Derry, the Glossary
Derry, officially Londonderry, is the largest city in County Londonderry, the second-largest in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland.[1]
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473 relations: A2 road (Northern Ireland), A5 road (Northern Ireland), Aaron McEneff, Abolitionism in the United States, Aileen Morrison, Alex Attwood, Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim, All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Allies of World War II, Allstate Northern Ireland, Amanda Burton, Amelia Earhart, Anglicanism, Anglicisation, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Apprentice Boys of Derry, Arms industry, Arqiva, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Austins (department store), Ballybofey, Ballykelly, County Londonderry, Ballynagalliagh, Ballyoan Cemetery, Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Basketball Northern Ireland, Battle of Aughrim, Battle of Newtownbutler, Battle of Scarrifholis, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the Bogside, Battle of the Boyne, BBC, BBC News, BBC One, BBC Online, BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, BBC Radio Foyle, BBC Television, Belfast, Belfast Telegraph, Bernard Montgomery, Bishop Street Courthouse, Blazon, Bloody Sunday (1972), Bobby Sands, Bogside, Bogside Artists, Bonded warehouse, Brian Cowen, ... Expand index (423 more) »
- Cities in Northern Ireland
- County Londonderry
- County towns in Northern Ireland
- Derry (city)
- Port cities and towns in Northern Ireland
A2 road (Northern Ireland)
The A2 is a major road in Northern Ireland, a considerable length of which is often referred to the Antrim Coast Road because much of it follows the scenic coastline of County Antrim; other parts of the road follow the coasts in Counties Down and Londonderry.
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A5 road (Northern Ireland)
The A5 is a major primary route in Northern Ireland. It links the city of Derry in County Londonderry with Aughnacloy, County Tyrone via the towns of Strabane and Omagh. Just south of Aughnacloy is the border with the Republic of Ireland, where the A5 meets the N2 to Dublin. Between them the A5 and N2 are the main road link between County Donegal in the Republic and Dublin.
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Aaron McEneff
Aaron McEneff (born 9 July 1995) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Shamrock Rovers in the League of Ireland Premier Division, on loan from Australian club Perth Glory.
Abolitionism in the United States
In the United States, abolitionism, the movement that sought to end slavery in the country, was active from the colonial era until the American Civil War, the end of which brought about the abolition of American slavery, except as punishment for a crime, through the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified 1865).
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Aileen Morrison
Aileen Reid (née Morrison; born 15 June 1982 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is a professional triathlete from Northern Ireland who represented Ireland at the London 2012 & Rio 2016 Olympics.
Alex Attwood
Alexander Gerard Attwood (born 26 April 1959) is an Irish Electoral officer and former Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician who served as Minister for Social Development from 2010 to 2011, and Minister for Environment in the Northern Ireland Executive from 2011 to 2013.
Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim
Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim PC (Ire) (1615–1699) was a Catholic peer and military commander in Ireland.
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The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) (Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier inter-county competition in Gaelic football.
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Allies of World War II
The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.
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Allstate Northern Ireland
Allstate Northern Ireland, also styled as Allstate NI, is a company based in Belfast and Derry in Northern Ireland.
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Amanda Burton
Amanda Burton (born 10 October 1956) is a Northern Irish actress.
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart (born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer.
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
Anglicisation
Anglicisation is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into, influenced by or dominated by the culture of England.
Anglo-Irish Treaty
The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty (An Conradh Angla-Éireannach), commonly known in Ireland as The Treaty and officially the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and representatives of the Irish Republic that concluded the Irish War of Independence.
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Apprentice Boys of Derry
The Apprentice Boys of Derry is a Protestant fraternal society with a worldwide membership of over 10,000, founded in 1814 and based in the city of Derry, Northern Ireland.
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Arms industry
The arms industry, also known as the defence (or defense) industry, military industry, or the arms trade, is a global industry which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology.
Arqiva
Arqiva is a British telecommunications company which provides infrastructure, broadcast transmission and smart meter facilities in the United Kingdom.
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving twice as British prime minister.
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Austins (department store)
Austins was a department store in the Diamond area of Derry in Northern Ireland.
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Ballybofey
Ballybofey is a town located on the south bank of the River Finn, County Donegal, Ireland.
Ballykelly, County Londonderry
Ballykelly is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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Ballynagalliagh
Ballynagalliagh is a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Ballyoan Cemetery
Ballyoan Cemetery is a cemetery in Derry, Northern Ireland. Derry and Ballyoan Cemetery are Derry (city).
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Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough
Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, (9 June 1888 – 18 August 1973), styled Sir Basil Brooke, 5th Baronet, between 1907 and 1952, and commonly referred to as Lord Brookeborough, was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who served as the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from May 1943, until March 1963.
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Basketball Northern Ireland
Basketball Northern Ireland is the governing body for basketball in Northern Ireland.
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Battle of Aughrim
The Battle of Aughrim (Cath Eachroma) was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.
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Battle of Newtownbutler
The Battle of Newtownbutler took place near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1689 and was part of the Williamite War in Ireland between the forces of William III and Mary II and those of King James II.
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Battle of Scarrifholis
The Battle of Scarrifholis, also spelt Scariffhollis was fought on 21 June 1650, near Letterkenny in County Donegal during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
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Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II.
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Battle of the Bogside
The Battle of the Bogside was a large three-day riot that took place from 12 to 14 August 1969 in Derry, Northern Ireland.
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Battle of the Boyne
The Battle of the Boyne (Cath na Bóinne) took place in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II, and those of King William III who, with his wife Queen Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had acceded to the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1689.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.
BBC Online
BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.
BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend
BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend (R1BW) (previously known as One Big Weekend, for 2012 as Radio 1's Hackney Weekend, and for 2018 as BBC Music's Biggest Weekend) is a British music festival run by BBC Radio 1.
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BBC Radio Foyle
BBC Radio Foyle (BBC Raidió Feabhail) is a BBC Northern Ireland local radio station, serving County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the BBC.
Belfast
Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel. Derry and Belfast are cities in Northern Ireland and port cities and towns in Northern Ireland.
Belfast Telegraph
The Belfast Telegraph is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media, which also publishes the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent and various other newspapers and magazines in Ireland.
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Bernard Montgomery
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War.
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Bishop Street Courthouse
The Bishop Street Courthouse is a judicial facility in Bishop Street, Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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Blazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image.
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Bloody Sunday (1972)
Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, was a massacre on 30 January 1972 when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland.
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Bobby Sands
Robert Gerard Sands (Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh; 9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981) was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland.
Bogside
The Bogside is a neighbourhood outside the city walls of Derry, Northern Ireland. Derry and Bogside are Derry (city).
Bogside Artists
The Bogside Artists are a trio of mural painters from Derry, Northern Ireland, consisting of brothers Tom and William Kelly, and Kevin Hasson (b. 8 January 1958).
Bonded warehouse
A bonded warehouse, or bond, is a building or other secured area in which imported but dutiable goods may be stored, manipulated, or undergo manufacturing operations without payment of duty.
