County Derry (Bed and Breakfasts Derry, Ireland) is one of the longest continuously inhabited places in Ireland. The earliest historical references date to the sixth century A.D. The name Derry (Self Catering, Derry, Ireland) derives from the old Irish word Daire meaning an oak grove. Derry (Accommodation, Derry, Ireland) is an old, beautiful city, set in a surrounding landscape of unparalleled natural beauty and diversity.
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.
About 3 miles to the east of Derry (Self Catering, Derry, Ireland) is the small glen of Lincairn. This gorge is 100 ft. deep and about two-thirds of a mile long, and has a level bottom. This must have been an overflow channel begun at a time when the Faughan valley had 250 ft, of ice in its bed, thus obstructing the drainage in that direction. The curious steep-sided pools that are met with in the gravels and sands on the right bank of the Foyle Kettle-hole, two miles N.E. of Derry (Accommodation, Derry, Ireland) north of Derry, mark the places where lobes of ice became separated from the main body of the glacier. Sands and gravels were deposited over and around them, and afterwards when melting took place, these kettle holes, as they are called, were formed. At the close of the glacial period the land was higher than now, for we have, in addition to the geological evidence, that of the relict fauna and flora, for believing that a land connection with Norway remained after that with the Continent by way of France was broken. Then came a depression that allowed the sea to re-enter certain of the river valleys of the north. Carlingford Lough was thus invaded, and Belfast Lough extended farther to the west than now, and the estuarine clays on which the lower part of Belfast now stands were laid down. An old shore line can be traced from Belfast round the Derry and Derry (Holiday Apartments, Derry, Ireland) coasts, showing that at this time the sea stood some 25 ft. higher than it does to-day. Afterwards, an uplift occurred that brought the sea to its present position and exposed the stumps of ancient forest trees and the peat of formerly submerged bogs.