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From Ireland Home Page >>County Derry page >>County Derry Geography, history, statistics on emigration etc 1931
Londonderry County
NAME
AND FORMER DIVISIONS
Londonderry city was in olden times Called Derry Calgach (The oak wood of Calgach). Later, it was called Derry Columbkille, in honour of St. Columbkille, who founded here a monastery in 546. It received its present name from a charter granted by James I to a company of London merchants. It was originally part of the territory of Tir Owen, that is the land of Owen, son of Nial of the Nine Hostages. The barony of Keenaght was the ancient Cianachta, the territory of the OConors, who were dispossessed before the English invasion by the OCahans or OKanes.
NATIONAL
AND ANCIENT MONUMENTS Ruined
Priory Church, Dungiven (early Irish and mediaeval)
PHYSICAL
FEATURES
The centre of the county is fairly level, but the southern part verging on Tyrone, contains a number of high mountains. The Sperrin Mountains are partly in this county and partly in Tyrone, their highest points being Sawel (2,240), Dart (2,040), Meenard (2,061) and Oughtmore (1,878), on the Tyrone boundary; in this county are Barnes Top (1,506), Mullaghash (1,581), Craigagh (1,489), Mullaghmore (1,825), White Mountain (1,774), Brown Hill (1,278), Streeve (1,282), Glenshane (1,507) and Craigmore (1,306). Farther south are Knockbrack (1,735), Slieveavaddy (1,605) and Mullaghturk (1,353). In the south-eastern portion of the county is Slieve Gallion (1,623); south of Derry City is Slievekirk (1,219). In the interior of the county stand Benbradagh (1,536), Craiggore (1,277), Benevenagh (1,260) and Loughermore (1,298). The Rivers include the Bann, which issues from Lough Neagh, and forms the county boundary for many miles and for the last ten miles of its course flows through the county. The Foyle belongs entirely to this county for the last 11 miles of its course. The Faughan flows north-west from Sawel Mountain into Lough Foyle. The Roe flows in a northerly direction from the Sperrin Mountains, past Dungiven and Limavady, into the Foyle. The Moyola, rising in the south-west border, flows in a tortuous course into Lough Neagh. The Ballinderry forms the boundary with Tyrone for about 10 miles before it enters Lough Neagh. Lakes.
Lough Neagh forms the county boundary for 8 miles,
and Lough Beg for 3 ½ miles. In the south
west is the well known Lough Fea, near the Tyrone
boundary.
ANALYSIS
OF THE CENSUS FOR THE COUNTY
Families
and Houses in 1926 There were in the county 5,868 Occupiers or Heads of Families, who were in occupation of less than five rooms, being 67.7% of the total for the county. Of these 985 or 11.4% of the families in the county occupied one room; 1,198 or 13.3%, two rooms; 1,109 or 12.8%, three rooms; and 2,576 or 29.7%, occupied four rooms. There
were in the county 238 tenements in which the room had only
one occupant; 599 cases where the room had 2-4 occupants,
142 cases in which there were 5-7 occupants and 26 cases
where the occupants of one room exceeded 7 in number, including
one case where ten persons and one where twelve persons
occupied the same room. Birthplace
of Inhabitants Education: IRISH SPEAKING (1861-1911)
RELIGIONS, 1871-1926 (% of population)
EMIGRATION (1861-1911)
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