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Derry



Shots were fired by a mindless military,
The people ran they were unarmed
Across the world we will read of Derry
And those who died by oppressive hands.

—Cruachan, "Bloody Sunday"

I was born in Londonderry
I was born in Derry City too
Oh what a special child
To see such things and still to smile
I know that there was something wrong
But I kept my head down and carried on.

—The Divine Comedy "Sunrise"

Well it was Sunday bloody Sunday
When they shot the people there
The cries of thirteen martyrs
Filled the Free Derry air
Is there any one amongst you
Dare to blame it on the kids?
Not a soldier boy was bleeding
When they nailed the coffin lids!

—John Lennon and Yoko Ono "Sunday Bloody Sunday" Full lyrics

In 1803 we sailed out to sea,
Out from the sweet town of Derry,
For Australia bound if we didn't all drown,
And the marks of our fetters we carried...

—Bobby Sands "Back Home In Derry" Full lyrics

It is old but it is beautiful, and its colours they are fine.
It was worn at Derry, Aughrim, Enniskillen and the Boyne.
My father wore it as a youth in bygone days of yore.
And on the Twelfth I love to wear the sash my father wore

—Anon "The Sash"

...In the early morning the shirt factory horn called women from Creggan,
the Moor and the Bog.
While the men on the dole played a mother's role,
fed the children and then walked the dog.
And when times got tough there was just about enough.
But they saw it through without complaining.
For deep inside was a burning pride in the town I loved so well.
There was music there in the Derry air, like a language that we all could understand...

—Phil Coulter "The Town I Loved So Well" Full lyrics

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Notable people

Main article: List of people from Derry

Notable people who were born or have lived in Derry include the poet Seamus Heaney, Social Democratic and Labour Party founder and Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness, Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill, actress Amanda Burton, girl band member Nadine Coyle, and musician Feargal Sharkey.

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References

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  7. ^ Education/Oideachas BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2007.
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  50. ^ It's trick-or-treat time with Brown STEPHEN DEMPSTER, 24 October 2006, www.belfasttoday.net, Johnston Press Digital Publishing. Retrieved 31 October 2006.
  51. ^ Package would fund biggest-ever cross-border project www.breakingnews.ie, 22/03/2007. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
  52. ^ Story of investment £10 million pound investment in City of Derry Airport. Retrieved 22 September 2006.
  53. ^ Charlie Nash - "King of the Ring" Barry Flynn, Irish-Boxing.com, 2005-12-24. Retrieved 2008-03-28
  54. ^ Duddy enjoying life in the Big Apple Tomás Rohan, Irish-Boxing.com, 2005-01-05. Retrieved 2008-03-28
  55. ^ Banks of the Foyle Hallowe’en Carnival Derry City Council. Retrieved 5 September 2006.
  56. ^ Masquerading as Subversion? Rebecca Pelan. Politics and Culture. Retrieved 5 September 2006.
  57. ^ Ireland, home of Halloween Malcolm Rogers, The Irish Post. Retrieved 5 September 2006.
  58. ^ Magee To Host Japanese Animation Convention news.ulster.ac.uk, 7 December 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2006.
  59. ^ Santa record bid attracts 13,000 BBC Website

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Craigavon Bridge, one of the city's two bridges.
Craigavon Bridge, one of the city's two bridges.
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