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No Room in the Crib
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Written by John McCullagh   
Sunday, 08 January 2006
Officials in the Library in Memphis ordered the removal from the Crib display there of some figures it had deemed (on 'politically-correct' grounds, we presume) inappropriate.  Perhaps someone had objected to the deification of a child born out of wedlock, the public flaunting of his parents, the prominence offered to strangely-dressed travellers - perhaps illegal immigrants.  The infant Jesus, his mother, St Joseph and the three Wise Men were taken away. 

There are Dervishes everywhere!

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From Dromalane Hill
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Written by John McCullagh   
Sunday, 08 January 2006
This is the view of Newry in the valley from the hill above Dromalane.

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Gentry Directory:19th Century
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Written by John McCullagh   
Sunday, 08 January 2006

We have already had a favourable reaction to the posting of that initial list from the 19th Century Directory. The following is the rest of ‘Gentry Etc’ from mid-nineteenth century Newry.

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