Reminiscence

Today’s Patrick/Dominic Streets and Francis Street were formerly known as Queen Street and King Street respectively. A great many families lived in this poor town {Ballybot} and the official lists of residents of 1917 disguises the fact that many more families than those named shared these homes. However here are the Reporter lists of Queen Street residents in the year of 1917.

Read more1917 Queen St/Downshire Court

Newry was always a ‘border’ town – at first as a monastic settlement …. 

Read moreNewry as Border Town

We made mention a little while back of the Ragged School in Talbot Street. Let us take a step back 90 years and see who was in charge – and who were the other residents of Talbot Street in 1917, in the middle of the Great War.

Read moreTalbot Street Newry 1917

Newry’s first Railway Station was neither Edward Street nor Dublin Bridge, but was located at a red-brick building down the Warrenpoint Road in a place that later became the Abattoir.

Read moreRailway Stations

This darkness was rather fun for all the courting couples, but it was a little eerie whilst journeying through the deserted streets as you made your way home, not to mention dangerous in those troubled times.

Read moreClose Shave : 2

This list of the one-time residents of Iveagh Crescent refers to the year of 1951 when the row was built and has numbers out-of-sequence as they were originally. We are grateful to those whose memories we relied upon.

Read moreIveagh Crescent 1951

The following  is a list of early residents of Derrybeg Drive in The Meadow.  

Read moreDerrybeg Drive list