History of the Diocese of Derry from the Earliest Times.

History of the Diocese of DerryAuthor: JEFFERIES, Henry A. & DEVLIN, Ciaran (Editors).

Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000. 304 pages. Illustrated. Maps. Hardback.

Contents:-

Foreword Dr Seamus Hegarty, bishop of Derry
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Colum Cille and the diocese of Derry Brian Lacey
2. The early Church John R. Walsh
3. Early churches in the Faughan River valley, County Derry Henry A. Jefferies and Ethna Johnston
4. The Christ of Maghera: a preliminary study of the lintel of the old church of St Lurach at Maghera, County Derry Oliver Crilly
5. The formation of the diocese Ciaran Devlin
6. Some episcopal lives Ciaran Devlin
7. George Montgomery, first Protestant bishop of Derry, Raphoe and Clogher (1605-10) Henry A. Jefferies
8. Penal days Diarmaid O Doibhlin
9. The story of Mercy in Derry Angela Bolster RSM
10. The Christian Brothers and the diocese of Derry John Ledwidge
11. The development of the Catholic Church in Derry under the leadership of Bishop Francis Kelly (1849-88) Stephen McLaughlin
12. The diocese of Derry in the twentieth century Finbar J. Madden and Thomas Bradley
13. The ‘Troubles’ Bishop Edward Daly
Index

MAPS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
1. `Oghill Cross at Mullaboy’ by Chiara Hutton
2. Map of Catholic parishes of Derry in 1995
3. The political geography of Derry diocese in the early  medieval period
4. Faughan River valley, Co. Derry
5. ‘St Columb’s Chapel, Clooney’ by Chiara Hutton
6. The lintel of the old church of St Lurach at Maghera
7. Studies of the lintel
8. Genealogical chart of the line of Niall Naoighiallach
9. The clans
10. Churches and chapels in Derry, 1607

ISBN: 1851824901