Any list of residents is a mere snapshot in time. Some became long-term residents – indeed a few homes are still held by the original tenants, or children or grandchildren of the first tenants.
Reminiscence
Meadow Reunion News
Things are happening on this front. First, the date and venue have been confirmed as Friday 22 February in the Miller Suite of the Canal Court Hotel. Tickets (yet to be printed) will be sold on a first come-first served basis, but probably after Christmas.
Gaelic football
I was watching the GAA Gaelic All-Ireland Final yesterday (congratulations again to a magnificent Kerry side, once more victorious) when the following tale from Old Newry came to my mind.
Barracks Curfew: final
The relief that my mum must have felt hearing that item of information regarding David’s whereabouts was evident to me by the fact that her vice-like grip on my hand relaxed a little.
Curfew 1957 : Part 4
Holding Kate’s hand I stood and watched my mum as she departed down the street in search of our Davy. I don’t know what came over me …..
Curfew: Barracks: Davy lost
Before the curfew hour started the parents of the children playing in the streets would go out and bring their children home. My Mum was no exception. I recall ….
Barracks’ Curfew 2
To understand how the youths of
Curfew in Linenhall Square
August 12th of this year was the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of a curfew in the Newry area. The then Stormont government introduced the curfew as a measure to combat the IRA’s border campaign of 1956-1962.