Culmore is at the mouth of the River Foyle, a short distance
downstream from the city of Londonderry, or Derry, slightly further
inland. This geographical location
proved to be of strategic importance in May 1600 when Sir Henry Docwra, 1st
Baron Docwra of Culmore, landed here with his army prior to taking Derry in an
attempt to quash a war against the crown in Ulster. The 17th century Fort Culmore on Culmore Point played a part in another event a
few years later when Sir Cahir O’Doherty captured a supply of arms from there
before launching what came to be known as O’Doherty’s Rebellion. A more recent claim to fame for the village
is that Amelia Earhart completed her solo translatlantic flight in 1932 by coming down
on Culmore.
Just beyond Culmore is the border with the Republic of
Ireland, making it the last mainland coastal settlement on my blogging odyssey
around the British coast. However, there
is one last place to blog about: Rathlin Island. Watch this space.
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Culmore Point - geograph.org.uk - 953319. Photo by Kenneth Allen, via Wikimedia Commons.
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