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..

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..

This modern medieval-style building houses a detailed exhibition of the history of the city of Derry. A brick gallery, typical of 17C houses, leads the visitor from the monastic origin of Derry in an oak wood to the current Troubles, via the 17C colo..

The Long Tower Church is the oldest Catholic church in Derry (1784-1786). The current building has an interesting rococo interior with vast sloping galleries. It stands on the site of Templemore, a large medieval church built in 1164. The name of t..

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 town hall was built in 1890 in the late gothic style with a loan from the Irish Society. The façade on the river is richly decorated. The corner tower has a large clock with four faces. The windows are the work of craftsmen from Ulster and repres..

A war memorial stands o the central square, The Diamond , where the town hall once stood. Each of the four major roads that lead from it head towards the four main gates. Shipquay Street , one of the steepest shopping streets in the British Isles, ..

Some abandoned rear courtyards have been transformed into a network of picturesque alleys lined with traditional buildings containing cafés and specialist shops.

The magnificent 19C building that was formerly used for meetings of port commissioners, is today a museum housing paintings, models, and all sorts of souvenirs linked to maritime life. The major element of this exhibition is a coracle , a light boat..

To the north-west of the city centre, between an elegant Georgian district and the green tranquillity of Brooke Park, stands the Catholic cathedral dedicated to St Eugene in 1873 by Bishop Keely, to whose memory the glass canopy was built. The constr..