The HMS currently operates four museums—the Tower, Harbour, Workhouse and Foyle Valley Railway Museums. An Archive Service and a programme of learning activities allow staff to raise awareness of the […]
Read More →The Tower Museum, Derry O’Doherty’s Tower, Union Hall Place www.derrycity.gov.uk/museums, +44 (0)28 71372411 October–May, Tues.–Sat. 10am–5pm The city of Derry could be described as a monument of the Plantation […]
Read More →KNOX, Andrew (1559–1633), Scottish cleric and Irish bishop, was born in Ranfurly, Renfrewshire, second son of John Knox. He was educated at Glasgow University, gaining his MA in 1579. As […]
Read More →The union of the English, Irish and Scottish crowns in the person of James, self-styled king of Great Britain and Ireland, both facilitated and heralded a monumental shift in ‘English’ […]
Read More →In 1608–9, through a mixture of threats and promises from James I, the City of London become involved in the most planned and orderly of the various plantation schemes in […]
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