Newry Journal
Community, History and Culture from Newry, Ireland
Previous to 1972, Irish pennies were large, mostly copper coins. In fact, the coin measured 1.215 inches (30.9 mm) in diameter and weighed 9.45… Read more…
This is the next in our series of Lists of Residents of streets of our town from former times. These can… Read more…
Ill-answered impertinentIll-favoured physically unattractiveIll put-on badly dressedIll done done wronglyIll to handle difficult (of person or beast)Ill off in straitened circumstancesIll tongued … Read more…
In father's absence at first - for six months or so - we stayed at Grandfather Bicker's in Poyntzpass. Then my… Read more…
Mr. Charles McCann, a well-known and respected Newry seaman, was one of eleven men drowned when a ship floundered after… Read more…
We turned into Moore Lane on the left side of Moore Street and we went to the rear of the… Read more…