Newry was always a ‘border’ town – at first as a monastic settlement ….
John McCullagh
Talbot Street Newry 1917
We made mention a little while back of the Ragged School in Talbot Street. Let us take a step back 90 years and see who was in charge – and who were the other residents of Talbot Street in 1917, in the middle of the Great War.
Railway Stations
Newry’s first Railway Station was neither Edward Street nor Dublin Bridge, but was located at a red-brick building down the Warrenpoint Road in a place that later became the Abattoir.
Boundaries & Bridges
All political, parliamentary and municipal boundaries in our area are an artificial construct of the occupying English and designed for their better management of our affairs.
Old Newry History : Part 1
Brother Mallon of the Abbey Monastery community, who taught for much of his career in St Mary’s Secondary School on the Falls Road in Belfast, is a Newry man through and through and is back living in Newry in his retirement. These are his notes on Old Newry ….
John Purroy Mitchel
An interesting short article over on Loughorne Times :
John Purroy Mitchel became Mayor of New York in 1912. He was grandson of the famous John Mitchel 1815 – 1875 read more…
Close Shave : 2
This darkness was rather fun for all the courting couples, but it was a little eerie whilst journeying through the deserted streets as you made your way home, not to mention dangerous in those troubled times.
Iveagh Crescent 1951
This list of the one-time residents of
Rainbow Girl
A crisp autumn morning echoes loudly
As young voices celebrate mid-term release
Heaps of leaves capture every corner
Every nook and cranny of the