Occasionally town boys who were not afraid of horses could earn a penny or two for looking after the animals for farmers whose stay in the town of Kilkeel would be brief, or who wished to retire to the nearest hostelry.
‘Keep the ‘hate’ in ye”
John McCullagh
St Catherine’s Church Newry
I am wont sometimes to let my attention stray from divine worship as I contemplate the beauty of the architecture in my local church St Catherine’s (The Dominican).
Corr’s Sweet Shop
From the time that I had enough teeth to deal with a caramel, there was a sweet shop next door to our school. It was run by the Corr’s family.
It was also our
Biddy Magee
As I intimated earlier, my Primary 2 year is a blank in my memory, probably because it was fear-free.
Biddy Magee, the Primary 3 teacher was a different proposition.
Lily McCaul
Lily McCaul was a truly extraordinary woman. I knew her through her children, through U3A and through the Gateway. I also interviewed her for Newry Journal. Like thousands of others, I mourn her passing.
Newpoint’s Season draws to a close
Your final chance to see Newpoint’s highly successful production of Brian Friel’s Making History is TOMORROW (Friday) night at the Arts Centre at 8.00 pm. This is not to be missed …
Clanrye Avenue people of old
We explained before how the Meadow houses are numbered out of sequence in a number of roads.
When we got in trouble with the law as youths we would give a seemingly correct address – such as
Dick and Dora
Eventually in Primary One we got round to the serious business of reading.
Up to that time it had supposedly been reading preparation though if the truth be told, we were far too busy eluding the grasping fingers of Sister Hairpull to bother with much else.
Settling in to School
Somehow or other I made it through that first day.