When was the city of Londonderry renamed ‘Derry’?<\/p>\n
According to the Bristol Airport departure board Ryanair flight FR8206 will depart at 14.55 for ‘Derry’.<\/p>\n
I know Londonderry went through a phase of being called ‘Slash City’ because the local print media referred to it as ‘Londonderry\/Derry’.<\/p>\n
The reason for this double-naming is due to the Republican\/Loyalist divide. The Republicans are all anti the word ‘London’ appearing in a placename – even in Norn Ireland (Northern Ireland), but the Loyalists want to see the name retained.<\/p>\n
So for a decade or so Londonderry was called ‘Slash City’ – a kind of ‘third way’ in the naming convention department.<\/p>\n
But when did it get formally changed to ‘Derry’ as Bristol Airport seem to be telling us the place is now called?<\/p>\n
Or perhaps it didn’t get changed, perhaps it’s just another little idiosyncrasy that is Bristol Airport?<\/p>\n
Hmm…<\/p>\n
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