Derry Ireland

Derry, a county of Ireland, province of Ulster, 40 m. long and 31 broad, bounded W by Donegal, N by the ocean, S and SW by Tyrone, and E by Antrim, containing 511,688 English acres, divided into 31 parishes. It sends 4 members to parliament. 1/4 seems to be bleak mountains and glens, and 1/2 of the remainder is mountainous. Potatoes are the principal crop; and in some parts oats, barley, flax, and rye, and some wheat are cultivated. Chief rivers, the Foyle or Green river, the Bann or White river, the Faughan, and the Roe. The linen manufacture flourishes through every part of the county. Derry (Holiday Cottages, Derry, Ireland) is home to the Sperrin Mountains.

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Derry (Holiday Homes, Derry, Ireland), one of the most historically rich counties in Ireland, has experienced a period of consecutive residency of a single culture for over 1500 years. In ancient times Derry (derived from the Gaelic word for Oak Grove, Daire) was a hallowed land to the Celtic people. The city of Derry was founded by St. Colmcille in 546.

In more recent history, Derry (Holiday Apartments, Derry, Ireland) has been a place of conflict when, starting in the 1600s, settlers from Scotland were moved into Northern Ireland as a result of the power vacuum that occured when the native Irish leaders of Ulster fled to continental Europe in what is known as the Flight of the Earls. At the time, Ulster had been the last region in Ireland to fall to the invading British forces.

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