English project

Class: XI-C

Work done by: Leo Xhafa

Lider of group: Andel Tilka

The city of Derry, Irland, UK

Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and

the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The old walled city lies on the west
bank of the River Foyle, which is spanned by two road bridges and one footbridge.
The population of the city was 83,652 at the 2001 Census, while the Derry Urban
Area had a population of 90,736. Derry is close to the border with County
Donegal, with which it has had a close link for many centuries. The person
traditionally seen as the founder of the original Derry is Saint Colmcille, a holy
man from Tír Chonaill, the old name for almost all of modern County Donegal.
Derry is the only remaining completely intact walled city in Ireland, and one of the
finest examples of a walled city in Europe. The Walls were built in 1613–1619
by The Honourable The Irish Society as defences for early 17th-century settlers
from England and Scotland. The Walls, which are approximately one mile (1.5
kilometres) in circumference and which vary in height and width between 3.7 and
10.7 metres (12 and 35 feet), are completely intact and form a walkway around the
inner city. They provide a unique promenade to view the layout of the original
town

Derry’s most famous tourist attraction

The now-iconic Peace Bridge is one of the more popular places to visit in Derry. It
opened in 2011 and has won a clatter of awards since.

The bridge connects the old army Barracks in Ebrington to the city centre and was
intended to end a 400-year-old physical and political gap by bringing the largely
unionist east side of Derry closer to the largely nationalist west.

You can take a wander across it and get a good eyeful of both sides of the city’s
‘skyline’ or you can admire it from afar from either side of the river.