Derry City Football Club are a professional football club based in Derry , Northern Ireland . They play in the League of Ireland Premier Division , the top tier of league football in the Republic of Ireland , and are its only member from Northern Ireland. [ 1 ] The club's home ground is the Brandywell . Derry City wear red and white striped shirts from which their nickname, the Candystripes , derives. [ 2 ] The club are also known as the Red and White Army , Derry or City . [ 3 ]
