100 Years of Derry

Dating from a small monastic settlement in the 6th century, Derry's strategic position meant that by Elizabethan times it was a fortress city, and it has been witness to some of the most bitter conflicts in Irish history. The identity of the city is reflected in the photographs of 20th-century Derry collected in this work. Accompanied by captions and text and arranged by decade, the photographs depict emigrant ships leaving for America, hiring fairs, World War I, the depression, World War II (when Derry welcomed American troops and saw the surrender of a U-boat), visiting showbands, civil rights agitation and the outbreak of the Troubles, Bloody Sunday, Clinton's visit and the regeneration of the city at the end of the 20th century.