Newry News and Irish Fun
John McCullagh We three walked the towpath today from Lurganare to Jerretspass. The images are below. Meanwhile, in reference to this entry, Martin Payne emails me with the following message:
“I was talking to a guy on the towpath earlier on this year, his name is McKeown, and his Father was the boxing coach for the old Bosco club years ago.
The gabbro boulder-strewn western side of Anglesey Mountain was our challenge this St Steven’s Day. It was also the birthday of BOTH of my companions, the newest Mr and Mrs McCullagh.
In this photograph, we go back more than thirty-six years. The venue is the Order of Malta Hall.
I am usually in the Gateway Club once a week for Bridge sessions and there are lots of Irish classes and other activities nightly. Peter and Sinead Donaghy sometimes have gymnastic sessions there too.
Let me first offer humble apologies for advertising this wonderful event AFTER the fact, but since I had not booked tickets, I might have ‘shot myself in the foot’ by offering pre-publicity for what is ALWAYS (and rightfully) a sell-out concert! It was superb!
While we are still celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first residents of the Meadow estate, we will upload a few more Meadow stories and images.
To continue our occasional series of streets residents of the past … here 1906 …
Frequent food parcels from American relations during World War II provided relief from the drudgery and shortages. I well remember the excitement of their arrival and the ritual of opening them. For me, apart from the food – spam, dried eggs, candy and chocolate, canned fruit etc, the most exciting part of the whole process was the comics.
