St Mary’s Street Residents 1917
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Mrs Heak’s rice
We did a lot of potato gathering round Jerretspass then. One day we were gathering spuds up the
Good Friday of yesterday
This time of year brings back a memory of many years ago – of 1964 to be precise.
Edgars of Newry (ropemakers)
Records of the Edgar family in Newry start with two advertisements in the Belfast Newsletter the first August 1765 when Robert Edgar placed an advertisement for his services as a Physician …
Addy McLoughlin
The distinguished man with the abundant facial fungus pictured below is about to feature in a number of anecdotes on site here, so I’d better introduce him.
Dick’s Emigrants
‘There was much talk around my table in Dick’s back in the late 1960s, of jobs – or rather, of the lack of them ….
Gallaghers remembered
In response to our tribute to the late Michael Gallagher, we have been inundated with people’s recollections of the shop in North Street. Our regular contributor Patrick J White, formerly of O’Neill Avenue sent us a few photos which we are happy to reproduce here.
Michael Gallagher RIP
It is with great regret that we announce the death today of Michael Gallagher (pictured) of
