Ireland News » Londonderry News Ireland » Londonderry » History: Fritz Wetherbee: Scots Irish in Londonderry
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Published on: Tuesday 01 December 2020
PRESIDENTS WE’VE HAD, A FULL 20 OF THEM HAD SCOTS IRISH ANCESTORS. JUST BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, SOME 200,000 ORIGINAL EMIGRES CAME HERE FROM ULSTER IN IRELAND, AND NOW THERE ARE 27 MILLION WHO ...
News Ireland » Londonderry » History: Londonderry puts history on display
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Published on: Monday 03 July 2023
LONDONDERRY — It’s another piece of valuable local history now on display. An enlarged copy of a document dating back to 1718 now hands on a wall inside the Londonderry Town Hall, a piece of local ...
News Ireland » Londonderry » History: For the Scotch-Irish, Londonderry/Derry is where potato began in America
News channel or source: https://www.unionleader.com/news/history/for-the-scotch-irish-londonderryderry-is-where-potato-began-in-america/article_813c7f92-ef55-58da-af10-d54de2bfcf7e.html
Published on: Wednesday 16 March 2016
DERRY — As St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in Derry and Londonderry, the founding of the two towns can be traced to a group of Scotch-Irish settlers who arrived in the area in 1719. And when it comes ...