In 1613, the Irish Society took the decision to build a cathedral here, but work did not begin until 1628 and the cathedral was consecrated in 1634. It was the first cathedral built in the British Isles after the Reform. The choir that featured on th..

The municipal hospice built by George Wilkinson in 1840 for 800 inmates now houses a library and museum . Here you can see some excellent exhibitions and sequences on the role played by the city during World War Two. On the second floor, the sordi..

The walls (1.5km long) that surround the city were built from 1613 to 1618. Despite their robustness, demonstrated during more than one siege, they are no marvel of military engineering: they are too exposed to shots from ships on the Foyle. Starting..