We have just learned with regret of the death of Pat Ruddy. Margaret McGuigan of
Deaths: Baptisms of November
John McCullagh
Armagh City and County: named
We informed you earlier that the county names – indeed the concept – was an English innovation. Perhaps it is time for elaboration.
1917 Queen St/Downshire Court
Today’s Patrick/Dominic Streets and
Rifleman Bernard McAlister
I was in
Royal Coachbuilders of Newry
There is a very elaborate Royal Plaque built high in the wall of the premises presently opposite Newry’s Credit Union – featured below!
Burial of John Moore
In the Remembrance Month of November it is perhaps appropriate that we recall the poem, The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna, one of those hardy annuals drilled into generations of youth (including your editor, perhaps surprisingly considering the Irish Nationalist fervour of the CBS brothers!).
Refugees of the pogroms
We made brief mention some little time back of the
Ballymacdermott May evening
Ballymacdermot –
In the evening sun,
Where jigsaw fields and confidential cottages
Are illustrated pages of local history.