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From: "Sean Mac Lochlainn" <>
Subject: Re: Kilderry, Londonderry, Ireland
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 21:42:03 +0100


"Stephen Phillips" <> wrote in
message news:003501c03618$e6a28720$...
>
> What was the meaning of the original Name for Londonderry (Doire,
someone
> said, I think)? I'm from Wales and in Welsh deri means oak trees.
> Does it have the same meaning in Ireland?

Yes. Derry is based around an island which contained a grove of sacred
oaks up to the 17th century.

Yns and inis also share a meaning.

Sean

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