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Derry the last walled city to be built in Europe, it is also the first planned city to be built in Ireland, the only complete walled city in Ireland and the walls are the largest monument in state care in Northern Ireland -Phew! The Walls were built between 1613 – 1618 by The Honourable Irish Society mainly for protection for the early ‘planted’ Protestant settlers from England and Scotland. The city was granted a royal charter by King James I in 1613 and the “London” prefix was added, changing...