walking the city wall of Derry (officially Londonderry), Northern Ireland
August 16, 2002
tractor on the street & Cross of Saint George on lampposts leading into Derry, Northern Ireland
The Cross of Saint George waved from the lampposts leading into Derry. The name of the town was actually changed to Londonderry back in 1613 during the Plantation of Ulster, but the Irish and most Northern Irish, particularly nationalists who resent the insertion of the “London” prefix and what it represents, will strictly use the original name of “Derry” when speaking of the town. Maps, however, use the long form.
