Meadow: 1957
In this the 60th anniversary of The Meadow housing estate we continue our occasional series of reminiscences of growing up there in the long-ago!
‘Not unlike the season we are presently enduring, that Spring of 1957 had so far been wild, wet and windy.
The Bullets Competition: conclusion
So I had learned a fair bit about road Bullets from the previous Sunday and had met some great characters from Newtownhamilton and An Port Mor. I had grasped the simple essence of the sport but there was more to learn.
Addresses in Newry: 1
What with the huge expansion of our town in recent years, there are probably many of our exiles who could not find their way around the residential districts any more. For your benefit here is a list, each address coupled with others in the same area.
Brown’s Yard: Haunted House
I must apologise to our regular contributors – and especially to Martin Payne – whose articles have been sidelined for the duration of the Dr
Drama Awards : Dundalk wins
Having had a succession – including our own Eileen Mooney, current Chair of the Amateur Dr
The Walking Stick
When first he saw the growing stick
my father was a youngish man
he got a spade and dug it out,
then cut it – for to fit his hand.
Final night of Drama: Philadelphia
Brian Friel’s
Shoot the Crow
“Shoot the Crow” by Owen McCafferty – tonight’s offering in the Town Hall -is a sad and hilarious play about a day in the life of four Irish tilers on a building site.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton is Thursday night’s offering at the Newry Drama Festival.
The Country Boy
Tonight (Wednesday) Rosemary Dr
Making History by Newpoint
Tonight’s play is the one most people have been waiting for, Sean Treanor’s production of Brian Friel’s Making History.
The Big House
The Big House is an early twentieth century play by Stuart Lennox Robinson who was an Irish dr
The Bullets game
I was a little unfair to AA: if you look carefully you will see the ‘bullet’ still in the right hand of this acrobatic player. Anyway here is AA’s story!
‘So after so many years of hoping to see what a Bullets match was truly like, I got my wish on Sunday 2nd March 2008.
A State of Denial
Rose-tinted reminiscence has its place I agree,
But stare out of one eye and one view will you see.