Newry Journal

Community, History and Culture from Newry, Ireland

Sport

Celtic play Golf, virtually

John McCullagh July 1, 2011

Rory McElroy’s exploits in the field of golf brought back some memories of a trip to Glasgow some years ago.

Darts at the Crown Bar

John McCullagh February 23, 2011

My but doesn’t time fly by? The Crown Bar is gone (now it’s McSwiggans and is run by Andrew Connolly, George’s son) and, sadly, so too are some of the Darts stars of yesteryear, pictured here.

That Team with Austin Golding

John McCullagh April 4, 2010

By the time I went looking for Austin Golding in the Foresters last evening he was already off home, merry as a lord. So I had to enlist the help of Tony McKevitt in naming the footballers below!

There was another photo of the same era with some of the same gymnasts and Gerry Brown, that appeared in Cuisle na nGael many years ago. I must dig it out later. Meanwhile here is the second part as promised.

Gymnists/Gerry Brown 1

John McCullagh February 20, 2010

Regular reader Gerry Hobden found a photo in an old newspaper clipping that featured himself and some friends of old. The quality is poor so I divided the picture in two: the second will follow.

15th August in the ‘Point

The following journalist for the 'Telegraph' - writing about the height of the tourist season in Warrenpoint in 1864 -… Read more…
Going Round in Circles

After a sleepless weekend of trepidation it was a relief finally to get to work on Monday morning and to… Read more…
Great Coal Rush 1951

In 1951 the Newry Canal was cleaned up when the Harbour Commission wanted to increase the tonnage coming into Newry.… Read more…
Omeath

When I was about eight years old my aunt Margaret, home on holiday from England decided to take me on… Read more…
Celebrating Christmas Morning

Across the frosty fields we'd run As off to mass we'd go And our laughter it would echo In the… Read more…
Memories of yesterday – Video 1

This video was brought to our attention by Journal regular Santanta. The video was posted on YouTube by a user… Read more…
Dirk from Kirk

Dear AgnesYou are a lady noted for your deep compassion. Surely you, of all people, have a soft spot for… Read more…
Chapel St residents

On the far side of the street from Quay Street corner, at 2 Chapel Street lived the Campbells. They had two… Read more…
Newry Museum building: 1

Now that renovation of McCann's Bakery is almost complete we can expect shortly to be again bombarded with 'evidence' that… Read more…
Train trip to the ‘Point

Travel to exotic far-flung parts of the earth nowadays is taken very much for granted. But to the children of… Read more…