Bradshaw’s Newry Directory (1820) continues ………
‘.. The road through the town northwards formerly lay through Ballybot, Mill Street, Market Street and High Street and united with the Banbridge Road at Stream Street.
Bradshaw 1820: new roads
John McCullagh
McGladdery’s Trial
Pearl Gamble’s murder had caused outrage, not just in Newry but throughout these islands. When McGladdery appeared at Newry Courthouse in April the building was besieged by a huge crowd, most of whom were unable to gain access to the proceedings.
Trevor Hill/Town Hall slideshow
The final slideshow of 2006 – and the last of the ‘postcard’ series – is of the Hill Street, Town Hall and Trevor Hill areas.
Cold Winter
In October the travellers on a halting Site asked their new Clan Leader if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.
Quit Nyamming
Fr Colum Wright this morning in his sermon, with a congregation ranging in age from four to eighty plus years, recounted how he had just returned from visiting Santa in Daisy Hill Hospital. Really? No, really? Was he ill?
It was all the children ‘nyamming’ that put him there, he said, and it wasn’t at all certain that he’d recover soon enough to do his essential rounds this year.
The Christmas Knowall
Have you met him yet? … The Christmas Knowall.
The festive Sir Oracle who haunts all places of public resort. You can’t have missed him for he is unmistakable with his arched eyebrows and his condescending smile.
