The River Foyle Derry

... unit in 1991 on a site purchased from the Grand Orange Lodge. The Hospice occupies an absolutely beautiful site on the shores of the River Foyle right by (symbolically so) the Foyle Bridge. It is surrounded by parkland. I can remember some of the ...

... original complete one in Ireland.  And speaking of walls, this city does not have one like Belfast and others...the River Foyle divides the city in two and one bridge across provides an effective enough barrier.  I am in the Catholic side ...

... death and attacks that have gone on in Derry.  Still going on actually.  The city is separated by the River Foyle.  The Catholics are on one side (except for a small die-hard Protestant neighborhood in the center), and the Protestants are ...

... " during the last few  decades. A peaceful walled town now inhabited mostly by Catholics. The Protestants live across the river Foyle . The city walls were erected in 1619. They are among the finest built in Europe and the only complete city walls ...

... the government.  We got to see some of the beginnings of what they are calling the peace bridge being built over the river Foyle in derry. (Many protestants refer to derry as london derry).  This bridge is supposed to be a very sympolic object, ...

... then along the north coast past amazing beaches - some sandy, some rocky - and to the end of the line where Derry sits on the River Foyle.  I was anxious to see it because it is the last completely walled city in Ireland; Brian was anxious to see it ...