A brief history of Derry & the NW from 7000 BC to 2024 AD in 137 pictures

There has been evidence of human settlement in Derry for over 9,000 years.

By Kevin Mullan

Published 15th Mar 2024, 17:29 GMT

Updated 18th Mar 2024, 14:39 GMT

Explore nine millennia of human history in the north west with this pictorial timeline of landmark events down the ages.

5. 521 - St. Columba (Colmcille) born at Gartan.

521 - St. Columba (Colmcille) born at Gartan. Photo: George Sweeney

6th C - Monastic settlement founded at Derry by Colmcille. Photo: George Sweeney

1160s - The Teampall Mór - Derry’s first cathedral - constructed at the site of the modern day Long Tower. Photo: George Sweeney

1311 - Edward II grants lands at Derry to Richard de Burgo. Photo: Archive