Newry Journal
Community, History and Culture from Newry, Ireland
The many explanations of the Gaelic derivation of local place names is often a cause of exasperation. That we cannot be… Read more…
I was browsing the other day and came across the retirement reflections of one Sean Crawford of Warrenpoint. These are… Read more…
Some photos from around the town of Newry. Read more…
On the left of our photograph is Yvonne Byrne of O'Neill Avenue. Behind her is her late husband Johnny. Johnny Byrne met… Read more…
The Carrick Players of Tyrone, with their performance of 'Eclipsed' [life in the laundry for 1960's unfortunate girls] won the… Read more…
Jack McCulla walked slowly down Bagnall Street, feeling ashamed and angry with himself. He had raised the darkie boy's hopes and… Read more…
Cormac Keenan/Johnson of The Fews
'Cormac Keenan was heads' man for Johnston of the Fews [that Priest, Tory and Raparee hunter, of whom the famous… Read more…
From last year's Newry Drama Festival programme, I note for the first time a warning of 'plays that contain strong… Read more…
Fred McIlroy wondered where the odd numbers of Hill Street a century ago went to. Well, just for you, here they… Read more…
What was called for was an appropriately long bolt of precisely the correct diameter to fit through both burned-out holes… Read more…
