Born next to Derry's walls in poverty (5)
I believe the answer is:
needy
'born next to derry's walls in poverty' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'born next to derry's walls' is the wordplay.
'born' becomes 'nee' (I've seen this before).
'next to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'walls' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (the walls are the letters on each edge).
'derry' with its centre taken out is 'dy'.
'nee'+'dy'='NEEDY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for needy that I've seen before include "Insecure; very poor" , "Poverty-stricken" , "Craving attention" , "Poor - destitute" , "clinging" .)