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	Ireland Travel Guide: County Derry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A flat plain extends eastwards from Derry City, skirting Lough Foyle, to Limavady on the River Roe and the university city of Coleraine on the River Bann.
		Named after the Irish “doire” meaning “oak grove,” Derry is the second largest city in Northern Ireland, and is delightful, standing on a hill on the estuary of the river Foyle, which divides it in two.
		In 1613, Derry ’s charter gave it a mayor and corporation and added London to its name – a bone of contention with nationalists who are the majority in the area.
	www.authenticireland.com /travel_guide/derry.htm (695 words)

	Londonderry, United Kingdom
		Derry is the second city of Northern Ireland and its history is a long and tumultuous one.
		Derry was a key to this operation and English garrisons and colonies were established on the hill above the Foyle in 1566 and 1600.
		Derry was bombed by German planes, but the war years in general were kind: the port of Londonderry was one of the most important Allied harbours in Europe and the city was flooded with American and Commonwealth servicemen, adding a little glamour to otherwise grey years.
	worldfacts.us /UK-Londonderry.htm (3635 words)

	Derry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Derry is used by nationalists in Northern Ireland; the majority of unionists (though not all) preferring the city's official name, Londonderry.
		Derry is one of the longest continuously inhabited places in Ireland.
		Derry Urban Area (DUA), including the city and the neighbouring settlements of Culmore, New Buildings and Strathfoyle, is classified as a city by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population exceeding 75,000).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Derry (4317 words)

	Derry travel guide - Wikitravel
		Derry's history dates back over 1,450 years old, a lasting reminder of the early inhabitants of the area is the Iron Age fort, just over the border in County Donegal, known as the Grianan of Aileach.
		A lot of Derry’s sights are meshed with its history, the 16th Century walls which surround the city are among the oldest and the best preserved citidal walls in Europe.
		The county of Derry and nearby County Donegal have a wealth of green fields and sights to appeal to nature lovers.
	wikitravel.org /en/Derry (1701 words)

	Untroubled Waters Untroubled waters; Travel Northern Ireland Sunday Herald, The - Find Articles
		Derry, as it has been known officially since 1984, must be one of the fastest changing cities in the world.
		Derry's intriguing blend of ancient and modern is becoming an unlikely tourist attraction, with the city's tourist traffic increasing by a whopping 70 per cent in the last two years.
		Built in the early 17th century, it was from within the walls in 1688 that the Protestant citizens of Derry withstood the Catholic armies for 15 weeks in the longest siege in the history of these islands.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20000625/ai_n13948811 (877 words)

	BUG - Backpackers Guide to budget travel in County Derry, Northern Ireland
		Derry (called Londonderry by the British) is Northern Ireland's second largest city and is Ireland's only remaining completely walled city.
		Derry's Waterside Station is across Craigavon Bridge on the western side of the River Foyle.
		Derry's city walls date to the 17th century and have withstood several sieges including one that lasted for 105 days.
	www.bugeurope.com /destinations/ukni-derry.html (553 words)

	Derry City : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		Derry City is 118km (73 miles) NW of Belfast, 63km (39 miles) SW of Portrush, 113km (70 miles) NW of Armagh, 98km (61 miles) NE of Enniskillen, 232km (144 miles) NW of Dublin, and 354km (220 miles) NE of Shannon
		Derry was attacked by Sir Cahir O'Doherty in 1608, and virtually destroyed, but a year later King James 1 decided that enough was enough, and gave much of the land in and around the community to Protestant English and Scottish families.
		Happily, much of that seems to be behind Derry now, and it is emerging as one of the most promising centers of culture and commerce in Northern Ireland, and it's so attractive, friendly and historic that it's surely destined to become a major tourist mecca, once word gets out.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/derrycity/1346010001.html (994 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Derry destroy the All-Ireland champions
		Derry defender O'Kane rubbed their noses in it when he collected a Muldoon pass to point and put six between the sides for the interval.
		After Paddy Bradley had tagged on a free for Derry in the opening moments of the second half, Tyrone sparked a mini-revival with McMahon and Davy Harte, the nephew of manager Mickey, kicking their first points.
		The 28-year-old Muldoon put Derry in match-winning territory when he found himself unmarked on the edge of the square in the 48th-minute and netted past Pascal McConnell.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2006/0528/derry.html (739 words)

	Free Derry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Free Derry was the name given to the self-declared autonomous republican region of Derry, Northern Ireland, following the Battle of the Bogside of August 12-August 14, 1969.
		Facing pressure from police and the British Army, Free Derry was defended by the Irish Republican Army.
		The "No Go" area of Free Derry lasted around a year, before the security forces engaged in "Operation Motorman" and regained some degree of control, but it was a part of the ferment that achieved municipal home rule and civil rights in Derry by the mid-1970s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Free_Derry (336 words)