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Brian Cowen
Brian Bernard Cowen (born 10 January 1960) is an Irish former politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011.
Brian Friel
Brian Patrick Friel (c. 9 January 1929 – 2 October 2015) was an Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company.
Brigade Cricket Club
Brigade Cricket Club is a cricket club in Derry, Northern Ireland, playing in North West Senior League 1.
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Britain in Bloom
RHS Britain in Bloom is the largest horticultural campaign in the United Kingdom.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.
British Library
The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom.
Brooke Park
Brooke Park is a 3.88 acre (1.57 ha) Victorian park in the centre of Derry, Northern Ireland. Derry and Brooke Park are Derry (city).
Buncrana
Buncrana is a town in County Donegal, Ireland.
Burning of Derry
The Burning of Derry took place on 19 April 1608 during O'Doherty's Rebellion when Sir Cahir O'Doherty led a force of rebels to storm Derry in Ulster.
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Bus Éireann
Bus Éireann ("Irish Bus") is a state-owned bus and coach operator providing services throughout Ireland, with the exception of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area, where bus services are provided by sister company Dublin Bus.
C9TV
C9TV (Channel 9 Television) was a local television station based in Derry, Northern Ireland.
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Cahir O'Doherty
Sir Cahir O'Doherty (Cathaoir Ó Dochartaigh or Caṫaoir Ó Doċartaiġ; 1587–5 July 1608) was the last Gaelic Chief of the Name of Clan O'Doherty and Lord of Inishowen, in what is now County Donegal.
Carndonagh
Carndonagh is a town on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland, close to Trawbreaga Bay.
Carnmoney
Carnmoney is the name of a townland (of 456 acres), electoral ward and a civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
Catholic emancipation
Catholic emancipation or Catholic relief was a process in the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, and later the combined United Kingdom in the late 18th century and early 19th century, that involved reducing and removing many of the restrictions on Roman Catholics introduced by the Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and the penal laws.
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Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company
The Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company is an American publishing company.
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Charles I of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
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Charlie Nash (boxer)
Charlie Nash (born 1951 in Derry, Northern Ireland), is a retired Irish boxer.
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Chief (heraldry)
In heraldic blazon, a chief is a charge on a coat of arms that takes the form of a band running horizontally across the top edge of the shield.
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Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland (Eaglais na hÉireann,; Kirk o Airlann) is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion.
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CIÉ
italic, or CIÉ, is a statutory corporation of the Republic of Ireland, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for most public transport within the Republic and jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (which trades as Translink), for the railway service between Dublin and Belfast, via Drogheda, Dundalk, Newry and Portadown.
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City of Derry Airport
City of Derry Airport (Aerfort Chathair Dhoire), previously known as RAF Eglinton and Londonderry Eglinton Airport, is a regional airport located northeast of Derry, Northern Ireland.
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City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival
The City Of Derry Jazz And Big Band Festival is a jazz festival held annually in Derry, Northern Ireland.
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City of Derry R.F.C.
City of Derry Rugby Football Club is a rugby club, formed in 1881 in Derry, Ireland. Derry and City of Derry R.F.C. are Derry (city).
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City of Derry Tramways
The City of Derry Tramways was a tramway in Derry, Ireland that operated from 1897 until 1919.
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City of London
The City of London, also known as the City, is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the ancient centre, and constitutes, along with Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London and one of the leading financial centres of the world.
City status in the United Kingdom
City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom to specific centres of population, which might or might not meet the generally accepted definition of cities.
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Civil and political rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.
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Clare Crockett
Sister Clare Maria of the Trinity and the Heart of Mary, S.H.M. (born Clare Theresa Crockett; 14 November 1982 – 16 April 2016) was a Catholic nun and former actress from Northern Ireland.
Coleraine
Coleraine (from Cúil Raithin, 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; Irish Place Names, page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002.) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Colin Murphy (born 16 July 1968) is a Northern Irish comedian from Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland.
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Collins English Dictionary
The Collins English Dictionary is a printed and online dictionary of English.
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Columba
Columba or Colmcille (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission.
Connecticut College
Connecticut College (Conn) is a private liberal arts college in New London, Connecticut.
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Conor Murphy
Conor Terence Murphy (Irish: Conchúr Ó Murchú; born 10 July 1963) is an Irish republican Sinn Féin politician, who has served as Minister for the Economy of Northern Ireland since 2024.
County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic province of Ulster.
County Coleraine
County Coleraine, called the County of Colerain in the earliest documents, was one of the counties of Ireland from 1585 to 1613.
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County Donegal
County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region.
County Donegal Railways Joint Committee
The County Donegal Railways Joint Committee operated an extensive narrow gauge railway system serving County Donegal, Ireland, from 1906 until 1960.
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County Londonderry
County Londonderry (Ulster-Scots: Coontie Lunnonderrie), also known as County Derry (Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster.
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County Tyrone
County Tyrone is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland.
Craigavon
Craigavon is a town in northern County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Craigavon Bridge
The Craigavon Bridge is one of three bridges in Derry, Northern Ireland. Derry and Craigavon Bridge are Derry (city).
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Crescent Link Retail Park
Crescent Link Retail Park is a retail park located in the East side of Derry, Northern Ireland.
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Crest (heraldry)
A crest is a component of a heraldic display, consisting of the device borne on top of the helm.
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.
Crolly
Croithlí or Croichshlí (anglicised as Crolly) is a village in the Gaeltacht parishes and traditional districts of Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair) and The Rosses (Na Rossan) in the west of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland.
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Culmore
Culmore is a village and townland in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Derry and Culmore are Derry (city).
D. C. Heath and Company
D.
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Daily Mirror
The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper.
Damian McGinty
Damian Joseph McGinty Jr. (born 9 September 1992) is an Irish singer and actor.
Dana Rosemary Scallon
Dana Rosemary Scallon (born Rosemary Brown; 30 August 1951), known professionally as Dana, is an Irish singer, songwriter and politician.
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Dara Ó Briain
Dara Ó Briain (born 4 February 1972) is an Irish comedian and television presenter based in the United Kingdom.
Darron Gibson
Darron Thomas Daniel Gibson (born 25 October 1987) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Daryl Gurney
Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Das Kapital
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy (Das Kapital.), also known as Capital and Das Kapital, is a foundational theoretical text in materialist philosophy and critique of political economy written by Karl Marx, published as three volumes in 1867, 1885, and 1894.
David & Charles
David & Charles Ltd is an English publishing company.
Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI, An Roinn Bonneagair; Ulster-Scots: Depairment fur Infrastructure) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.
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Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)
The Department of the Environment (DOE or DOENI; An Roinn Comhshaoil; Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o tha Kintraside) was a devolved Northern Irish government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.
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Derry and District League
The Derry and District League is an amateur football league in Derry.
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Derry City and Strabane
Derry City and Strabane is a local government district that was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the City of Derry District and Strabane District.
