I was listing for you the residents of various parts of Newry one hundred years ago. This is just the latest in that series.
Needham St/Place 100 years ago
John McCullagh
More wholesome expressions!
A borrowed horse needs hard hooves.
Beauty never boiled the pot.
The burnt child fears the fire.
The old dog for the hard road: the pup for the pad.
Crude Sayings
We usually avoid like the plague, any reference to ‘shameful’ body parts. This is one small exception. Please excuse the (direct and) implied crudities.
Newpoint Latest
Great News!!!
Newpoint Players, Newry walked off with all the top prizes at Dublin Amateur Dr
Franciscan Friary at Shean
Shean townland lies around the southern and eastern foot of Slieve Brac which mountain lies to the west of Forkhill, and faces – across the valley – the beautiful, magical, mysterious, and legendary Slieve Gullion.
Sheeptown 1926
This is another excellent photo from the Janine Masters collection and we are most grateful to receive it.
Forkhill origins
Allow me if you will, the space to expand somewhat on the information re. the origin/ meaning of the placename FORKHILL which is already carried on Newry Journal.
Runaways in love
To escape the dreaded arranged marriage, the young couple in love would run away together to the house of good friends – or the male’s relatives.
19th century arranged marriages
I was telling you about the Blackfoot, a sort of matchmaker of times gone by.