Now Willie was an Orangeman as loyal as can be
Virtuous and upright, a decent man was he
A man who’d always do his best to help a friend in need
John McCullagh
Isaac Corry, Traitor
Isaac Corry was just 21 when he was first elected to the Dublin Parliament representing Newry. His failed opponent challenged the result and fought a duel with Corry where the former was slightly wounded.
In later years Corry duelled also with Henry Grattan. Puerile as this assumed manner of resolving political disputes appears to us, it was not then uncommon. Newry’s second M.P. of the time was Robert Ross, a prot
North Street 1913
Streets of Yesteryear
1913
Upper
4 John Bailie
5 R Shanaghan
7 Edward Doorley
8 Mary Gamble
9 J McNamara
11 Edward Mullen
11a J Fitzpatrick
12 P Fitzpatrick
13 T McManus
15 M A Martin
18 Richard Sloan
17 William Little
19 M McGuigan
21 Michael McParland
22 Owen O’Hanlon
24 M Hamill
25 B
26 Mary Rafferty
27 Fred H Gordon
27 Samuel Gordon
30 Maurice Boland
31 M A McKeown
32 Joseph Moore
34 Thomas Ruddy
39 Frank O’Hare
42 James McAnulty
43 A Rafferty
44 J Quinn
45 Stephen Boyle
46 William McAnulty
48 A McConville
50 J McKeown
54 John Treanor
56 William Collins
58 John Grey
North St Lower
2 William Rafferty
4 Susan McGurk
5 T P Ledlie & Co
7 Stewart Lockhart
8 Sarah Treanor
9 Margaret Abrahamson
10 Ellen Gartlan
12 Alex Donnelly
13 Mary Gamble
14 Mary Marron
15 W J Tweedie
16 Patrick McAlinden
17 Edward Tracey
19 Patrick McAleavey
21 M J Milligan
23 Bernard Kearney
27 Margaret McMahon
29 Francis Cunningham
31 Rose A McConville
33 David O’Neill
34 James Falloon
35 James McGroarty
36 William Baxter
38 Patrick McAlinden
39 James Marshall
40 Charles Brown
42 John Murphy
43 Patrick Grant
44 James Hollywood
Removing Foreign Bodies
The book offered advice to qualifying surgeons and was called ‘Short Practice of Surgery’ by Bailey & Love (1992).
‘The variety of foreign bodies that have found their way into the human rectum is hardly less remarkable than the ingenuity used in their removal.
A turnip has been removed per anum (eh?!) by the use of obstetric forceps. A stick firmly planted has been removed by the insertion of a gimlet into its lower end. A tumbler, mouth downwards has been extracted by filling the interior with a wet Plaster of Paris bandage, leaving the end of the bandage protruding, and allowing the plaster to set.
Other items include a pepper pot.a dildo, and several carrots!
Poem for Niamh
Niamh
Some hours ago the water fell
To christen you, to work its spell
And wipe your slate, we hope for good
But now your life is sleep and food
Which, with our love will, by your leave
Suffice you now, our darling Niamh.
This happy birth, two thousand years
Our harbinger of peace, endears
Weaves webs of steel to bind our hearts
A laser light to pierce the dark
Darling child, my dream come true
We celebrate this day for you.
Ravelling strands of families mesh
In love knots of two minds, one flesh
Our future’s not our own, we’ll weave
An in-law maze, we’ll nod and wave
With trust: and silently we’ll pray
So this is a billet-doux to say
That on this warm mid-summer’s day
Cradled on my lawn you lay
While all around the raucous sound
Of laughter echoed in the mind
Your loved ones celebrate with food
Your birth in Christ at Cherrywood.
Our journey through this life, this fate
Ordained as by a friendly state
From Avenue to leafy meadow
Track of forebears, free from sorrow
Come and join our happy throng
We’ve waited for you for so long.
17th Century Census
The Census of County Down 1659 [PRONI T497] distinguishes between Scotch (by which was meant Protestants of Scottish or English origin) and Irish (meaning native Irish or Roman Catholic). It was shortly after the rebellion of 1641 and the suppression that followed it. Cromwell’s vengeful and terrible retribution of 1649 was both bloody and protracted. His commander Colonel Robert Venables retook Newry from the native Irish, mercilessly and easily. Plague and famine swept the country.
A Sticky Situation
‘Around
Weapons of Maths Instruction
The school teacher arriving at JFK in New York was found to have in his possession one compass, a protractor and a scientific calculator. He was arrested and sent to Quantanamo Bay, Cuba for importing weapons of maths instruction.
Many Howlers
no water, so firemen improvised
The coach appealed for alterations to be done to the toilets so that they could be used for football matches
The Council made money available for hotel beds to be ready for tourist sin Summer
After the ceremony the bride and broom go to the vestry to sigh
WANTED: a domesticated woman to live with old lady and to hell with cooking
Girl for general housework, able to milk one cow and cook for three
Many parts of the country had the direst summer on record
P.A Announcement at Croke Park: Would those on the roof of the stands please come down at once, or steps will be taken to get them down
Soft drinks lorry ad: Drink T and P mineral waters
Shop Window: DON’T BE CHEATED ELSEWHERE. COME IN HERE!
Laundry: WHY KILL YOURSELF WITH WASHING? LET US DO IT BY HAND
On lake: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, IT IS UNSAFE TO BATHE
Newspaper headline when John Paul I found dead in bed:
POPE DIES FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A MONTH!
Shop: No dissatisfied customer allowed to leave this shop
PASSENGERS HIT BY CANCELLED TRAINS
HEARSE FOR SALE: GOOD ENGINE: ORIGINAL BODY
chemists Window: WE DISPENSE WITH ACCURACY
Sign beneath large crucified Christ in Graveyard: EXECUTED BY MURPHY BROTHERS
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