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St Columba Heritage Centre EHOD 2025

59-61 Longtower Street, Derry, County Londonderry, BT48 6QQ
St Columba Heritage Centre EHOD 2025

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Over the weekend you will hear the story of St Cholmcille and the history of the book in Ireland in the context of the formation of European identity.
There will be option of a guided walk - "Written in Stone" on Saturday 11am & 2pm to the substantial ruin of the oldest structure in the city, the base of a medieval round tower in the grounds of Lumen Christi College. This is also the school where Seamus Heaney boarded and was attended by John Hume, Seamus Deane, Brian Friel, Martin O'Neill, Jim Sharkey, Phil Coulter, Paul Brady, Eamon McCann – a generation of men who changed the cultural, literary and political landscape of Ireland.

Saturday 10:00 – 16:00 visit the Heritage Centre
Saturday 11:00 & 14:00 " Written in Stone" Tour - Bookable Tours by emailing darinaghboyle15@gmail.com
Sunday 10:00 – 14:00 visit the Heritage Centre

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Season (13 Sept 2025)
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Saturday10:00 - 16:00
Season (14 Sept 2025)
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Sunday10:00 - 14:00

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