Around Derry in Old Photographs

Author: Maura Craig
Publisher: Britain in Old Photographs
ISBN: 9780752456270
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Derry is one of Ireland's most historic walled cities. It is also renowned for its picturesque location, straddling the River Foyle and having as its backdrop the magnificent Donegal Hills. Having withstood three sieges in the seventeenth century, today its walls remain intact and add to the uniqueness of Derry's heritage. Within the pages of this book, the city's rich history and heritage, its social and economic development are chronicled in often poignant pictures. Added to all this is the often controversial political image which Derry has projected over the years. This book will evoke cherished memories as it captures for ever the changing face of this beautiful city over the years.

Around Ireland

Author: Catherina Day
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
ISBN: 9780895268501
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Planning Derry

Author: Gerald McSheffrey
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 9780853237242
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description
The story of the making and eventual implementation of a city and regional plan for the Londonderry area makes fascinating reading. Published in 1968, just before the outbreak of the recent 'troubles', it became the basis for subsequent plans implemented by officials of the Northern Ireland Department of the Environment, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and dedicated community leaders. Their often heroic commitment to the future of the city and its environs transcends even the worst days of civil strife. The author was one of a small team that made the plan and he places it in context, explains how it came to be made and records the difficulties of planners working in the political circumstances that prevailed. Against the background of the general social, economic and physical conditions of the city and region, he focuses on the housing crisis before elaborating on the making of the plan in particular. Professor McSheffrey stresses that although the story may be of interest to planners and development professionals, it is not an academic study of the planning process. He hopes it will introduce general readers to the importance of planning and the complex social and ethical issues inherent in the process. Planning Derry for example, involved value judgements concerning people and political and religious views in Northern Ireland at the time, but he has tried to be objective and avoid bias or the espousal of a particular political viewpoint. The book is, above all, about the dedication of individuals who believed their planning efforts could make a difference and provide better living conditions and choices for the people of the area. McSheffrey concludes on an optimistic note concerning the future place of Derry in Ireland. As the peace process unfolds, he hopes that perhaps the people of Derry, as they continue to develop and rebuild their city, might become a symbol of liberation from the past and of expectations of a peaceful and prosperous future for all Irish people.

Derry Folk Tales

Author: Madeline McCully
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750966904
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
This lively and entertaining collection of folk tales from the County Derry is rich in stories both tall and true, ancient and recent, dark and funny, fantastical and powerful. Here you will find stories of mythical beasts such as the Lig-na-Paiste, banished by St Murrough to Lough Foyle; the dark tales of Abhartach, the Irish Vampire, and the reason a skeleton features of Derry’s coat of arms; the cautionary tale of the man who raised the Devil and who never spoke another word for the rest of his life; and, of course, the legends of the great St Columba, founder of the City of Derry, whose prayer reputedly still protects its inhabitants from ever being struck by lightening. These well-loved and magical stories, retold by professional storyteller Madeline McCully and richly illustrated with enchanting line drawings, are sure to be enjoyed and shared time and again.

The Little Book of Derry

Author: Cathal McGuigan
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750965835
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 141

Book Description
The Little Book of Derry is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about County Derry. Here you will find out about Derry’s history and archaeology, its arts and culture, its proud sporting heritage and its famous (and occasionally infamous) men and women. Through quaint villages and bustling towns, this book takes the reader on a journey through County Derry and its vibrant past.A reliable reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped into time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage and the secrets of this fascinating country.

The Nashua Directory

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nashua (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Derry Women Series Box Set Two

Author: Gerald Hansen
Publisher: Mint Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 709

Book Description
The story of the tawdry Floods and the hapless Barnetts continues! The Derry Women Series Box Set was such a hit, here's part two. Get set to binge on these three novels of family dysfunction and dark humor that will make you 'wince, gasp and fume,' according to comedian Colin Quinn. In Best Served Frozen, Static Cling and the spin-off Emergency Exit, all your favorites are here, from hardened matriarch Fionnuala Flood and her hardworking husband Paddy and their clan, ditzy Dymphna, player Lorcan, mini-thug Eoin, clever Siofra and odd toddler Seamus. From the other side of the pond, there is kind-hearted Ursula Barnett and her husband Jed, together with their daughter Gretchen, all still reeling from the lottery win. When these two families meet, sparks always fly. Who will get burned?

Derry City

Author: Margo Shea
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN: 0268107955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413

Book Description
Derry is the second largest city in Northern Ireland and has had a Catholic majority since 1850. It was witness to some of the most important events of the civil rights movement and the Troubles. Derry City examines Catholic Derry from the turn of the twentieth century to the end of the 1960s and the start of the Troubles. Plotting the relationships between community memory and historic change, Margo Shea provides a rich and nuanced account of the cultural, political, and social history of Derry using archival research, oral histories, landscape analysis, and public discourse. Looking through the lens of the memories Catholics cultivated and nurtured as well as those they contested, she illuminates Derry’s Catholics’ understandings of themselves and their Irish cultural and political identities through the decades that saw Home Rule, Partition, and four significant political redistricting schemes designed to maintain unionist political majorities in the largely Catholic and nationalist city. Shea weaves local history sources, community folklore, and political discourse together to demonstrate how people maintain their agency in the midst of political and cultural conflict. As a result, the book invites a reconsideration of the genesis of the Troubles and reframes discussions of the “problem” of Irish memory. It will be of interest to anyone interested in Derry and to students and scholars of memory, modern and contemporary British and Irish history, public history, the history of colonization, and popular cultural history.

Ireland For Dummies

Author: Elizabeth Albertson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470105720
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 508

Book Description
Explores the geography, history, culture and beliefs of Ireland and its people.

The Everything Travel Guide to Ireland

Author: Thomas Hollowell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1605501670
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 432

Book Description
There are few places on earth that compare to Ireland. From breathtaking landscapes to a unique culture steeped in history, Ireland is a tourist's ultimate destination.