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Derry City and Strabane District Council
Derry City and Strabane District Council (Comhairle Chathair Dhoire agus Cheantar an tSratha Báin; Ulster-Scots: Derry Cittie & Stràbane Destrìck Cooncil) is the local authority for Derry and Strabane district in Northern Ireland.
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Derry City Council
Derry City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Dhoire; Ulster-Scots: Derry Cittie Cooncil) was the local government authority for the city of Derry in Northern Ireland.
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Derry City Council, Re Application for Judicial Review
Derry City Council, Re Application for Judicial Review NIQB 5 is a 2007 High Court of Northern Ireland application for judicial review. Derry and Derry City Council, Re Application for Judicial Review are county Londonderry and Derry (city).
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Derry City F.C.
Derry City Football Club is a professional football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland.
Derry city walls
Derry's walls, also known as the Walls of Derry, were originally built by the Irish Society between 1613 and 1619, under the supervision of the London builder and architect Peter Benson.
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Derry GAA
The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Dhoire) or Derry GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland.
Derry Girls
Derry Girls is a British period teen sitcom set in Northern Ireland, created and written by Lisa McGee, that premiered on 4 January 2018 on Channel 4 and ran for three series.
Derry Journal
The Derry Journal is a newspaper based in Derry, Northern Ireland, serving Derry as well as County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.
Derry Urban Area
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Derry ~ Londonderry railway station
Derry ~ Londonderry railway station, also known as North West Transport Hub or Waterside railway station (formerly "Londonderry Waterside", and later just "Londonderry" railway station), is a railway terminus in Derry, Northern Ireland, on the east bank of the River Foyle, operated by Northern Ireland Railways and its 7th busiest station across the network with 952,126 passengers boarding or alighting at the station in the 2023/24 financial year.
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Derry, New Hampshire
Derry is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
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Derry, Pennsylvania
Derry is a borough in Westmoreland County in Pennsylvania, east of Pittsburgh.
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Diamond War Memorial
Erected in 1927, the Diamond War Memorial is located on The Diamond in the centre of Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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Dictionary of Irish Biography
The Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) is a biographical dictionary of notable Irish people and people not born in the country who had notable careers in Ireland, including both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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Diesel multiple unit
A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines.
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Diocese of Derry and Raphoe
The Diocese of Derry and Raphoe is a diocese of the Church of Ireland in the north-west of Ireland.
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Doire Colmcille CLG
Doire Colmcille CLG is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Derry, Northern Ireland.
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Donegal County Council
Donegal County Council (Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall) is the authority responsible for local government in County Donegal, Ireland.
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Drumahoe
Drumahoe is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Derry and Drumahoe are Derry (city).
Dual carriageway
A dual carriageway (BrE) or a divided highway (AmE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE).
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Dual gauge
In railway engineering, "gauge" is the transverse distance between the inner surfaces of the heads of two rails, which for the vast majority of railway lines is the number of rails in place.
Dublin
Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.
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DuPont
DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours.
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Eamonn McCann
Eamonn McCann (born 10 March 1943) is an Irish political activist, former politician and journalist from Derry, Northern Ireland.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport is an international airport located in the Ingliston area of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Edward Daly (bishop)
Edward Kevin Daly (5 December 1933 – 8 August 2016) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and author.
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Edward Pemberton Leach
General Sir Edward Pemberton Leach (2 April 1847 – 27 April 1913) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Edwardian architecture
Edwardian architecture usually means a Neo-Baroque architectural style that was popular for public buildings in the British Empire during the Edwardian era (1901–1910).
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Edwardian era
In the United Kingdom, the Edwardian era was a period in the early 20th century, that spanned the reign of King Edward VII from 1901 to 1910.
Electoral district of Londonderry
Londonderry is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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English Reformation
The English Reformation took place in 16th-century England when the Church of England was forced by its monarchs and elites to break away from the authority of the Pope and the Catholic Church.
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Enniskillen
Enniskillen (from Inis Ceithleann, 'Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Derry and Enniskillen are county towns in Northern Ireland.
Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan (born 30 May 1974) is an English DJ and producer of Turkish Cypriot descent.
Executive Office (Northern Ireland)
The Executive Office (TEO) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive with overall responsibility for the running of the Executive.
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Feargal Sharkey
Seán Feargal Sharkey (born 13 August 1958) is a singer from Northern Ireland.
Ferencvárosi TC
Ferencvárosi Torna Club, commonly known as Ferencváros, Fradi, FTC is a Hungarian professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football.
Field marshal (United Kingdom)
Field marshal (FM) has been the highest rank in the British Army since 1736.
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Foyle (Assembly constituency)
Foyle (Ulster Scots: Foyle) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Foyle (UK Parliament constituency)
Foyle is a constituency in Northern Ireland covering Derry, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
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Foyle Bridge
The Foyle Bridge is a bridge in Derry, Northern Ireland. Derry and Foyle Bridge are Derry (city).
Foyle College
Foyle College is a co-educational non-denominational voluntary grammar school in Derry, Northern Ireland. Derry and Foyle College are Derry (city).
Foyle Cup
The Foyle Cup is a youth soccer tournament held every year in Derry City, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Foyleside Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Derry, Northern Ireland.
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Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol
Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, (1 August 1730 – 8 July 1803), was an 18th-century Anglican prelate.
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Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg
Frederick Herman de Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg KG PC (6 December 1615 – 1 July 1690) was a German-born military officer and peer who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1689 to 1690.
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Free Derry Corner
Free Derry Corner is a historical landmark in the Bogside neighbourhood of Derry, Northern Ireland, which lies in the intersection of the Lecky Road, Rossville Street and Fahan Street. Derry and Free Derry Corner are Derry (city).
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Freedom of the City
The Freedom of the City (or Borough in some parts of the UK) is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community, or upon a visiting celebrity or dignitary.
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Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; Cumann Lúthchleas Gael; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and rounders.
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Gaelic football (Peil Ghaelach; short name Peil), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or football, is an Irish team sport.
Galway
Galway (Gaillimh) is a city in (and the county town of) County Galway.
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Garter Principal King of Arms
Garter Principal King of Arms (also Garter King of Arms or simply Garter) is the senior king of arms and officer of arms of the College of Arms, the heraldic authority with jurisdiction over England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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General (United Kingdom)
General (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank achievable by serving officers of the British Army.
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George Farquhar
George Farquhar (1677The explanation for the dual birth year appears in Louis A. Strauss, ed., (Boston: D.C. Heath & Co., 1914), p. v. Strauss notes that "Our sole source of information as to the time of his birth is the entry of his matriculation in the register of Trinity College" on 17 July 1694, where "His age is given as 17." Earlier biographers took this to mean Farquhar was in his 17th year—hence born in 1678—and Strauss favors this date.
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle KG PC JP (6 December 1608 – 3 January 1670) was an English soldier, who fought on both sides during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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George Paulet (1553–1608)
Sir George Paulet (1553–1608), also known as Pawlett, Pawlet, or Powlet, was an English soldier and administrator.
