HISTORY. 
the year 1601 : “ Redmond O’Gallagher, bishop of Derry, was killed by the English, [not the here¬ 
tics^ inOipeacc Ui Chacain,i. e. in O’Kane’s country, on the 15th of March,”—and this date seems 
to be verified by a letter written by Sir Henry Docwra, the governor of Derry, to the lord deputy on 
the 7th of April, in the same year, in which, among other things, he states that Sir John Bolles, 
(the second in command in that garrison), “ in a journey recently made upon O’Kane, had killed 
50 of his people, and burned many houses and much corn.” 
In this prelate terminates the legal succession of the bishops of Derry, of the Roman Catholic 
church ; for there appears to have been previously no substitution or appointment of a bishop of 
the reformed church to this see, and it is probable that government had not as yet acquired 
sufficient power to effect this object in this great strong hold of the Irish. 
AFTER THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH. 
Section 1 . —General. 
The preceding portion of these annals shews that, down to the middle of the 16th cen- 
tury, the city, as well as the districtnow forming the county of Londonderry, was still in the hands of 
the native Irish, and governed by their chiefs, with at best but an occasional and doubtful acknow¬ 
ledgment of subjection to British power. In the subsequent period, now to be treated of, the city of 
Derry became the theatre in which many of the most important events connected with the history 
of Ireland were acted ; but these events are so inseparably interwoven with the general history of 
the county as to render their incorporation with this local history impracticable, without either 
destroying the clearness of both, or repeating that which has been necessarily told already. It has 
therefore been thought most proper to confine the minute notices of Derry, in this place, to matters 
altogether peculiar to the city, and give merely an abstract of the more important events which the 
reader will find fully detailed in the County history. 
1565. The rebellion of the celebrated Shane, or John O’Neill, earl of Tyrone, as detailed in 
the County history, gave the first occasion for the presence of an English garrison in Derry. “To 
check the increasing boldness of this man,” says Camden, “ Lord Deputy Sydney advanced with 
an army against him, having prudently sent Edward Randolph, an experienced officer, with seven 
companies of foot, and a troop of horse, by sea, to the north coast of Ireland, where they en¬ 
camped at Derry, upon Lough Foyle, in order to fall on the enemy in the rear. Shane, fearing 
this, had drawn all his forces that way, to dislodge him ; but Randolph immediately gave him 
battle, and though he lost his life honourably in the cause of his country, he gave him such a de¬ 
feat that he was never after able to make any resistance.” This action, according to Cox, took 
place in October, 1565. Colonel Edward St. Low, or Lo, succeeded Randolph in the command of 
the garrison, but in consequence of the accidental explosion of the powder magazine, on the '24th 
of April, 1566, by which the town and fort were blown up, the provisions destroyed, and a great 
number of lives lost, the place was found to be untenable, and the foot embarked for Dublin, 
whither also the horse returned, passing through Tirconnell and Connaught to avoid CX’Neill.— 
The importance of securing Derry, though for a time defeated by this accident, was not aban¬ 
doned by the queen’s government. During the deputyship of Adam Loftus, archbishop of Dub¬ 
lin, and Sir Robert Gardiner, Lord chief justice, 2000 foot, and 100 horse, under the command of 
Sir Samuel Bagnall, were designed to effect this purpose, but were remanded on the defeat of 
Marshall Bagnall by the Earl of Tyrone, and sent into Lecale to strengthen the queen’s forces; 
and one of the chief articles of complaint against the earl of Essex, was his neglect of fulfilling 
the instructions given him to plant a garrison here. “ How often,” the queen writes to him in 
1599, “ have you resolved us that until Loughfoyle and Ballyshannon were planted there could be 
no hope of doing service upon the capital rebels.” 
1600. This important object was at length effected early in this year, under the govern¬ 
ment of lord Mountjoy. On the 16th of April, Sir H. Docwra, with a British force of 4,000 
foot and 200 horse entered the harbour of Lough Foyle, effected a landing- at Culmore, and in 
six days afterwards took Derry without opposition. The circumstances connected with this most im¬ 
portant event are thus told by Sir Henry Docwra himself, in the “ Narrative of the Services 
done by the Army employed to Lough Foyle,” under his command.— M. S. 
“ The army consisting in list of 4000 foote and 200 horse, whereof 3000 of the foote, and all 
the horse were levied in England, the other 1000 foote were taken of the old company’s about 
Dublin, and all assigned to meete at Knockfergus [Carrickfergus] the first of May : that part 
levyed in England was sbipt at Helbree, neere unto Westchester on the of 24th Aprill, 1600. 
And of these a regiament of 1000 foote and 50 horse were to be taken out imediatelie upon 
our landing, and assigned to Sr Mathew Morgan to make a plantation with att Ballishan- 
non. 
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