Derrie Danders: Discover Unique Historical Tours and Giant Experiences
4.9
13 Ratings
Derry and Strabane
Discover unique historical tours and giant experiences with Derrie Danders. Explore blue plaques, Derry Girls history, Scots-Irish connections, shirt factory heritage, musical heritage, and famous and forgotten sieges.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- The Derry Walls - A themed historical walk around the city centre including the famous ‘Derry Walls’
What's Included
- Radio microphone system available upon request
- Licensed Tour Guide included
Additional Information
Derrie Danders offers a unique selection of tours.
If your desired theme is not publicly listed, feel free to suggest it.
EERIE HISTORICAL EVENINGS
Typically held in the evenings, this tour delves into the city’s haunting history.
HISTORICAL MARKERS OF THE MAIDEN CITY
A TNI endorsed Giant Experience, the tour involves an engaging walk through the city, pointing out memorial plaques mounted on city buildings.
AUTHENTIC DERRY GIRLS HISTORY WALK
This tour highlights the powerful and motivational ingenuity of women both from historical and contemporary times, including both authentic Derry women as well as their fictional counterparts.
SCOTTISH IRISH LINKS OF THE ENCLOSED CITY
This discusses the city’s tie-ins with Scottish history and the emigration to the New Lands.
TEXTILE MILL HERITAGE
This tour provides an historical journey around various old textile mill locations.
LEGENDERRY MUSIC HERITAGE TOUR
Music-themed heritage tour
FAMED AND ABANDONED SIEGES
The tour is dedicated to the well-known 1688/89 Siege as well as the overlooked sieges in the 1640’s.
- A wheelchair and stroller accessible route can be arranged for private group tours - please request at time of booking.
Location
Visit Derry
Waterloo Place
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(13 Ratings)
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Daytrip474484
Mar 31, 2024
Blue Plaques AR Enhanced Demo Tour - Excellent! We were warmly welcomed to the demo tour and introduced to the other guests which set us at ease from the very start.
A thoroughly enjoyable AR enhanced tour where the characters on the commemorative blue plaques came to life, read poetry, told stories, sang songs, etc. We even had the opportunity to get our photographs taken with them. A truly memorable experience which we would highly recommend.
The demo tour took longer than expected but to be honest we were having so much fun we never noticed the time passing by. We were in very good company along with a very knowledgeable and informative tour guide, David. We were also lucky to have a lovely day for it, being able to see the city in its full glory.
Try out this AR enhanced tour and be prepared to walk, learn and have fun. An amazing experience. You won't be disappointed.
Anne Marie and Cara
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916katinkan
Oct 15, 2023
Tour of unionist tradition and identity - We asked for a guided tour of protestant-unionist-loyalist neighbourhoods in Derry and David created a special one for us, It included a walk in the Waterside and The Fountain areas and included project visits. We had a chance to talk to staff of a cross-community youth project and a cultural center. Thanks so much, David for a unique opportunity to get insight into the history, symbols, tradition, identity, perceptions and contempory culture of the community!
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Escape829081
Jun 13, 2023
New Buildings History Group Day out. - We did the Real Derry Girls tour. It was absolutely 💯
From a history perspective David has a wealth of knowledge. Don't miss if you are in town!
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Lyndel1374
Jun 4, 2023
Get to know Derry in a special way - David provided an in-depth look at Derry, its general history but also how it connects to the history of the Scots Irish. The tour was well paced
and super informative, and David super kind.
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Jilloz6233nj
Apr 20, 2023
Excellent tour, David was a very good,and informative tour guide ,taken at a nice pace , - The whole tour was just very good , learning about these influential women and what they achieved notably Amelia Erhart ,would recommend it to those visiting Derry
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166lindenc
Apr 19, 2023
I learnt a lot more about history I was interested in and thought I knew about!. - David has so much knowledge about the people who make up Derrys history, he brings then to life.
He has a wonderful down to earth style easy to understand.
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M4109orpatrickf
Mar 26, 2023
I met the real Derry Girls on this tour - I met the real Derry Girls.
Although I have done David's audio tours before, I had not done one of the real ones so it was great to get the opportunity last month when he did trial tours for locals to experience his new women's themed history tour Influential Women of the Walled City.
I forgot to leave this review at the time and I know the tour is now available to buy.
Although I have done another themed Derry Girls tour from another company available on a Saturday, and I enjoyed it at the time, with hindsight, I know find it very limited and one dimensional, compared to David's tour.
His tour covers the real Derry Girls, ie the history of real people, but he does cover the fictional ones too.
I wish David well for his new tour and hope he gets lots of visitors to book it and hear this wonderful history.
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Ruthml3760vw
Jul 15, 2020
Derriere Danders Ulster Scots/Irish walking tour. - We've been on two walking tours now with David. One about the city walls and the second with an Ulster Scots/Irish theme. David is very knowledgeable
about everything we saw and was able to give us references to find further info if wanted. I'm not really a history buff unlike my husband but the two hours flew by full of interesting stories, anecdotes and humour.
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Dimarshall1
Jul 14, 2020
A great afternoon dandering and appreciating the knowledge of David. - I highly recommend Derrie Danders. Especially suitable for Groups interested in the City and its links with the Ulster Scots.
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Helen1903
Jul 14, 2020
Ulster Scots tour - Very enjoyable, relaxed and informative tour, highly recommend. Tour guide was excellent and knew his history
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