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George VI
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.
Georgian architecture
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.
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Gerry Anderson (broadcaster)
Gerard Michael Anderson (28 October 1944 – 21 August 2014) was a radio and television broadcaster for BBC Northern Ireland.
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Gerrymandering
In representative electoral systems, gerrymandering (originally) is the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries with the intent to create undue advantage for a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency.
Giant's Causeway
The Giant's Causeway (Clochán an Aifir.) is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption.
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Glasgow
Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.
Glasgow Airport
Glasgow Airport, also known as Glasgow International Airport (Port-adhair Eadar-nàiseanta Ghlaschu), formerly Abbotsinch Airport, is an international airport in Scotland.
Glendermott Cricket Club
Glendermott Cricket Club is a cricket club in Derry, Northern Ireland, playing in the North West Championship.
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Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688.
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Good Friday Agreement
The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) or Belfast Agreement (Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta or Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste; Guid Friday Greeance or Bilfawst Greeance) is a pair of agreements signed on 10 April (Good Friday) 1998 that ended most of the violence of the Troubles, an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland since the late 1960s.
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Government of Ireland
The Constitution of Ireland vests executive authority in the Government of Ireland (Rialtas na hÉireann), which is headed by the italic, the head of government.
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Granta
Granta is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centres on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story's supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real." In 2007, The Observer stated: "In its blend of memoirs and photojournalism, and in its championing of contemporary realist fiction, Granta has its face pressed firmly against the window, determined to witness the world." Granta has published twenty-seven laureates of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Great Famine (Ireland)
The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (an Gorta Mór), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and subsequently had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole.
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Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I) or GNRI) was an Irish gauge railway company in Ireland.
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Greencastle, County Donegal
Greencastle is a commercial fishing port located in the north-east of the Inishowen Peninsula on the north coast of County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland.
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Guildhall, Derry
The Guildhall in Derry, Northern Ireland, is a guildhall in which the elected members of Derry City and Strabane District Council meet.
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HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.
Harrods
Harrods is a British luxury department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England.
Helen Quigley
Helen Quigley is a former Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party politician from Derry in Northern Ireland.
Henry Docwra, 1st Baron Docwra of Culmore
Henry Docwra, 1st Baron Docwra of Culmore (1564 – 18 April 1631) was a leading English-born soldier and statesman in early seventeenth-century Ireland.
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Horsecar
A horsecar, horse-drawn tram, horse-drawn streetcar (U.S.), or horse-drawn railway (historical), is an animal-powered (usually horse) tram or streetcar.
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Hurling
Hurling (iománaíocht, iomáint) is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men.
Hypalon
Hypalon is a chlorosulfonated polyethylene (CSPE) synthetic rubber (CSM) noted for its resistance to chemicals, temperature extremes, and ultraviolet light.
Ian Allan Publishing
Ian Allan Publishing was an English publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books.
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Iarnród Éireann
Iarnród Éireann, or Irish Rail, is the operator of the national railway network of Ireland.
IFK Göteborg
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg.
Inishowen
Inishowen is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland.
Institute F.C.
Institute Football Club is a Northern Irish semi-professional association football club playing in the NIFL Championship.
Invista
Invista (stylized as INVISTA) is a fiber, resin, and intermediates company headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, United States.
Ireland
Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.
The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the governing body for association football in Northern Ireland.
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Irish Independent
The Irish Independent is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis.
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Irish language
Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language group, which is a part of the Indo-European language family.
Irish measure
Irish measure or plantation measure was a system of units of land measurement used in Ireland from the 16th century plantations until the 19th century, with residual use into the 20th century.
Irish nationalism
Irish nationalism is a nationalist political movement which, in its broadest sense, asserts that the people of Ireland should govern Ireland as a sovereign state.
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Irish Rebellion of 1641
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 was an uprising in Ireland, initiated on 23 October 1641 by Catholic gentry and military officers.
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Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
The Irish Republican Army (IRA; Óglaigh na hÉireann) was an Irish republican revolutionary paramilitary organisation.
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Irish War of Independence
The Irish War of Independence or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary (USC).
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James Burke (science historian)
James Burke (born 22 December 1936) is a broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer.
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James McClean
James Joseph McClean (born 22 April 1989) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Wrexham.
James Mehaffey
James Mehaffey (29 March 1931 – 6 January 2020) was Bishop of Derry and Raphoe of the Church of Ireland from 1980 to 2002.
Jenners
Jenners was a well-established department store in Edinburgh, Scotland, situated on Princes Street.
Jennifer Johnston (novelist)
Jennifer Johnston (born 12 January 1930) is an Irish novelist.
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James Christopher McLaughlin (born 22 December 1940) is a Northern Irish former footballer and was later a football manager in the League of Ireland.
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Jimmy McShane
James Harry McShane (23 May 1957 – 29 March 1995) was a Northern Irish singer who held both British and Italian citizenship.
John Benjamins Publishing Company
John Benjamins Publishing Company is an independent academic publisher in social sciences and humanities with its head office in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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John Duddy
John Francis Duddy (born 19 June 1979) is an Irish actor and former professional boxer who fought from 2003 to 2010.
John Henry Whyte
John Henry Whyte (30 April 1928 in Penang, Malaya – 16 May 1990 in New York, United States) was an Irish historian, political scientist and author of books on Northern Ireland, divided societies and church-state affairs in Ireland.
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John Hume
John Hume (18 January 19373 August 2020) was an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
John Park (VC)
John Park VC (February 1835 – 16 May 1863), born in Derry, Ireland, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Johnston Press
Johnston Press plc was a multimedia company founded in Falkirk, Scotland, in 1767.
Joyce Cary
Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (7 December 1888 – 29 March 1957), known as Joyce Cary, was an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official.
Jurys Inn
Jurys Inn was a hotel group founded and headquartered in Ireland with operations across Ireland, the UK and the Czech Republic.
Karl Marx
Karl Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German-born philosopher, political theorist, economist, historian, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Ken Good
Kenneth Raymond Good (born 1 November 1952) is a retired Church of Ireland (Anglican) Bishop who served as Bishop of Derry and Raphoe from 11 June 2002 - 31 May 2019.
Kevlar
Kevlar (para-aramid) is a strong, heat-resistant synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora.
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Kilmacrennan
Kilmacrennan (Cill Mhic nÉanáin or Cill Mhic Réanáin), also Kilmacrenan, is a village, townland and civil parish in County Donegal, Ireland.
Kriegsmarine
The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.
Lanyon Place railway station
Belfast Lanyon Place (formerly Belfast Central) is a railway station serving the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland.
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League of Ireland
The League of Ireland (Sraith na hÉireann) is a league of professional football clubs from the Republic of Ireland plus Derry City from Northern Ireland.
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Leah Totton
Leah Totton (born 22 January 1989) is a Northern Irish practising physician, entrepreneur and former model who won the 2013 series of BBC One's The Apprentice.
