termonbacca Tearmainn Bacach: sanctuary of lames/cripples
Kilrea (/ k ɪ l ˈ r eɪ / kil-RAY, from Irish Cill Ria, meaning 'church on the hill') [1] [2] is a village, townland and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.It gets its name from the ancient church that was located near where the current Church of Ireland is located on Church Street looking over the town.
The Glenshane Pass (from Irish Gleann Seáin 'Shane's valley') is a major mountain pass cutting through the Sperrin Mountains in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is in the townland of Glenshane Pass on the main Derry to Belfast route, the A6 .
Draperstown (/ ˌ d r ɛ p ər z ˈ t aʊ n, ˌ d r iː p ər z-/) [3] is a village in the Sperrin Mountains in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.It is situated in the civil parish of Ballinascreen and is part of Mid-Ulster district.