Newry Journal
Community, History and Culture from Newry, Ireland
In response to our tribute to the late Michael Gallagher, we have been inundated with people's recollections of the shop… Read more…
Newtownhamilton, says an old copy of the Armagh County Guide, is named after its founder who in 1770 established a… Read more…
Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary 1837
By way of contrast with Dr Pococke's jaundiced, personal account of Irish towns (see previous entry on Carlingford) - and… Read more…
Smuggling reached a peak in the War years. The British enforced a blockade of the ports of the neutral Irish… Read more…
Remember the time when every home had a cupboard with a shelf containing the 'medicines'? These consisted of a bottle… Read more…
The photo reproduced below was submitted by former Newry resident Mr Gerald Duffy. The individuals are identified on the reverse… Read more…
Local Sayings, some still in common usageMarry your daughters early, lest they marry themselvesMarriages and hangings are matters of luckThere's… Read more…
Yes, in the early years we walked to school. I vividly remember walking down the Camlough Road in the dark,… Read more…
'.. there was no central heating in houses. In our house there was a big range .. like a modern Aga… Read more…
Naomi – and Journal – triumphs !
I trust our readership will forgive me an excess of hubris this fine morning, for I have two things to… Read more…