The Siege of Derry: 105 Days That Shaped Ulster

In 1688, as a Catholic king sat on the English throne and Protestant Ireland braced for upheaval, thirteen apprentice boys shut the gates of Derry against a Jacobite army. What followed was one of the longest and most harrowing sieges in British and Irish history — 105 days of starvation, disease, and relentless bombardment. Lucas and Luna explore the political tinderbox that led to the siege, the leadership of the heroic but flawed Governor Robert Lundy, the stubborn defiance of Major Henry Baker and Reverend George Walker, and the desperate relief that finally broke through on a ship called the Mountjoy. They look at the human cost — thousands died within the walls from hunger and typhus, survivors ate dogs and rats — and at the siege's deep imprint on Ulster Protestant identity, from the annual Closing of the Gates commemorations to the slogan 'No Surrender!' This episode is a close look at a moment when a single walled city became the crucible of a community's will to survive. #SiegeOfDerry #Londonderry #JacobiteWar #WilliamIII #JamesII #ApprenticeBoys #RobertLundy #GeorgeWalker #Mountjoy #Ulster #NoSurrender #1689 #Typhus #Famine #IrishHistory #17thCentury #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo