The principal late 16th century English tactic to destroy the Gaelic clan system was known as ‘surrender and re-grant’. Under it Gaelic leaders would submit ..
Month: June 2006
Survey 1 of Abbott’s House (?)
The Environment and Heritage Service Survey in Castle Street in December 2000 concluded that of six ‘blocks’ examined, only one (what they refer to as Block 4) was of ‘interest’. This is what they said of it …
Kilkelly, Ireland
It was many years after the events outlined in the following ballad that the box of letters upon which the story is based, was found in an abandoned drawer. The tale was heart-rending:
Molly Maguires
The Molly Maguires originated in
Hannah tragedy
Considering the season of the year, the passage of the Hannah from Newry to
Hannah Sails
The plight of the poor has always proved a fruitful opportunity for unprincipled entrepreneurs to line their own pockets.
By the mid-nineteenth century records of Shipping Intelligence for British ports (including the
EHS Report Shortcomings
We stated earlier that we would look again at the EHS’s report on McCann’s Bakery and specifically on the continuation of its ‘Historical Information’.
Sarah Parker: deaths
Overall the record of ships departing Newry for
Emigrant Ships: ‘Brothers’
The Irish famine, it hardly needs emphasising, had an enormous impact on the course of Irish history. Its ramifications impinged greatly not only on the demography of the country but also on its socioeconomic and cultural development.