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In the sixth century saint Colmcille (Columba) (521-597) is said to have come from Donegal to escape the plague and founded the monastery of Derry, on land granted to him by a local king reputed to be his cousin the Prince of Aileach. Colmcille was responsible for founding many monasteries in Ireland and Britain, including Durrow in County Offaly and Iona on an island off the west of Scotland. It is thought that the first church was located on the site now occupied the little Church of Ireland Chapel of St Augustine. Sometime during the late middle ages the old monastery came to be used by an Augustinian congregation. The church of that monastery was used by the London colonists who came to build the walled city. County Derry has an area of 2074 sq km (801 sq miles) the Sperrin Mountains are situated on its border with Co Tyrone. Its main rivers are the Foyle, Roe both of which discharge into Lough Foyle a tidal sea lough, and the Bann which forms th eastern border with Co Antrim, the latter reaches the sea at Coleraine.
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