Newry Journal

Marie grew up at 45 Monaghan Street, next door to Garvey’s Eating House. She remembers number 43 was always packed on Mondays (fair days) and Thursdays (market days). She herself was the only girl of her family. She had five brothers, including the late Adrian (Aidan), husband of Brenda of The Gardens, Bessbrook: Pat, who […]

A Newry friend recently received the following e-mail from an American soldier who was temporarily billeted here in the War.

Original residents of Slieve Gullion Road    

THE MEADOW : Early Days Reminiscence of the first generation   Work began on the building of The Meadow housing estate in 1947.  

The streets behind the Cathedral were in former times known as The Back of the Dam.  What is now the Cathedral gardens was once the site of a huge flour mill.  Water from the Clanrye River was diverted north of the town into a mill race and the energy of the falling water used to […]