Like any other town in this world Newry is constantly changing. Street names change, the layout of roads and streets alter, sometimes dr
Brown’s Yard 1
Reminiscence
McShanes/Turleys in 1950s
The photograph below was contributed. It depicts a few of the earliest families in the Meadow of the 1950s.
Brown’s Yard
A few weeks ago I had cause to scan a number of old family documents and pictures. To enable me to perform this operation I first had to remove some items from their frames.
Bridge Street Electors 1950
There will be many names familiar to you among this list. Foremost I note the family (O’Rorke) of our dear friend Clodagh Welsh and of the family she married into. Turlough O’Donnell also figues prominently. The Loys were relations of ours. Who else do you know?
Canal Street electors of 1946
You will doubtless be familiar with a number of the names in the following list of electors in the
Kilkeel carters
The carters usually sat on cross-boards when travelling light but when their vehicles were loaded with pink sucking piglets, calves or lambs, the driver walked alongside.
Kilkeel Square
With two notable exceptions each day of my life until I was fourteen was spent in and around Kilkeel.
1946 Slieve Gullion Road electors
By January 1950 the O’Hares had moved from
GAA in action: Down
We have till now neglected to vaunt our local GAA stars, in all sports and cultural traditions. This is a small effort to make amends!