churches historical derry

The site of a monastery founded by St Lurach in the 6th century, Maghera was the seat of a bishopric in the 12th/13th centuries. Parts of the now roofless rectangular church may date from before this period, though it is difficult to say how much earlier.

It was extended further to the east at the same time that the most important feature of the church was inserted in the west wall - a doorway dating probably from the episcopate of Muiredach O'Coffy (1152-73). The most important sin...

The original church of Portstewart dating from at least the 1300s.

In a field to the East there are the remains of a Stone Age Court Tomb and to the South, a mound marks the spot of the citadel of Congal Clairingneach, King of all Ireland in 161 B.C....