Showing posts with label Londonderry. Show all posts
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Thursday, 21 June 2012

IRELAND: DERRY'S A BIT OF WALL RIGHT

A LA CAT MENU: What starving citizens ofDerry were forced to eat during the siegeDuring the 105-day Siege of Derry by the forces of ousted Catholic King James II in 1689, the starving defenders loyal to the Protestant William of Orange were reduced to eating anything they could lay their hands on to...