Letterkenny
Letterkenny (Leitir Ceanainn, meaning "hillside of the O'Cannons"), nicknamed the Cathedral Town, is a large town in County Donegal, Ireland, on the River Swilly in the north-west of Ulster.
Letters patent
Letters patent (plural form for singular and plural) are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch, president or other head of state, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title or status to a person or corporation.
Limerick
Limerick (Luimneach) is a city in western Ireland, in County Limerick.
Lisa McGee
Elizabeth "Lisa" McGee (born August 1980) is an Irish playwright and screenwriter.
Lisneal College
Lisneal College is a controlled secondary school located in Derry, Northern Ireland.
List of cities with defensive walls
The following cities have, or historically had, defensive walls. Derry and List of cities with defensive walls are Fortified settlements.
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List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland
This is an alphabetical list of towns and villages in Northern Ireland.
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Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is an international airport in Liverpool, England, on the estuary of the River Mersey south-east of Liverpool city centre.
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Livery company
A livery company is a type of guild or professional association that originated in medieval times in London, England.
Local government in Northern Ireland
Local government in Northern Ireland is divided among 11 single-tier districts known as 'Local Government Districts' (abbreviated LGDs) and formerly known as district council areas (DCAs).
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Loganair
Loganair is a Scottish regional airline headquartered at Glasgow Airport in Paisley, Scotland.
London Stansted Airport
London Stansted Airport is the tertiary international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom.
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Londonderry & Coleraine Railway
The Londonderry & Coleraine Railway is a railway line between the cities of Derry and Coleraine in County Londonderry, built by the Londonderry & Coleraine Railway Company (L&CR).
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Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway (L&ER) was an Irish gauge railway in Ireland.
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Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway
The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company (The L&LSR, the Swilly) was an Irish public transport and freight company that operated in parts of County Londonderry and County Donegal between 1853 and 2014.
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Londonderry Cow Market railway station
Londonderry Cow Market railway station served Derry, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
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Londonderry Island
Londonderry Island is an island (UFI -889706) in the Magallanes Region at the western end of the Beagle Channel and Darwin Sound.
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Londonderry Port
Londonderry Port, now operating as Foyle Port, is a port located on Lough Foyle in Northern Ireland. Derry and Londonderry Port are Derry (city).
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Londonderry Sentinel
The Londonderry Sentinel is a newspaper based in Derry, Northern Ireland.
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Londonderry Victoria Road railway station
Londonderry Victoria Road railway station served Derry, County Londonderry, in Northern Ireland.
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Londonderry, Edmonton
Londonderry is a residential area in northeast Edmonton, Alberta, Canada that consists of the neighbourhoods of Kildare and Kilkenny.
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Londonderry, Guernsey County, Ohio
Londonderry is an unincorporated community in Londonderry Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.
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Londonderry, New Hampshire
Londonderry is a town in western Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
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Londonderry, New South Wales
Londonderry is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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Londonderry, North Yorkshire
Londonderry is a village near the Yorkshire Dales, England situated south-east of Bedale, almost on the A1 road.
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Londonderry, Nova Scotia
Londonderry is an unincorporated community located in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada, formerly called Acadia Mines.
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Londonderry, Vermont
Londonderry is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.
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Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher.
Lord Bishop
"Lord Bishop" is a form of address used for bishops since the Middle Ages, an era when bishops occupied the feudal rank of 'lord' by virtue of their office.
Lough Foyle
Lough Foyle, sometimes Loch Foyle (or "loch of the lip"), is the estuary of the River Foyle, on the north coast of Ireland.
Lough Swilly
Lough Swilly in Ireland is a glacial fjord or sea inlet lying between the western side of the Inishowen Peninsula and the Fanad Peninsula, in County Donegal.
Lumen Christi College, Derry
Lumen Christi College is a co-educational Catholic grammar school in Bishop Street, Derry, Northern Ireland.
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Lumiere festival
Lumiere is the UK's largest light festival.
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Macy's
Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy.
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Magee College
The Ulster University Derry~Londonderry campus is one of the four campuses of Ulster University.
Maiden City F.C.
Maiden City Football Club is an intermediate football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland, playing in the Northern Ireland Intermediate League.
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Maiden City Festival
The Maiden City Festival (Ulster-Scots: tha Maiden Citie Blythe-Tid) takes place in Derry, Northern Ireland in the second week in August each year.
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Mallorca
Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England, south-west of Manchester city centre.
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Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press is the university press of the University of Manchester, England and a publisher of academic books and journals.
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Mark Durkan
Mark Durkan (born 26 June 1960) is a retired Irish nationalist politician from Northern Ireland.
Mark H. Durkan
Mark Henry Durkan (born 3 March 1978) is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician in Northern Ireland who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011, representing the Foyle constituency.
Marquess of Londonderry
Marquess of Londonderry, of the County of Londonderry, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.
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Martin Luther King III
Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957) is an American human rights activist, philanthropist and advocate.
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Martin McGuinness
James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (Séamus Máirtín Pacelli Mag Aonghusa; 23 May 1950 – 21 March 2017) was an Irish republican politician and statesman for Sinn Féin and a leader within the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during The Troubles.
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Martin O'Neill
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, (born 1 March 1952) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Max Horton
Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton, (29 November 1883 – 30 July 1951) was a British submariner during the First World War and commander-in-chief of the Western Approaches in the later half of the Second World War, responsible for British participation in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Maydown
Maydown (meaning "plain of the stronghold") is a small village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
McCorkell Line
The McCorkell Line was a shipping line operated by Wm.
Met Office
The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service.
Metro (Belfast)
Metro is the trading name for bus company Citybus in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Metropolitan area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which are sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing.
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Micheál Martin
Micheál Martin (born 1 August 1960) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who is serving as Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Defence since December 2022.
Miles Ryan
Miles Ryan VC (c. 1826 – January 1887) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Millennium Forum
The Millennium Forum is a theatre and conference centre in Newmarket Street, Derry, Northern Ireland.
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Monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).
Moville
Moville is a coastal town located on the Inishowen Peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland, close to the northern tip of the island of Ireland.
Mudflat
Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats or, in Ireland, slob or slobs, are coastal wetlands that form in intertidal areas where sediments have been deposited by tides or rivers.
Museum of Free Derry
The Museum of Free Derry is a museum located in Derry, Northern Ireland that focuses on the civil rights movement of the late 1960s, which led to The Troubles, and the Free Derry Irish nationalist movement in the early 1970s.
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Na Magha CLG
Na Magha CLG is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Derry, Northern Ireland.
Nadine Coyle
Nadine Elizabeth Louise Coyle (born 15 June 1985) is an Irish singer.
Narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than.
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The National Football League (NFL; Sraith Náisiúnta Peile) is an annual Gaelic football competition between the senior county teams of Ireland plus London.
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Neil Hannon
Edward Neil Anthony Hannon (born 7 November 1970) is a singer and songwriter from Northern Ireland.
Nell McCafferty
Nell McCafferty (born 28 March 1944) is an Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner and feminist.
