It isn’t easy to define why one is left with a vaguely dissatisfied feeling at the conclusion of the Young Ireland: Rebels and Loyalists display/lecture/musical nights series. But it is important to try.
John McCullagh
Rebels and Loyalists in Carlingford
The next in the Young Ireland: Rebels and Loyalists series of political addresses is on Thursday evening (8.00 pm) of this week in the Heritage Centre Carlingford, where the speakers will include Tim Pat Coogan, James Quinn, Brendan O Cathaoir and John Dunlop, each of whom in his own way is an authority on the life and times of the leading figures from that most influential period of Irish history.
Sunshine & Oranges
‘Sunshine and oranges’ … what was promised to the ‘orphan’ children who were seized and exported to the antipodes to become victims of abuse. There is an excellent film of the name just released and there follows a review: then a tribute to the Newry children who suffered this fate.
1996 St Clare’s Avenue
Margaret McAteer and Mary Rose Sheridan in St Clare’s Avenue many moons ago, with a travelling minstrel
It hardly seems possible, but already it is fifteen years ago. I have no idea how many of these people still reside at these addresses!
1 Elsie Kearns
1 Peter Kearns
3 Daniel Taylor
3 Denise Taylor
3 Josephine Taylor
5 John Gerard Patterson
7 Kevin Peter Hughes
7 Stephen James Hughes
7 Theresa Hughes
9 Bridget Byrne
9 James Byrne
11 Rose Rocks
13 Catherine Torley
15 Bridget Maureen Crawford
15 John Bernard Crawford
17 Annie Kearney
21 Edward James Kearns
21 James Edward Kearns
21 Michael Joseph Kearns
23 Stella Mary Loughran
25 James Eward Gerard Flynn
25 Majella Mary Flynn
27 Margaret McKeown
29 Maurice McEvoy
31 Rita Weir
31 Seamus Patrick Weir
33 Ian Gerard Crawley
33 Mary Catherine Veronica Crawley
33 James Daly
33 Rose Daly
33 Peter Hollywood
2 Noel Anthony Keenan
2 William James Keenan
4 Gary Turley
4 John Turley
4 Maria Turley
4 Michael Turley
4 Paul Turley
8 George Martin Park
8 Mary Ann Park
10 Edmund McGrath
10 Eileen McGrath
12 Bernadette Smith
12 Francis Eugene Smith
14 Malachy McCartan
14 Marie McCartan
16 Rose Marie Craven
18 Andrew Malachy McGivern
18 Colette Susan McGivern
20 James Gerald Cunningham
20 Theresa Cunningham
22 Benedict Joseph Keenan
22 Roisin Elizabeth Keenan
24 Geraldine Patricia O’Rourke
24 Patrick James O’Rourke
26 Catriona Lorraine Fallon
26 Kathleen Ann Fallon
26 Leo Francis Fallon
28 Imelda Rose Agnes Connolly
30 Saarah Bernadette Murray
32 Ellen Fitzpatrick
32 Mary Patricia Rooney
32 Peter Christopher Rooney
34 Carole Murphy
34 Patrick Murphy
36 Finola McCaul
38 Brendan O’Neill
40 Joseph Morgan
40 Philomena Morgan
Train memories
I thought it a good idea, good enough to share with you. If the notion of the 36 mile round trip by bicycle to Portadown deters you, how about halving it? If you’re my age and have the Smartpass…
Drama Festival: the results
The really good news from Newry Drama Festival is that local group Newpoint (who presented the excellent ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’) is through to the Ulster Finals at the Theatre at the Mill in Newtownabbey in a month’s time.
Festival draws to a close
Whatever else, 2011 Newry Drama Festival will be best remembered for our adjudicator, Tony Rushforth. The Newry audience was enthralled and educated by him all week. I believe he is the best since the late lamented Alan Nichol.
Review: Entertaining Angels
Thursday night’s helping at the Drama Festival was Clarence’s interpretation of Richard Everett’s ‘Entertaining Angels’.
Review: Lughnasa: & November
I confess to being very tired of Friel’s ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ – having seen it too often – and disappointment on learning that Newpoint had chosen it this year for the Open Circuit.