What is recorded here

Derry began as Daire Calgaich, an oak wood named for a forgotten warrior before Saint Columba founded a monastery there in the sixth century. The name later shifted to Daire Coluimb Chille and finally Doire, carrying layers of faith and identity into modern argument. Londonderry entered only after James I granted a royal charter in 1604, turning an old sacred place into a political boundary still fought over today.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as HISTORIC SETTLEMENT: DERRY, LONDONDERRY, DOIRE-CALGAIC, DERRY-CALGACH. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; MED/L.MED; POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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