Newry Journal
Community, History and Culture from Newry, Ireland
Kevin McAllister was 'hired out' from the hiring fair at the top of North Street, where the Butter and Egg… Read more…
When the 'Savoy' cinema in Monaghan Street was blown up in 1953 after showing the newsreel of the Coronation, I… Read more…
Across the road from 'the pipe' was Chivers Factory (the Jam Factory), nowadays called the WIN Business Park. The front… Read more…
What is erroneously referred to in English history as the Desmond Rebellions occurred in (first) 1569-1573 and (second) 1579-1583 in… Read more…
'To my son in Amerikay'. Some years ago in the County Armagh This story all began Before emigration was finally… Read more…
Where was Patrick's Place? It is notable from these lists how religious or ethnic background was irrelevant when it came… Read more…
McGladdery had thrown the lifeless body in a bunch of thorns at a place known as Weir's Rocks and flung… Read more…
My Uncle Raymond was a jack-of-all-trades. He could be called upon by his brothers and sisters to paint, paper, clear… Read more…
There were factors that featured on a national and wider scale, such as temporary agricultural recessions, government policies and the… Read more…
19th century arranged marriages
I was telling you about the Blackfoot, a sort of matchmaker of times gone by. It was in the early… Read more…