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The Siege of Derry 1689 No Surrender
In April 1689, thirteen apprentice boys slammed the gates of Derry shut against James II's Jacobite army, beginning a 105-day siege that would become a defining myth of Ulster Protestant identity. This episode follows the siege from its first standoff at the Ferryquay Gate through the starving summer when rats sold for a shilling and the defenders held on chanting 'No Surrender.' We examine the role of the elusive hero George Walker, the failed relief at Break of Day, the Mountjoy breaking the boom on Lough Foyle, and the ambiguous legacy of a siege that still echoes in…
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