Neoprene
Neoprene (also polychloroprene) is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene.
Nerve Centre (organisation)
Nerve Centre is Northern Ireland's leading creative media arts centre.
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
New Model Army
The New Model Army or New Modelled Army was a standing army formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the First English Civil War, then disbanded after the Stuart Restoration in 1660.
New South Wales Electoral Commission
The New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC) is a statutory integrity agency with responsibility for the administration, organisation, and supervision of elections in New South Wales.
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Newbuildings
Newbuildings or New Buildings is a large village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Derry and Newbuildings are Derry (city).
NI Railways
NI Railways, also known as Northern Ireland Railways (NIR; Iarnród Thuaisceart Éireann; and for a brief period Ulster Transport Railways; UTR), is the railway operator in Northern Ireland.
NIFL Championship
The Northern Ireland Football League Championship (known as the Playr-Fit Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second level of the Northern Ireland Football League, the national football league in Northern Ireland.
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Nik Cohn
Nik Cohn (born 1946), also written Nick Cohn, is a British writer.
Nobel Foundation
The Nobel Foundation (Nobelstiftelsen) is a private institution founded on 29 June 1900 to manage the finances and administration of the Nobel Prizes.
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Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes (Nobelpriset; Nobelprisen) are five separate prizes awarded to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind, as established by the 1895 will of Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel, in the year before he died.
Norroy and Ulster King of Arms
Norroy and Ulster King of Arms is the provincial King of Arms at the College of Arms with jurisdiction over England north of the Trent and Northern Ireland.
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North African campaign
The North African campaign of World War II took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943, fought between the Allies and the Axis Powers.
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North West Regional College
North West Regional College is a further education and higher education college in the north-west region of Northern Ireland.
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North West Senior League
The North West Senior League is the provincial cricket league within the North West Cricket Union jurisdiction in Ireland, which covers counties Londonderry, Fermanagh, and part of Tyrone in Northern Ireland and County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.
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Northern Counties Committee
The Northern Counties Committee (NCC) was a railway that served the north-east of Ireland.
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.
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Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) (Cumann Cearta Sibhialta Thuaisceart Éireann) was an organisation that campaigned for civil rights in Northern Ireland during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Northern Ireland Executive
The Northern Ireland Executive (Irish: Feidhmeannas Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlan Executive) is the devolved government of Northern Ireland, an administrative branch of the legislature – the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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The Northern Ireland Intermediate League was an amateur intermediate league based in the north-west region of Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA, Gníomhaireacht Thuaisceart Éireann um Staitisticí agus Taighde) is an executive agency within the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland.
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O'Doherty's rebellion
O'Doherty's Rebellion, also called O'Dogherty's Revolt, was an uprising against the Crown authorities in western Ulster, Ireland.
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Oak
An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family.
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Oakgrove Integrated College
Oakgrove Integrated College is an integrated secondary school based in Derry, Northern Ireland.
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Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
Ofcom
The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
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Office of Public Sector Information
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.
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Omagh
Omagh (from An Ómaigh, meaning 'the virgin plain') is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Derry and Omagh are county towns in Northern Ireland.
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Orca
The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale that is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family.
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Owen Roe O'Neill
Owen Roe O'Neill (Irish: Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill; – 6 November 1649) was a Gaelic Irish soldier and one of the most famous of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Parliament of England
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain.
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
The parliamentary under-secretary of state (or just parliamentary secretary, particularly in departments not led by a Secretary of State) is the lowest of three tiers of government minister in the UK government, immediately junior to a Minister of State, which is itself junior to a Secretary of State.
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Partition of Ireland
The Partition of Ireland (críochdheighilt na hÉireann) was the process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK) divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
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Passing loop
A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains or trams travelling in opposite directions can pass each other.
Peace Bridge (Foyle)
The Peace Bridge is a cycle and foot bridge across the River Foyle in Derry, Northern Ireland. Derry and Peace Bridge (Foyle) are Derry (city).
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Peter Benson (architect)
Peter Benson (c.1570–1642) was an English-born builder and architect, chiefly remembered for building the Walls of Derry.
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Phil Coulter
Philip Coulter (born 19 February 1942) is an Irish musician, songwriter and record producer from Derry, Northern Ireland.
A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land.
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Plantation of Ulster
The Plantation of Ulster (Plandáil Uladh; Ulster Scots: Plantin o Ulstèr) was the organised colonisation (plantation) of Ulstera province of Irelandby people from Great Britain during the reign of King James VI and I. Most of the settlers (or planters) came from southern Scotland and northern England; their culture differed from that of the native Irish.
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Political science
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Post town
A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system.
Post-2008 Irish economic downturn
The post-2008 Irish economic downturn in the Republic of Ireland, coincided with a series of banking scandals, followed the 1990s and 2000s Celtic Tiger period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by foreign direct investment, a subsequent property bubble which rendered the real economy uncompetitive, and an expansion in bank lending in the early 2000s.
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Presbyterianism
Presbyterianism is a Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders.
President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
The prime minister of Northern Ireland was the head of the Government of Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972.
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Privy council
A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a state, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government.
Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
PRS for Music
PRS for Music Limited (formerly The MCPS-PRS Alliance Limited) is a British music copyright collective, made up of two collection societies: the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) and the Performing Right Society (PRS).
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is situated in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Q Radio Network
Q Radio is a network of seven Independent Local Radio stations in Northern Ireland airing an adult contemporary format.
RAF Ballykelly
Royal Air Force Ballykelly, or more simply RAF Ballykelly, is a former Royal Air Force station which opened in 1941 in Ballykelly, County Londonderry.
Raphael Armattoe
Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe (12 August 1913 - 22 December 1953) was a Ghanaian scientist and political activist.
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Raytheon
The Raytheon Company was a major U.S. defense contractor and industrial corporation with manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics.
Raytheon 9
The Raytheon 9 are a group of anti-war activists from the Derry Anti-War Coalition who caused considerable damage to the Raytheon factory in Derry, Northern Ireland.
Reach plc
Reach plc (known as Trinity Mirror between 1999 and 2018) is a British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher.
Reform of local government in Northern Ireland
Reform of local government in Northern Ireland saw the replacement of the twenty-six districts created in 1973 with a smaller number of "super districts".
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland.
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Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border
The Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, sometimes referred to as the Irish border or British–Irish border, runs for Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, 1999 (PDF) by KJ Rankin and published in association with Institute for British-Irish Studies, University College Dublin and Institute for Governance, Queen's University, Belfast (also printed as IBIS working paper no.
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Richard Needham
Richard Francis Needham, 6th Earl of Kilmorey, Kt. (born 29 January 1942), usually known as Sir Richard Needham, is a British Conservative politician.
Richmond Centre (Derry)
The Richmond Centre is a large shopping centre in Derry, Northern Ireland of.
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River Bann
The River Bann (from An Bhanna, meaning "the goddess"; Ulster-Scots: Bann Wattèr) is the longest river in Northern Ireland, its length, Upper and Lower Bann combined, being 129 km (80 mi).
