Later Cannon
Roaring Meg was also the name of a cannon used during the Siege of Derry in 1689. This one is preserved on Derry's city walls but is currently undergoing restoration.
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Famous quotes containing the word cannon:
“Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again!
The beggars have changed places, but the lash goes on.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Examples are cited by soldiers, of men who have seen the cannon pointed, and the fire given to it, and who have stepped aside from he path of the ball. The terrors of the storm are chiefly confined to the parlour and the cabin.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)