Derry-Londonderry voted first U.K. city of culture

[TrueBlue84]

Londonderry got the UK city of culture

as the title says

no link yet just annouced on one show

 

[centauro]

Well done Londonderry!

First UK city of culture! Yaaay!

 

[The Cat]

I thought they had changed the name to Derry??

 

[Keith-M]

Well done for everyone involved. I might well take the opportunity to visit the city for the first timein 2013.

 

[Cass]

Congrats Derry!

 

[Cael]

Except that Derry is not a UK city.

 

[The Cat]

First UK city of culture! Yaaay!

How is it the first? Liverpool was city of culture in 2008. Technically Liverpool is in the UK.

 

[Keith-M]

You beat me to it, well done to everyone involved!

 

[TrueBlue84]

I thought they had changed the name to Derry??

Nope no such revoking of the royal charter

 

[Cass]

Well done for everyone involved. I might well take the opportunity to visit the city for the first timein 2013.

It's probably too Irish for you Keith!

 

[former wesleyan]

Now watch the fur fly !

 

[rockofcashel]

Well done to it too.

Please note however, that some posters may wonder where Londonderry is.

It is what Nationalists, Republicans, and most other people refer to as "Derry"

Before we go any further, can we all agree, that some people like to call it Londonderry, some like to call it Derry, a bit like Dingle/Daingean and there is no need for us to have 30 pages of arguments about what the proper name of the city is.

 

[TrueBlue84]

How is it the first? Liverpool was city of culture in 2008. Technically Liverpool is in the UK.

Liverpool was the European city of culture

 

[Cael]

First UK city of culture! Yaaay!

Derry is not a UK city of anything. Its not a UK city full stop.

 

[The Cat]

I thought the name was changed some time back??

 

[rockofcashel]

How is it the first? Liverpool was city of culture in 2008. Technically Liverpool is in the UK.

Not as much as Londenderry is.. sure everyone knows, to people who call Londonderry, Londonderry, nowhere is as UK as that small part of their mind which calls itself the UK.

 

[TrueBlue84]

Well done to it too.

Please note however, that some posters may wonder where Londonderry is.

It is what Nationalists, Republicans, and most other people refer to as "Derry"

Before we go any further, can we all agree, that some people like to call it Londonderry, some like to call it Derry, a bit like Dingle/Daingean and there is no need for us to have 30 pages of arguments about what the proper name of the city is.

No need to argue the city remains as Londonderry and retains a City of Derry Council and a City of Derry Airport.

The Royal Charter remains and the city remains as Londonderry

As the meerkat says... seemples

 

[The Cat]

Derry is not a UK city of anything. Its not a UK city full stop.

So you think it is Londonderry?

 

[rockofcashel]

Derry is not a UK city of anything. Its not a UK city full stop.

Yes it is Cael... in the real world like.

I accept that it isn't, in your mind, but in the real world, the entity of the United Kingdom, actually does exist

 

[Cael]

So you think it is Londonderry?

Its Doire Colmcille - and the PSF collaborators on the city council wont change that.