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John McCullagh

Misery

June 6, 2020March 27, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Our Adjudicator Scott Marshall was most fulsome in his praise of the Bart Players’ rendition of Stephen King’s Misery which was staged last evening in Newry Town Hall.

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Cathal & Tara Wed

June 6, 2020March 26, 2007 by John McCullagh

OK.  So you want to see the radiant bride?  No problem.  We had a wonderful weekend, thanks to Tara, Cathal and our dear friends Paddy and Clodagh Welsh.



 

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Lusty Beg Island Reception

June 6, 2020March 26, 2007 by John McCullagh

So, why did Cathal McIntyre and Tara Welsh choose to host their wedding reception in far-off Lusty Beg Island?  Well, here are just seven reasons ….



 

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Edgars of Newry (ropemakers)

June 6, 2020March 22, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Records of the Edgar family in Newry start with two advertisements in the Belfast Newsletter the first August 1765 when Robert Edgar placed an advertisement for his services as a Physician …

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He has it all!

June 6, 2020March 22, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Dear Agnes,

I am single, still in my mid-20s, dashingly handsome – though I say so myself – and I’m a highly successful professional man.

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Windmill Road 40 years ago

June 6, 2020March 22, 2007 by John McCullagh
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On the left of our photograph is Yvonne Byrne of O’Neill Avenue. Behind her is her late husband Johnny. Johnny Byrne met with an unusual and tragically fatal accident some years ago.


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Sneezing etiquette

June 6, 2020March 22, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Dear Agnes,

You are a lady who always knows the correct etiquette in any circumstances.

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Hilltown

June 6, 2020March 20, 2007 by John McCullagh

Brede White (her mother was O’Neill of the pub in Hilltown of that name) emails to ask for Hilltown photos.  Shure, I just love to accommodate! 



 

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In the trenches

June 6, 2020March 19, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Now for the anecdotes about Addy McLoughlin  …..

Some ninety years ago our subject Addy McLaughlin of Newry met another young Newry lad in the terrible trenches of France during the Great War.

 

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