The New Student's Reference Work/Londonderry

Lon′donder′ry or Derry, a city and seaport in the north of Ireland, 95 miles northwest of Belfast. It grew up around a monastery founded here in 546. In the Irish War of the Revolution of 1688 the gates of the city were closed against James I. The 105 days of siege that followed (April to August, 1689) form one of the most celebrated events of Irish history. The Protestant cathedral, dating from 1633, the Catholic cathedral, guild-hall, customhouse and a triumphal arch commemorating the siege are objects of note. Magee College was founded in 1865. Shirt-making factories, distilleries, iron foundries and shipbuilding are the principal industries. See Hempton's Siege and History of Londonderry. Population 39,892.