Limavady County Derry.

(Leap of the dog)

The town of Limavady takes its name (which means "dog leap") from an ancient legend that a dog leapt across a nearby gorge with a message to save the people. It is situated on the river Roe, and is a busy residential, market, and trading centre as well as the administrative headquarters of the district.

Limavady has connections wit many famous people Thackery lived for a time in Ballyclose Street and probably wrote the poem 'Sweet Peg of Limavady' there. William Masse (1856-1925) Prime Minister of New Zealand was a native of the town. he well known tune 'Danny Boy' or 'The Londonderry Air, was first noted down there by a Miss Jane Ross, who got it from a traveling fiddler.