placenamesNorth-West Liberties of Derry
Líbeartaí Thiar Thuaidh Dhoire
Brook Hall, on the Foyle north of Derry, provides a botanical history of the city’s western outskirts.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Líbeartaí Thiar Thuaidh Dhoire · Irish · main form
- North-West Liberties of Derry · English · main form
- North-West Liberties of Londonderry · English · main form
Place & story
An arboretum beside the Foyle
Writing for the International Oak Society in 2021, David Gilliland described Brook Hall’s progression from parkland planting to an arboretum. Commander George Francis Gilliland created the twentieth-century conifer collection. The estate also retained older oaks, including two evergreen oaks used as entrance markers beside its original main road. Gilliland reported further native broadleaf planting, predominantly oak, across the estate during the preceding thirty years. His account records successive planting campaigns rather than a surviving untouched woodland. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — North-West Liberties of Derry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Brook Hall Estate and Gardens,12April2021 · David Gilliland, International Oak Society
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.