The Derry County crest features an oak leaf cluster.
This is why Derry became known as "the oak leaf county"
This plaque is carefully handmade in studio by Colm Mc Cann.
It is coldcast in brass and then mounted onto a slate plaque 125mm x 125mm in size.
This gift is perfect for anyone who has Derry ancestry.
St. Colmcille first named the area when he set up a monastery in an Oak grove at the site around 521AD, calling it "Doire Colmcille" ("Colmcille's Oak Grove"). Tish was later shortened to Doire or Derry as we now know the county.
Oak groves were sacred places for the Celtic peoples who once lived over most of Western Europe as these trees occupied important positions in the culture and ceremonial of the Celts.
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