TOWNLANDS. 
Near The Farm is Belmont, once the residence of the late William Miller, Esq. Near 
Belmont is Troy Cottage, or Troyvale Cottage, the residence of Charles O’Doherty, Esq. 
On ascending the Foyle from Derry the first seat that occurs is Foyle-hill, the residence of 
Mrs. Scott. It is situated one mile from the city, about 200 yards on the right of the Lifford 
road. On the same road, and a mile beyond Folye-hill, is Milton-lodge, the residence of Captain 
Henry Lecky. 
To the above residences may be added the following, which, like the former are situated 
near the river. The localities given in italics, are those of townlands, the residences having no 
distinctive names: 
Ballougry, 
Greenham- house, . 
Mullennan, 
Culmor e-point, 
Bellevue, 
Penny burn. 
Do. 
Troy-house. 
Captain M‘Neil. 
William C. M'Clintock, Esq. 
Richard Harvey, Esq. 
Andrew M'Causland, Esq. 
Hans Riddall, Esq. 
William D. Smyth, Esq. 
Andrew Bond, Esq. 
Tristrem Holliday, Esq. 
The bishop s demesne also, although it contains no residence, deserves to be enumerated 
under the present head. 
The cassino, (correctly casina ,) was erected by the Earl of Bristol, Bishop of Derry. It is 
distinguished from the above residences by being nearly in the city, as it is situated in the sub¬ 
urbs close to a garden of the bishop. From its position on the slope of the hill, it commands a 
beautiful view of the river with the opposite bank. Although irregularly built it presents a hand¬ 
some front, and the principal apartment is tastefully decorated with paintings in clear-obscure. 
Manufactories . The only buildings of this description beyond the limits of the city, which 
require notice, are the mill and distillery at Pennyburn. The former is a windmill of considerable 
magnitude, possessing also the advantages of an undershot water wheel 12 feet in diameter. The 
latter is a very extensive range of building, but possesses no architectural features of importance. 
Ihe most striking pecularity in its appearance is the cooler, a long 'chamber occupying the whole 
upper portion of the building, to which the air is admitted by a series of arched openings extendino- 
all around it, and supporting the roof. The chimney, as in all edifices of this description, is a, 
striking object in the surrounding landscape, surmounting the trees with which the building- is 
surrounded. ° 
Communications. Three main-roads diverge from Derry, which lead severally to Green- 
castle, Lifford, and Letterkenny. The first runs for about 5| miles through the parish, the 
second about 4-A miles, and third about 3^. The high road to Buncrana branches off from the 
Greencastle road at Pennyburn Mill, and runs for about 2^ miles through the parish in one level 
line. The Greencastle and Lifford roads lie along the edge of high-water mark—the former, So 
far as I ennyburn Mill; the latter, so far as Foyle Hill. These roads are all in bad order : that 
leading to Greencastle is the best, but a part of it, which lies along the strand, is an incommo¬ 
dious paved causeway. The branch leading to Buncrana is in very bad order. The Letterkenny 
road is hilly and uneven ; its direction also is capable of much improvement. 
The cross-roads and bye-roads are sufficiently numerous ; in the more improved districts they 
are broadest and least frequent. 
bridges “ rura l P art t* 113 P ar ish are small, and insignificant. Previously to the 
building of Derry Bridge, the communication with the opposite country (as has been elsewhere 
mentioned,) was by a ferry. There is still one existing at Culmore 
ANCIENT. 
Section 1—History and Antiquities of the Parish. 
_ Townlands— The most ancient name of the district in which the parish is situated was 
a ?> , 55 .’ “ the plain of Ith,” who, according to the Irish bardic histories, was the 
uncle of Muesius, the Spanish hero. Moy-Iha was the level district lying between the Foyle and 
an 4 ext f“dmg to the south so far as to include the Church of Donaghmore, which is always 
called Oomnae mop lTlulge Ice in the Irish annals, calendars, and other historical documents. 
Moy-Iha appears to have been the territorial name of the district down to the 5th century, when 
the country was partitioned among the sons of Niall of the Nine Hostages, and though it was 
then divided so as to form parts of two different territories, it still popularly retained its ancient 
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