Town's in County Derry.

Doire (Oak grove.)

The layout of Derry city center is much as it was in the 17th century when the famous siege took place, there are four streets radiating to four gateways Ferryquay Gate, Shipquay Gate, Bishop's Gate and Butcher's Gate. Within the walls is the cathedral of St Columba built in 1633 in the porch is the inscription.

'If stones could speake then London's prayse should sound
Who built this church and cittie from the grounde.'

. At the time of the plantation the City of London Company was granted all the lands west of the river Bann, they rebuilt the existing town which was known as Doire meaning 'Oak grove' Anglicized to Derry. When the city was granted a royal charter on the 29th March 1613 it became known as Londonderry, to this day some Protestants use the name Londonderry while most Catholics refer to it as Derry.

The Guildhall, judging by its appearance was modeled on its counterpart in London, it stands just outside the walls. The town's history is recorded in the buildings stain glass windows which illustrate almost every noteworthy event in the city's history. On a sunny day the effect is stunning with coloured light flooding the interior.

Shipquay Street the main thoroughfare, is very steep, with narrow little streets running off it.
From the quay behind the Guildhall many thousands of Irish emigrants left Ireland for a life in the New World, never to see their native land again.