We did a lot of potato gathering round Jerretspass then. One day we were gathering spuds up the
Mrs Heak’s rice
Reminiscence
Stone of the Heart 1
A Newry friend of mature years was clearing out old papers of his late father when he discovered the following offering, that he rightly considered might be of interest to the Newry Journal. We are happy to reproduce it here (in two parts).
Abbey Leavers 1969
The Abbey school magazine that Nitram referred to contained the following list of previous year’s leavers (at least those who went on to Further & Higher Education).
Good Friday of yesterday
This time of year brings back a memory of many years ago – of 1964 to be precise.
Jerretspass: Prefect
John McComb was a very quiet man. He bought one of them new-fangled cars – a wee ‘Prefect’ – even though he could not drive it.
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 …
Windmill Road 40 years ago
On the left of our photograph is Yvonne Byrne of
In the trenches
Now for the anecdotes about Addy McLoughlin …..
Some ninety years ago our subject Addy McLaughlin of Newry met another young Newry lad in the terrible trenches of