River Foyle
The River Foyle is a river in west Ulster in the northwest of the island of Ireland, which flows from the confluence of the rivers Finn and Mourne at the towns of Lifford in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, and Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), and simultaneously was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–1835).
Roma Downey
Roma Downey (born 6 May 1960) is an Irish actress, producer and author.
Rough Guides
Founded in 1982, Rough Guides Ltd is a British publisher of print and digital guide book, phrasebooks and inspirational travel reference books, and a provider of personalised trips.
Roundhead
Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651).
Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
Royal Canadian Navy
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; Marine royale canadienne, MRC) is the naval force of Canada.
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Royal charter
A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent.
Royal Engineers Museum
The Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive is a military engineering museum and library in Gillingham, Kent.
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Royal Mail
The Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
Royal Ulster Constabulary
The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001.
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RTÉ
i (Radio Television of Ireland; RTÉ) is an Irish public service broadcaster.
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RTÉ Libraries and Archives
The RTÉ Libraries and Archives are a collection of photographs, sounds recordings, video footage and written records (of articles such as scripts) in various formats across a wide range of topics pertaining to Irish life and society.
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Rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.
Ryanair
Ryanair is an Irish ultra low-cost carrier group headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland.
Saint Brendan's
Saint Brendan's Irish Cream Liqueur is a cream liqueur named after Saint Brendan.
Scots language
ScotsThe endonym for Scots is Scots.
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands (the Hielands; a' Ghàidhealtachd) is a historical region of Scotland.
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Scouting in Northern Ireland
Scouting in Northern Ireland is represented by three Scouting associations.
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Seagate Technology
Seagate Technology Holdings plc is an American data storage company.
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Seamus Deane
Seamus Francis Deane (9 February 194012 May 2021) was an Irish poet, novelist, critic, and intellectual historian.
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator.
Seán Dolans GAC
Seán Dolan's GAC (CLG Seán Ó Dubhláin) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Sectarianism
Sectarianism is a debated concept.
Shane Duffy
Shane Patrick Michael Duffy (born 1 January 1992) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Norwich City and the Republic of Ireland national team.
Shannon Airport
Shannon Airport (Aerfort na Sionainne) is an international airport located in County Clare in Ireland.
Shantallow
Shantallow is a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Derry and Shantallow are Derry (city).
Shrove, County Donegal
Shrove (pronounced as 'Shroove' to rhyme with 'prove'; or, originally, Srúibh Bhrain) is a coastal hamlet and townland in Inishowen in the north of County Donegal in the north of Ulster, the northern province in Ireland.
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Siege of Derry
The siege of Derry in 1689 was the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland. Derry and siege of Derry are Derry (city).
Slash (punctuation)
The slash is the oblique slanting line punctuation mark.
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Slaughtmanus GAC
Saint Mary's GAC Slaughtmanus (CLG Naomh Mhuire Leacht Mhanuis) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Slaughtmanus on the outskirts of Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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Sligo
Sligo (Sligeach, meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht.
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Social Democratic and Labour Party
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta agus Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland.
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Spandex
Spandex, Lycra, or elastane is a synthetic fiber known for its exceptional elasticity.
Special EU Programmes Body
The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) (Comhlacht na gClár Speisialta AE; Ulster-Scots: Tha By-Ordnar CE Dargs Convenerie) is a cross-border body in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland which co-ordinates projects funded by the European Union and implemented in Northern Ireland and adjacent regions: the Border region of the Republic of Ireland, and Western Scotland.
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Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
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St Cecilia's College
St Cecilia's College is a secondary school located in Derry, Northern Ireland.
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St Columb's Cathedral
St Columb's Cathedral in the walled city of Derry, Northern Ireland, is the cathedral church and episcopal see of the Church of Ireland's Diocese of Derry and Raphoe.
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St Columb's College
St Columb's College (Coláiste Naomh Colum Cille) is a Roman Catholic boys' grammar school in Derry, Northern Ireland.
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St Eugene's Cathedral
St Eugene's Cathedral (Ardeaglais Naomh Eugene) is the Roman Catholic cathedral located in Derry, Northern Ireland.
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St Joseph's Boys' School
St Joseph's Boys' School is a secondary school in Westway in the Creggan area of Derry, Northern Ireland.
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St Mary's College, Derry
St.
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St. Columb's Park
St. Derry and St. Columb's Park are Derry (city).
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Standard-gauge railway
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.
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Steelstown GAC
Steelstown Brian Óg's GAC (CLG Bhriain Óig Baile Stíl) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Derry, Northern Ireland.
Strabane
Strabane is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Strabane Canal
The Strabane Canal is a short (6.5 km) canal in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Strabane District Council
Strabane District Council (Comhairle Ceantair an tSratha Báin; Ulster-Scots: Stràbane Destrìck Cooncil) was a local council in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland established by the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.
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Stranorlar
Stranorlar is a town, townland and civil parish in the Finn Valley of County Donegal, in Ireland.
Strathfoyle
Strathfoyle (from Srath Feabhail) is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland It is about north east of Derry. Derry and Strathfoyle are Derry (city).
SV Werder Bremen
Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V., commonly known as Werder Bremen, Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.
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TFI Local Link
TFI Local Link, or simply Local Link, is a set of local bus services in the Republic of Ireland which provide local public transport in rural areas, typically linking villages to local towns.
The Apprentice (British TV series)
The Apprentice is a British business-styled reality game show created by Mark Burnett, distributed by Fremantle and broadcast by the BBC since 16 February 2005.
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The Catholic University of America Press
The Catholic University of America Press, also known as CUA Press, is the publishing division of The Catholic University of America.
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The Crown
The Crown broadly represents the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states).
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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The Divine Comedy (band)
The Divine Comedy are a pop band from Northern Ireland, formed in 1989 and fronted by Neil Hannon.
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The Free Dictionary
The Free Dictionary is an American online dictionary and encyclopedia that aggregates information from various sources.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
The Honourable The Irish Society
The Honourable The Irish SocietyIn full, the "Society of the Governor and Assistants, London, of the New Plantation in Ulster, within the Realm of Ireland".
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
The Irish News
The Irish News is a compact daily newspaper based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The Irish Post
The Irish Post is a national newspaper for the Irish community in Great Britain.
The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication.
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
The National Archives (TNA; Yr Archifau Cenedlaethol) is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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The North/South Language Body
The North/South Language Body (An Foras Teanga Thuaidh/Theas; Ulster-Scots: Tha Noarth/Sooth Boord o Leid or The Language Curn) is an implementation body, provided for by the Belfast Agreement, that exists to implement policies agreed by Ministers in the North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland with regard to the Irish and Ulster-Scots (or "Ullans") languages on a cross border all Island basis.
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The O'Brien Press
The O'Brien Press is an Irish publisher of mainly children's fiction and adult non-fiction.
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The One Show
The One Show is a British television magazine and chat show programme.
