Arts Centre Film Club

Just to remind you AGAIN of tonight’s classic – The Apartment – in Newry Arts Centre Film Club!

Newry Arts Centre Film Club (NACFC) was formed in 2007 by a group of volunteer film enthusiasts to bring a range of films not usually shown by commercial cinemas to the residents of Newry and the surrounding area.

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The Hobbies in town

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Long ago and for many years in Newry we had the pleasure and indeed excitement of an annual visit of a Travelling Fair that was more popularly referred to by locals as ‘The Hobbies’ or ‘The Hobby Horses’.

The allocated site was the Market in John Mitchell Place: in earlier days prior to the erection of the Medical Clinic at the William Street end, this encompassed a much larger area.

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Irish Dancing

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When first I was hauled unwillingly to the Foresters’ Hall in William Street, I looked askance at my mother and uttered the great question, WHY?

No way was I for continuing at this carry-on!!  Imagine wasting a Thursday afternoon stuck in this hall.  Never mind EVERY Thursday afternoon. 

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