	History – Operation Motorman
		The introduction of internment in August 1971 lead to an upsurge in support for both wings of the IRA in Derry and within days Free Derry was again established in the city, encompassing the areas of the Bogside, Brandywell and Creggan.
		Free Derry also served as a secure base for operations throughout the rest of the city and its existence proved a consistent embarrassment both to the Unionist government at Stormont and the British Army.
		Seamus Bradley was wounded in the leg and bled to death whilst in the custody of British soldiers.
	www.museumoffreederry.org /history-motorman.html (461 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - GAA: Tohill miss costs Derry Ulster title
		An unfortunate last minute missed free by Derry captain Anthony Tohill cost his team a place in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final and handed Armagh their second Ulster title in as many years.
		Derry manager, Eamonn Coleman, who watched the match from the stand after he was banned from the sideline, resigned after the game.
		Derry were rewarded with an equalising goal from Johnny McBride on 61 minutes after a persistent spell of pressure.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2000/0716/football2.html (255 words)

	Derry
		Both integrated schools in Derry are in the Protestant area (Waterside) of Derry; one is by a RUC headquarters; the other is next to a mental hospital.
		From one vantage point, the Free Derry sign and its Republic of Ireland flag are juxtaposed with a RUC watchtower.
		The “Derry Civil Rights Association” banner (the one the was depicted in the mural; see above) hung on the wall of that room, with a description of the banner alongside.
	www.emory.edu /OXFORD/pierceprogram/docs/derry.htm (1999 words)

	UK Indymedia - Derry: More Protest at Bush visit
		Free Derry Corner has been an icon of the Civil Rights struggle in Derry for more than thirty years.
		Although the houses were demolished decades ago, the "Free Derry Corner Wall" was retained and has become a focal point for political activity in the Bogside area of Derry city.
		At midnight last night Derry anti-War activists dapped the wall in fl cloth to mark their disgust at the visit of George Bush to Northern Ireland and to mourn for the people killed in his name in Iraq.
	www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2003/04/61978.html (528 words)

	CAIN: Places: Free Derry Corner - "What does Free Derry Corner mean to you?"
		On 5 January 1969 the words "You Are Now Entering Free Derry" were painted on the gable wall of a terraced house in the Bogside in Derry.
		Alongside the photographs the book will contain a wide range of national and international opinion on the wall, and the publishers are appealing for anyone who feels they have something to say about Free Derry Corner to get in touch with them.
		To submit your opinion simply e-mail Guildhall Press [e-mail: info@ghpress.com] with your name and address and answer the question "What does Free Derry Corner mean to you?" in approximately 100 words.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /othelem/places/freederrycorner/appeal.htm (257 words)

	Mass turnout in Support of R9 at courthouse - Black Shamrock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		We associate ourselves with you, and with all in Derry who have been appalled by the war in the Middle East and the suffering on all sides, inflicted especially and most cruelly in recent weeks on the Arab people of Lebanon and Palestine.
		The Derry Anti-War Coalition believes that it was legally and morally justified to engage in non-violent direct action to highlight Raytheon’s role as war profiteers and to call for the closure of its offices in Derry.
		Derry Anti War Coalition is affiliated to the Irish Anti-War Movement and the Stop the War Coalition in Britain, and sees this action as an extension of the mass protests against war which we have helped organise, and have participated in, over recent years.
	www.blackshamrock.org /article/118 (951 words)

	EMU - Cross-Cultural: Ireland and Northern Ireland - Journal
		Derry is actually the last city that we stay in as a group.
		Derry is one of the few remaining European cities that still has its old stone walls intact.
		I found it particularly interesting that the 19th century hymn writer C. Alexander is from Derry, living inside the walls and across from Columba's Cathedral (her husband was an official in that church).
	www-personal.umich.edu /~bpl/journal4.htm (8672 words)

	Derry Photo Gallery by Jeff Flogel at pbase.com
		Derry was one of the political hotspots in N. Ireland.
		Bloody Sunday occured in Bogside, a neighborhood in Derry.
		I'm American, I visited Derry as a tourist, and I have no allegiance whatsoever to one side or the other.
	www.pbase.com /jflogel/derry (211 words)

	Derry / Londonderry City - Information and Maps
		Derry, or Londonderry as it is officially known, is a very historic city and one of only a few in Ireland whose city walls have survived the years of growth.
		At the last (1991) census, the population of the Derry Local Government District was approximately 69% Catholic.
		Note: one cannot state whether the walled city in Derry is Catholic or Protestant, as it is not a residential area.
	members.fortunecity.com /irish_history_and_more/geography/derry.html (715 words)

	The IRA: A History (excerpt) [Free Republic] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Then, engaged in the Derry march on October 5th, Hume said he saw clearly for the first time the raw hate in the eyes of the "police" -- the armed Royal Ulster Constabulary -- as they charged unarmed marchers, beat them bloody and then chased them with clubs flailing and water cannons at the ready.
		He stood at Derry's walls and proclaimed: "By this Agreement, the Irish government, nationalists, and republicans are saying that here, Londonderry, the city of Londonderry and indeed, the Bogside here behind me, are legitimately part of the United Kingdom [sic].
		In the Bogside area of Derry, the assailants were the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) -- the sectarian, militarized [colonial constabulary] "police" force that, to this day, is empowered by law to ensure Orange ascendancy and Unionist hegemony with brutal, deadly force.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a987ad428d1.htm (12281 words)

