Ireland News » Londonderry News Ireland » Londonderry » History: For the Scotch-Irish, Londonderry/Derry is where potato began in America
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 ...
News Ireland » Londonderry » History: Londonderry puts history on display
LONDONDERRY — An enlarged copy of a document dating back to 1718 now hangs on a wall inside the Londonderry Town Hall. It’s a piece of local history that ties the area’s earliest settlers to the land ...
News Ireland » Londonderry » History: The Vibrant Cities of Belfast and Derry~Londonderry
A massive resurgence is underway in the Northern Ireland cities of Belfast and Derry~Londonderry that is radically enhancing the visitor experience, the landscape, and the vitality of these popular ...
News Ireland » Londonderry » History: Fritz Wetherbee: Scots Irish in Londonderry
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
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 ...