Newry News and Irish Fun
John McCullagh From tomorrow week – Christmas week – there are many Concerts to vie for your attendance : Cloughmore Choir’s Christmas Wassail, Vocal Score (Tues/Wed Arts Centre) featuring Mary Bradley, Eithne Bell, Donal O’Hanlon, Lowrey Hodgett and several other local notables – and of course, The Quigley Christmas Concert (featured).
The next screening of Newry Film Club is on Wednesday night coming, 7th December at 7.30pm.
A whole month ago, I spotted a sign outside a door in Killeavey Road : Santa: Please Stop Here ! How those parents might curb imminent expectations, I’ll never know!
Others just take short-cuts!
I recently attended a Reading in Kilkeel Library by acclaimed local author Eoin McNamee. It was well worth the effort!
This letter was sent to the Kirkcaldy High School Principal’s office after the school had sponsored a lunch for Senior Citizens.
An elderly lady received a new radio at the lunch as a door raffle prize, and was writing to say thank you.
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When things go wrong, as they sometimes will
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill
Most people, like me don’t start off the morning well, especially Monday morning. I was feeling pretty down myself, with good reason, as I went into B&Q for paint.
The local primary schoolchildren of today (Annalong and Moneydarragh Primary schools) composed this musical tribute to Jamie Crawford, and those other Mourne men who perished in the construction of the Silent Valley reservoir.
Minnie Caulfield was working in Kensington, London when the bad news of her brother Jamie arrived by telegram.