The most famous song about the 1916 rising, and probably the best one has connections with Newry and Mourne.
The Foggy Dew
Living History
Historical articles covering the last 60 years
Local Studies Library at risk!
I met Martin Goss in the Irish and Local Studies Library in
Warrenpoint Clerks/Chairmen
Mr Bernard McKernan served as Warrenpoint Town Clerk for all of thirty-two years up until the outbreak of the Great War.
St Mary’s Republican Plot
The recently erected steel tribute panel to fallen comrades on the Republican Plot in St Mary’s Cemetery pays homage to the three men who died during and after the Egyptian Arch ambush of Monday 13 December 1920.
Forkhill origins
Allow me if you will, the space to expand somewhat on the information re. the origin/ meaning of the placename FORKHILL which is already carried on Newry Journal.
1901 Census: Monaghan Row
The official 1901 Census Return is of special interest for many reasons, not least because it is the earliest available. The families enumerated are well-remembered, even if all the individuals listed have passed on.
Pill-Boxes & Air-Raid Shelters
Do you remember the ‘Pill-Boxes’ on
Or the Air-Raid Shelters?
Protestant Ireland pre-1920
Patrick Shea, author of Voices and the Sound of Drums and the only Catholic permanent secretary at Stormont at the outbreak of our Troubles prepared a memorandum for the perusal of ministers and fellow senior civil servants on ‘understanding the relationship between the
De Valera in Newry
Eamonn de Valera led the Anti-Treaty forces and as such, was a prohibited person in the new statlet of