Newry News and Irish Fun
The story of Henry Curran, shopkeeper King brought to mind my own recollection.
There never was, and I fear never again will be a shopkeeper the likes of
In the short time we knew him, we never learned his surname. It didn’t matter somehow. Like Elvis, he was fully defined by just the one name.
While Newry was safe from German bomber air attack,
But I had good reason for concern. Whatever I’d said wrong would be relayed to my dad when he called in to Gormans on Saturday for his monthly grooming.
With enormous sadness and regret, I announce the death of Dennis Ward, Meadow Man and late of Carlingford Park.
I finally found my vocation when I took up the study of Psychology. Over the following few years I completed a B.A. and then an honours M.A. in Psychology and in the summer when the university was closed to full-time students I worked at a variety of jobs.
‘You’re gonna be eating strange bread!’ said Minnie the Caddy, running her finger round the rim of the tea-cup. She was telling a fortune, in her little cottage up the flank of Slieve Martin, near Rostrevor.
You will doubtless note among these names, the late Reggie Hunter, uncle of Carmel whose demise we noted a few months ago.
Also Luke Burke whose photo appears on the Reunion slides, along with two of his brothers. This is the 1975 Caulfield Place Residents list.
We print the third (of 5) slice of that great Windsor Hill Primary School photo from c. 1957 today.
” You know, when you think back to your childhood days and some things that you considered then as a serious matter, now appear quite humorous?