Newry News and Irish Fun
Just over there at the first rise of land in Dromalane, you can see the ivy-covered granite edifice that once was the home of Newry’s greatest patriot, John Mitchel who was exiled to Van Dieman’s Land for his outspoken political beliefs. From there he wrote …
I’m still numbered among the few who travel the Fathom Line to Omeath weekly for diesel. The saving is down to ~10% but I love the route and it gives me some quality time with Naomi.
Yesterday Wednesday 9 September was a big day for Newry U3A when we finally got to meet our esteemed President, Her Excellency Mary McAleese.
We three walked the towpath today from Lurganare to Jerretspass. The images are below. Meanwhile, in reference to this entry, Martin Payne emails me with the following message:
“I was talking to a guy on the towpath earlier on this year, his name is McKeown, and his Father was the boxing coach for the old Bosco club years ago.
The gabbro boulder-strewn western side of Anglesey Mountain was our challenge this St Steven’s Day. It was also the birthday of BOTH of my companions, the newest Mr and Mrs McCullagh.
The first power flax-spinning mill in
As we move forward in time in our archaeological review, we find the plentiful ring forts – especially plentiful in our area of interest – which were a feature of the early Christian era (c. 5th century-12th century).
It’s getting round to tourist influx season again so I just thought it time I review some of our archaeological heritage.
If you are interested in the fairly recent past – like the twelfth century! – you might pay a visit to the so-called Bagenal’s Castle ….
In summer in Glen(Columcille) there is a concert each Monday night in the Folk Village – featured – and each Wednesday night in Oedras Gael (the nearby Irish College).