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Cannons of the Walls of Derry. The walls are lined with 22 cannons from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, other cannons can be found displayed elsewhere in the city. [8] Derry boasts the largest collection of cannons whose precise origins are known, with many of them being used during the Siege of Derry.
Cannon on the Derry Walls. The Bogside is on the left. The earliest references to the history of Derry date to the 6th century when a monastery was founded there; however, archaeological sites and objects predating this have been found. The name Derry comes from the Old Irish word Daire (modern: Doire) meaning 'oak grove' or 'oak wood'. [1]
The siege of Derry in 1689 was the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland. The siege was preceded by an attempt against the town by Jacobite forces on 7 December 1688 that was foiled when 13 apprentices shut the gates.
Derry is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 34,317 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] Although it is a town and not a city, Derry is the most populous community in Rockingham County and the 4th most populous in the state.
The Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire is a two-story, clapboard, connected farm built in 1884. [5] It was the home of poet Robert Frost from 1900 to 1911. Today it is a New Hampshire state park in use as a historic house museum. [6] The property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Robert Frost Homestead. [3]
The large political gable-wall murals of Bogside Artists, Free Derry Corner, the Foyle Film Festival, the Derry Walls, St Eugene's and St Columb's Cathedrals and the annual Halloween street carnival [191] are popular tourist attractions. In 2010, Derry was named the UK's tenth 'most musical' city by PRS for Music. [192]
The Taylor Mill State Historic Site is a state park of New Hampshire located in 71-acre Ballard State Forest in Derry, Rockingham County, in the southeast part of the state. The site was created to protect the 1799 sawmill known as Taylor Up and Down Sawmill. [2] The site is located on Island Pond Road, east of downtown Derry.
The Matthew Thornton House is a historic house and National Historic Landmark in Derry, New Hampshire. It was from 1740 to 1779 the home of Matthew Thornton, a Founding Father and signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. The main block of the house has a roughly square footprint and has the classic New England saltbox shape. It is five ...