Newry Journal
Community, History and Culture from Newry, Ireland
The destruction of the hand-rail on the pedestrian bridge over the canal at Buttercrane Centre took several thugs working in… Read more…
Newpoint: Beauty Queen of Leenane
I know you really will want to go to the Town Hall tonight at 8.00 pm to support our local… Read more…
Tomorrow (Wednesday) evening, the home team Lislea present the Irish premiere of 'On the Waterfront' - the film version of… Read more…
The Quaternary Period of the last 1.6m years has been marked by Ice Ages which were punctuated each 100,000 years… Read more…
Dear Agnes, My grand-daughter's usual childminder will be unavailable for two weeks from Monday next (winter Caribbean holiday, apparently, with… Read more…
The 'Railway Bar' session unfortunately missed by our Oz visitors John and Annette Macan proved one of the best for… Read more…
Newry Film Club: Secret in their Eyes
We have just returned from Newry Film Club's April offering, the Academy Award winning 'The Secret in their Eyes'. I… Read more…
Most good folk stories of all traditions have a moral and that of the Newry Bear no less than any… Read more…
Tullyhappy Tulach Apaidh - the ripe moundSturgan - the peakSkegatillida Sceach a'tSeilide - the snail's thorn bushMaytown Maigh Tamhain - plain of the herdsMaghernahely… Read more…
Meadow allocations 60 years ago
The following information was unearthed from the local newspapers of sixty years ago. One surprise for your editor was to… Read more…