	Derry Tourist Guide - murals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The messages expressed by murals in Derry are intrinsically linked to their geographical location and the cultural and religious majorities living in those areas; therefore they not only reflect the current political climate but represent invaluable testaments to the city's turbulent history.
		Situated about 100 yards to the east of Free Derry Corner is a memorial to prominent local republican and civil rights activist Seán Keenan, who died in 1993.
		The group is famous for their murals in the area of Derry known as Free Derry Corner.
	www.visitderry.com /murals.htm (1345 words)

	The Bogside \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Derry City \| Frommers.com
		In the late 1960s and 1970s, protests were regular events here, as Derry became the center of the Catholic civil rights movement.
		The 30,000 residents of the neighborhood declared their area as "Free Derry," independent of British and local government.
		But the Free Derry Corner remains near the house painted with the mural reading "You are Now Entering Free Derry." Near that is a memorial to those I.R.A. members who died in hunger strikes in the 1970s.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/derrycity/A34811.html (417 words)

	fenian32: Free Derry period examined
		A new documentary on the historic Free Derry events of 1969 is to be screened by the BBC later this year.
		The nationalist population in the Bogside area of Derry took to the streets to confront the RUC in the wake of an Apprentice Boys parade in the city.
		The “battle” ended when, in an unprecedented step, British troops were deployed to Derry, a decision that was to shape the future of the North for more than 30 years.
	fenian32.livejournal.com /2239133.html (388 words)

	Derry 2, Ireland - Wander the Planet .net
		The Bogside is a nationalist neighborhood outside the city walls of Derry.
		It was originally painted in 1969 by local man the late John ‘Caker’ Casey with the words ‘You are now entering Free Derry’ during rioting after the Burntollet attack on a civil rights march.
		The main body of the march then moved to the 'Free Derry' corner to attend a rally but some young men began throwing stones at soldiers on William Street.
	www.wandertheplanet.net /Ireland/derry2.htm (593 words)

	Free Derry Museum A Step Closer As Planning Application Lodged - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, ...
		Plans to create a Museum of Free Derry took a step forward as the organisation behind it lodged a planning application to convert a row of four houses in the city.
		Referring to the area of the city known as the Bogside, Free Derry was, for a short period in the early 1970s, a no-go area for British forces in Northern Ireland.
		Symbolised by a mural painted in 1969 on the gable end of a terraced house stating 'You Are Now Entering Free Derry', the area drew international attention during the notorious Battle of the Bogside and Bloody Sunday.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /nwh_gfx_en/ART22289.html (989 words)

	Free Derry Corner, Derry - Northern Ireland - UK Attraction
		Probably the most famous and most visited political landmark in the world, Free Derry Corner attracts hundreds of tourists daily.
		The Free Derry wall was originally the gable wall of a house on the Lecky Road, the heart of the civil rights marches.
		On 5 January 1969 John ‘Caker’ Casey painted the words "You Are Now Entering Free Derry" on the wall.
	www.ukattraction.com /northern-ireland/free-derry-corner.htm (189 words)

	Derry Anti War Protestors Occupy & Decommission Raytheon Plant - 9 arrested 8 out on bail - Black Shamrock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It should be remembered that Derry is the birth place of the fl shamrock, whose powerful images owe much to the campaign against Raytheon.
		Derry Antiwar Coalition if calling for those who supporters the protesters to make their voices heard out side Derry Court House in Bishop Street from 9:30 am.
		She said during an eight hour stand-off, office equipment and computers were damaged or thrown out of the windows.A mainframe computer suffered £150,000 of damage and the total damage was in the region of £350,000.
	www.blackshamrock.org /article/97 (1835 words)

	The Bloody Sunday Tribunal -- The Wild Geese Today
		Derry, Northern Ireland -- March 30, 2000 -- The time was 4.52 pm on Sunday 26th March 2000.
		I was driving with Michael Bradley and his wife Mona from Dublin to Derry to participate in a candlelight procession from Free Derry Corner to Derry's Guildhall in advance of the opening of the new Bloody Sunday Inquiry, chaired by Lord Saville.
		Derry native Don Mullan, co-producer of the film "Bloody Sunday," is author of "Eyewitness: Bloody Sunday: The Truth" (Wolfhound Press 1997), which became an important catalyst in the victims' families' successful campaign for the establishment of a new "Bloody Sunday" inquiry.
	www.thewildgeese.com /pages/saville.html (1459 words)

	'Bloody Sunday' Jan 30, 1972
		Bloody Sunday' refers to Sunday Jan 30, 1972 in Derry, Northern Ireland when 13 civilians were shot dead and a further 13 injured during a civil rights march protesting against internment.
		Most of the basic facts are agreed, however what remains in dispute is whether or not the soldiers came under fire first.
		(Confrontations between the Catholic youth of Derry and the British Army had become a common feature of life in the city and many observers reported that the rioting was not particularly intense).
	library.thinkquest.org /18666/history/sunday.htm (589 words)

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