Newry News and Irish Fun
John McCullagh 
Our photo, taken in 1989 shows:
Robert Quinn: Aidan Campbell: Paul Campbell: Joseph Kavanagh: Jacqueline Kavanagh: Cathal Grant: Carla Campbell: Angela Campbell: Martin O’Brien: Aine O’Riaordan: Patrica Kavanagh: Sinead Campbell: Charlene McNally: Stephen Campbell: J J McAnulty: Darren McNally: Francis McNally
Well everyone had told me to be ready for the “big changes” in Newry…
After all Newry isn’t “the little town” it used to be, but a city now.
There may have been plenty of vehicles on the roads.. and even traffic jams down Hill Street
… but it was the same old Newry to me.
For me it is frankly inconceivable that tourists to
The photograph shows Newgrange where the first rays penetrate deep within to the very basin stone that was the last resting place of the great leaders of that ancient society. The great mound covers a single tomb consisting of a long passage and a cross-shaped chamber. At 5,000 years old its construction pre-dates the pyramids of
The Guided Tour brings you also to the nearby Knowth and Dowth. At Knowth for example, within the mound a specially-designed room allows visitors to see down the eastern passage. The room’s main focus is a huge ditch built in the early Christian era. There are many souterrains and the surviving foundations of an Early Christian house. There are of course, examples of Neolithic artwork. Ceremony and settlement existed at Br
In the War Years, British Summer Time added two hours to summer evenings, the government’s intent being to facilitate the harvest.
It helped us too. Darkness didn’t fall until eleven or half past and the stretch on the evenings was enjoyed and appreciated by those of all ages.
‘The Viagra company seemed pleased enough with this photo I sent,’
he began enigmatically.
‘They enquired whether this was the full extent. They had concerns about breadth of exposure. ‘In advertising, exposure is vital’, they said.
I had my own concerns over exposure, but I kept them to myself.’
This home video is of the Newry Civil Rights march following Bloody Sunday, setting out from Derrybeg and proceeding down the Camlough Road to The Meadow below. The footage was shot by Tom McKeown, a regular contributor to the Newry Journal.
John Hume is clearly visible at the beginning of the clip – if you see anyone else or want to discuss this video please use the Guestbook. A short account of that day has been posted here.
The letter from the mail people, under the logo in the top right had a textphone number for ‘the deaf and the hard of hearing’.
The text of the message below was clearly aimed at the ‘slow of learning’.
I was talking about the Missioners a while back.
This was the time that parishioners could renew their spiritual lives and people turned up in droves. A ‘fire and brimstone’ priest, usually from one of the Orders, like the Jesuits would be brought in to exhort people to turn away from the temptations of the flesh and dedicate their lives to God.
Dearest Agnes,
Being the soul of discretion and much to be admired, perhaps you could tell me what will happen when the Bolshi Council in that wonderful City of
Will the populace pay the bill or will they resort to withholding payment or even to striking as they have done in the past. Would it be too much to hope for, that responsible Councillors might get kicked in the ‘cooley kickem’s?
What about a separate vote on this one?
Regards
Water Tight.