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Show LONBoWdZXBT OB DEBBTf A movement has been initiated in Ulster Ul-ster at the instance of the Gaelic league for changing the name of the old city In the North of Ireland from Londonderry London-derry to Derry. The London companies, which possess considerable estates In the district. wllL however, have something some-thing to say to the proposal. The Maiden City." as it was dubbed In 1689. when the Wllliamltes held it against James II., had its origin in an oak tree wood or forest called In the Gaelic "doire." or Derry: In the beginning be-ginning of the seventeenth century a body of London colonists were sent to settle In the district, and In consideration considera-tion of the corporation of London expending ex-pending 20,000 in the establishment of the "new plantation In Ulster." they received from the crown- a very liberal charter of rights. ; Jf was then that we first find the place called London-derry. Westminster Gazette. x |