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Green or not … ?
Mexico of my Heart
Monday, November 5, 2012 16:19
The Newry Chamber Music concert this evening (Quigley Concert) promises to be a very special occasion indeed. It features world-renowned flautist Elena Duran AND international pianist David Owen Norris. The concert (£10) begins at 8.00 pm at the Arts Centre. Be there or you will rue the day you missed the opportunity!
Newry Film Club
Monday, November 5, 2012 15:25
The next film of Newry Film Club is on Wednesday night (7th November) at the usual time of 7.30pm. We are showing ‘The Awakening’, a supernatural thriller directed by Nick Murphy and starring Rebecca Hall and Dominic West. The movie is set in 1921 England where Florence Cathcart (Rebecca Hall) is a published author on supernatural hoaxes who works with [...]
19th Century South Armagh: Chambre
Friday, November 2, 2012 20:59
In the 19th century in South Armagh there were a number of attacks on landlords, their agents or their property. During that time in the area, there were at least three agrarian murder attempts, one of which involved Meredith Chambre, a landlord and magistrate from Killeavy in South Armagh. In December 1851, Chambre had received a threatening letter which [...]
Obit: Mrs Margaret McCracken …
Friday, June 15, 2012 20:04
“Ou sont les neiges d’antan?” (Where are the snows of yesteryear?) …. I was saddened to read of the death at a relatively early age and as a result of a long illness bravely borne, of Mrs. Patricia McCracken (nee McShane). Patricia was the loving wife of legendary Newry distance runner Willie McCracken and beloved mother to Conor, Sharon and [...]
Peter Markey rescues two war-victim Jews ..
Friday, June 15, 2012 8:35
Sergeant Peter Joseph Markey from Newry was part of the unsuccessful British parachute assault on Arnhem in September 1944. (see also http://www.newryjournal.co.uk/2007/06/22/dickie-the-paratrooper/ ) Markey was captured and incarcerated in Sagan prisoner-of-war camp in Germany. With the others there he was liberated by the Russians in February 1945. Desparate to return to Britain, Markey considered that the best route was to [...]
Welcome the Fiddler!
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:14
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Sean Crawford articlesSo how do I spend my time in retirement, you ask? Very pleasantly, on the whole. Some days indeed, I am so occupied I cannot get in all the jobs I have engaged myself to do. I play the organ in church. Somewhat like myself, it is ancient [...]
Noble Ploughman: .. end …
Monday, March 26, 2012 13:16
This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Michael J MurphySince man first turned the soil with his crude spade, revolutionary changes have merged into a progress which has created new worlds above the soil. But it is still the same soil, and generally speaking producing the same foodstuffs for generally the same purpose. As each scrape rises, [...]
Weekend Breaks: Clarence
Monday, March 26, 2012 12:23
How time flies! Already we have seen one third of all the plays in the 2012 Newry Drama Festival! Bart’s opening on Friday night was competent, distracting and pleasant: I expect no kudos to come their way though. Ballyduff (Saturday) and Nenagh (Sunday) were both outstanding in their own different ways: Waterford displayed an exceptionally talent youth section and the [...]
The Old Academy
Friday, March 16, 2012 9:26
This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Sean Crawford articles Some philanthropists, solicitous about the possibility of my becoming bored with so much leisure at my disposal, naively advised me to open ‘a wee shop’. However recalling all the money I had paid out of my own pocket for pens, pencils, jotters, catechisms, readers, copies and rubbers [...]