The Sash
"The Sash" (also known as "The Sash My Father Wore") is a ballad from the Province of Ulster in the north of Ireland commemorating the victory of King William III in the Williamite War in Ireland in 1690–1691.
The Town I Loved So Well
"The Town I Loved So Well" is a song written by Phil Coulter about his childhood in Derry, Northern Ireland.
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The Troubles
The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.
The Undertones
The Undertones are a rock band formed in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1974.
Thornhill College
Thornhill College is a Roman Catholic grammar school for girls.
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Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "Land of Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.
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Tom McGuinness is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Derry county team between 1968 and 1980.
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Tourism Northern Ireland
Tourism Northern Ireland, also known as Tourism NI, is a non-departmental public body of the Department for the Economy.
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Tower Museum
The Tower Museum is a museum on local history in Derry, Northern Ireland.
Translink (Northern Ireland)
Translink is the brand name of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCo), a public corporation in Northern Ireland which provides the public transport in the region.
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Trojans F.C.
Trojans Youth and Community Group is an amateur football club based in the Creggan area of Derry, Northern Ireland.
Tudor conquest of Ireland
The Tudor conquest (or reconquest) of Ireland took place during the 16th century under the Tudor dynasty, which ruled the Kingdom of England.
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TUI Airways
TUI Airways Limited (formerly Thomson Airways) is the British arm of the TUI Airline group, which is owned and operated by the TUI Group.
Tyrconnell
Tyrconnell, also spelled Tirconnell and Tirconaill, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland.
U-boat
U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars.
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UK City of Culture
UK City of Culture is a designation given to a city (or a local area from 2025) in the United Kingdom for a period of one calendar year, during which the successful bidder hosts cultural festivities through culture-led regeneration for the year.
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UK telephone code misconceptions
Widespread UK telephone code misconceptions, in particular brought on by the Big Number Change in 2000, have been reported by regulator Ofcom since publication of a report it commissioned in 2004.
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Ulster
Ulster (Ulaidh or Cúige Uladh; Ulstèr or Ulster) is one of the four traditional or historic Irish provinces.
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Ulster Scots dialect
Ulster Scots or Ulster-Scots (Ulstèr-Scotch, Albainis Uladh), also known as Ulster Scotch and Ullans, is the dialect of Scots spoken in parts of Ulster, being almost exclusively spoken in parts of Northern Ireland and County Donegal.
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The Ulster Senior Football Championship is an inter-county and cross-border competition for Gaelic football teams in the Irish province of Ulster.
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The Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) ran rail and bus transport in Northern Ireland from 1948 until 1966.
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Ulster University
Ulster University (Ollscoil Uladh; Ulster Scots: Ulstèr Universitie or Ulstèr Varsitie), legally the University of Ulster, is a multi-campus public research university located in Northern Ireland.
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Ulsterbus
Ulsterbus is a public transport operator in Northern Ireland and operates bus services outside Belfast.
Ulysses S. Grant
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Unionism in Ireland
Unionism in Ireland is a political tradition that professes loyalty to the crown of the United Kingdom and to the union it represents with England, Scotland and Wales.
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United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.
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University for Derry Committee
The University for Derry Committee or University for Derry Action Committee was a group campaigning for the New University of Ulster to be located in the city of Derry.
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Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system.
Victorian architecture
Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.
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Void Gallery
The Void (or VOID) gallery is a contemporary art gallery and events space in Waterloo Place, Derry, Northern Ireland.
Walter Liath de Burgh
Sir Walter Liath de Burgh (died February 1332) was an Anglo-Irish noble whose imprisonment by the Earl of Ulster and death from starvation led to the Earl's murder the following year.
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Wars of the Three Kingdoms
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, sometimes known as the British Civil Wars, were a series of intertwined conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, then separate entities united in a personal union under Charles I. They include the 1639 to 1640 Bishops' Wars, the First and Second English Civil Wars, the Irish Confederate Wars, the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland and the Anglo-Scottish War of 1650–1652.
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Waterside, Derry
The Waterside (Ulster-Scots: Wattèrbroo) generally refers to the part of Londonderry on the east bank of the River Foyle. Derry and Waterside, Derry are Derry (city).
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Western Approaches
The Western Approaches is an approximately rectangular area of the Atlantic Ocean lying immediately to the west of Ireland and parts of Great Britain.
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Wiley-Blackwell
Wiley-Blackwell is an international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons.
William C. Campbell (scientist)
William Cecil Campbell (born 28 June 1930) is an Irish-American microbiologist, known for his work in discovering a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworms, for which he was jointly awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster and 4th Baron of Connaught (17 September 1312 – 6 June 1333) was an Irish noble who was Lieutenant of Ireland (1331) and whose murder, aged 20, led to the Burke Civil War.
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William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British statesman, the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom from January 1801.
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William Sampson (lawyer)
William Sampson (26 January 1764 – 28 December 1836) was a lawyer and jurist who in his native Ireland, and in later American exile, identified with the cause of democratic reform.
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Willie Doherty
Willie Doherty (born 1959) is an artist from Northern Ireland, who has mainly worked in photography and video.
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors
The Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors is one of the 111 livery companies of the City of London.
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Yorkshire Dales
The Yorkshire Dales are a series of valleys, or dales, in the Pennines, an upland range in England.
5 ft 3 in gauge railways
Railways with a track gauge of fall within the category of broad gauge railways.
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See also
Cities in Northern Ireland
- Armagh
- Armagh (city)
- Bangor, County Down
- Belfast
- Belfast metropolitan area
- Derry
- Derry (city)
- Lisburn
- Newry
County Londonderry
- Coleraine (barony)
- County Londonderry
- Derry
- Derry City Council, Re Application for Judicial Review
- Fortwilliam Park
- Glasgowbury Music Festival
- Keenaght (barony)
- Londonderry Air
- Loughinsholin
- Woodvale Road
County towns in Northern Ireland
Derry (city)
- Altnagelvin
- Ballyoan Cemetery
- Bogside
- Brooke Park
- City of Derry R.F.C.
- Coolkeeragh Power Station
- Craigavon Bridge
- Creggan, Derry
- Culmore
- Derry
- Derry City Cemetery
- Derry City Council, Re Application for Judicial Review
- Drumahoe
- Ebrington Barracks
- Ebrington Square
- Foyle Bridge
- Foyle College
- Free Derry Corner
- Half Hung MacNaghten
- Hands Across the Divide
- Jump (2012 film)
- Londonderry Port
- Newbuildings
- Peace Bridge (Foyle)
- Shantallow
- Siege of Derry
- Springtown Camp
- St. Columb's Park
- Strathfoyle
- Waterside, Derry
Port cities and towns in Northern Ireland
- Ardglass
- Ballycastle, County Antrim
- Bangor, County Down
- Belfast
- Carrickfergus
- Derry
- Kilkeel
- Larne
- Portaferry
- Portavogie
- Portstewart
- Strangford
- Warrenpoint
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry
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