Derrie Danders: A Self-Guided Audio Tour of the Walled City’s West

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Highlights

  • Derry Walls

  • Tower Museum

  • Bogside Gallery/Murals

  • Museum of Free Derry

  • St Eugene's Cathedral

Summary

Go west and find legenderry boxers, a Bogside "battle" and a garden of calm

Tour info

Duration
1 hour - 1 hour 30 minutes
Group Size
Pricing (From)
Voucher Access Code: (6-64 years)
$5.99
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Meeting Point

Visit Derry, 1 Waterloo Place, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT48

Dropoff location

Why take this tour?

Welcome to Derry / Londonderry and, in particular, the Cityside, as the western half of this historic city is known.

On this walking tour, we’ll visit several locations in the west side of the city, including an area called the Bogside. Sometimes described as the cockpit of ‘the Troubles’, it became world famous during the late 1960s for violent clashes, later referred to as ‘the Battle of the Bogside’.

We’ll peruse popular murals like The Petrol Bomber, Bernadette, and the Bloody Sunday collection and, in a politically neutral way, cover some of the other sites that define the area. Fellow tour guide, Mr Terry Brown of Walled City Tours, will join us to share his perspective at some of the locations along the way.

You’ll also hear stories about:

• Two of the city's greatest boxers, Jim “Spider” and his son Billy "Spider" Kelly, and how they got their
nickname
• St Columba and how the sacred well was formed
• The murals, monuments and memorials dedicated to the Troubles
• A Victorian-era garden of tranquility in the city centre
• The revival of the ancient languages of the natives and the planters
• Derry pigs and what made them so happy

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What’s included?

  • Lifetime access to this tour in English

  • Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

  • VoiceMap App for Android and iOS

  • Food and drink

  • Transportation

  • Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route

  • Smartphone and headphones

Things to know

Before you book

  • This is a self-guided audio tour.

  • Entrance fees to all attractions mentioned on the tour are excluded from the price.

Before you go

  • Install the VoiceMap app beforehand and use the code included with your ticket to download the tour.

  • Remember your headphones, unless you've booked a driving tour.

  • Charge your phone's battery. The way VoiceMap uses GPS to play audio automatically can be battery intensive.

Redemption information

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    DDBS3298
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