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Show V LONDONDERRY: "MAIDEN CITY OF IRELAND" Derry, or Londonderry, In Ulster, known In song nnd legend ns the 1 - "Mnldcn City of Ireland," has tho charm of tho cheery, busy town and Is , tmbr characterized by tho stirring mnrchlng song which these Irlsli sing . on their days of cctcbrntlon : "Whoro Foylo Ms swelling wnters f rolls northwnrd to tho main, Hero, Queen of Hrln's daughters, fair I Derry fixed her reign; If A holy templo crowned her, nnd com-if com-if merco "graced her street; ffij A rampart wall was round her, tho If I river" nt her feet." tJ' TItcso four lines briefly tell Lon- Kffi donderry'B story. Along tho two-mile R qunys of tho river Irlslitnen Jolly ench , other as they load nnd unlnnd tho for- W olgn, colonlnl and coasting trndo of Ik. t,, 'ocl,K vessels. For tho Foylo IP," I" wldo nnd deep, nnd largo tonnage KT, uhlps flying tho flags of France, Aus- f trnlln. Brazil, tho 'United States, nnd f Imlln bring their wnres to her port. Ilusy looms In the city mnke linen. y nnd then Inughlng, twlnkly-oyed Irish girls mnke tho Ilnon Into shirts lieforo f It lenws Londonderry. Tho salmon i fishery on tho Foylo Is Important nnd -. ' tho town has timber mills, grain mills, nnd shipyards. ' Hut Dorry has for tho traclor n charm grenter thnn Its hustle ami up-; up-; -nnd-dolng atmosphoro the story of a y past replete with roninnce, devotion to principle nnd the inhibition of Indomitable spirit. Columbn. tho create; of tho Irish saints nftor Pnt- rlc; nndlirlgld, In Mo looked on tho onk-ctnd hills und covotud them. Here jSP ho founded his abbey, known ns Dalre- fk Columbklllo. or Columha's Oak drove M within tho shadow of tho groat fort w r ' n neighboring hill, tho stronghold H$T ' "f tho lord of Tyrone, In order that W his snnctuary might hnvo tho protee- B tlon of thu fort. Hut In vnln did ho V reckon his chances against tho Danos m nnd Saxons who, tlmo nnd ngnln. ?! 1? U.,elr boatB nBln8t Ills shores. tffftfe oPlto thoir plundorlng nnd burnings. mm U.o sett ement. of wCh 0 ,," MJm tlio nucleus, grow nnd maintained Its V uiuepeudence until 1000. HBVi Derry wns then given to th corporation cor-poration of London, which tacked on tho prefix London. Thrco yenra later the Irish society, to which Londonderry London-derry and much of the surrounding country hnd been given, pledged Itself to encloso Derry within walls, nnd thpe wnlls, wide enough for a coach and four, are excellently preserved today, pcrhnps to tho Inconvenience of tho Inhabitants, but ccrtnlnly In neeonhinco with their sentiments nnd wishes. Any one who expressed n desire that they be taken down would ho treated as a traitor. Long ngo they grew too small to encompass nil tho Inhabitants of tho hustling port, but they stand like n stiff belt around I tho wnlstllno of tho hill on which tho city Is built. Tho most Inconvenient Incon-venient thing nbout them Is thnt, though they are more thnn n mile In circumference, there nro only seven gates lending through them. Uecuuso the walls defended tho city In tho slego begun by Jnnics II, n busy mnn must make quite n Jaunt out of his way to And n passageway through them, but, true to Irish sentiment, ho does It without n murmur. On one of tho bastions of tho wall uu old gun, nfTcctlonntely known nH "Honrlng Meg," points bur nose over tho city. Here, too, on the hill In the center of a crowded old grmeynrd stands tho quaint, squat cathedral with Its queer pinnacled tower. It Is called after St. Columbn, although It Is not on tho site of the old nbhey built by the saint fourteen centuries ago. On u high, Innccesslhlo hill In tho dlstnncc, looms tho stronghold of the lords of Tyrone. It Is said that St. Patrick came to tho fort to baptize Owen, who first set himself up to rule over tho province of Tyrone, nnd St. Colombo visited It before his exile. Here, too, captive Danes who hnd threatened the peace of tho city wero dragged In triumph. Though every trnco of tho old ens-tic ens-tic has been obliterated, tho massive stone wnll fourteen feet thick nnd eighteen feet high, resembling tho handiwork han-diwork of n cyclone, has stood out grimly ngnlnst the centuries. A stnntl Iron gate hongs ncross n two-foot doorway, door-way, tho only entrnnco to Its huge nmphlthentcr-llko Interior, which reveals re-veals further devices designed for tho protection of tho Inmates. |