Rifleman Bernard McAlister
I was in
Royal Coachbuilders of Newry
There is a very elaborate Royal Plaque built high in the wall of the premises presently opposite Newry’s Credit Union – featured below!
Burial of John Moore
In the Remembrance Month of November it is perhaps appropriate that we recall the poem, The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna, one of those hardy annuals drilled into generations of youth (including your editor, perhaps surprisingly considering the Irish Nationalist fervour of the CBS brothers!).
Refugees of the pogroms
We made brief mention some little time back of the
Ballymacdermott May evening
Ballymacdermot –
In the evening sun,
Where jigsaw fields and confidential cottages
Are illustrated pages of local history.
Talbot Street Newry 1917
We made mention a little while back of the Ragged School in Talbot Street. Let us take a step back 90 years and see who was in charge – and who were the other residents of Talbot Street in 1917, in the middle of the Great War.
Railway Stations
Newry’s first Railway Station was neither Edward Street nor Dublin Bridge, but was located at a red-brick building down the Warrenpoint Road in a place that later became the Abattoir.
Boundaries & Bridges
All political, parliamentary and municipal boundaries in our area are an artificial construct of the occupying English and designed for their better management of our affairs.
Old Newry History : Part 1
Brother Mallon of the Abbey Monastery community, who taught for much of his career in St Mary’s Secondary School on the Falls Road in Belfast, is a Newry man through and through and is back living in Newry in his retirement. These are his notes on Old Newry ….
John Purroy Mitchel
An interesting short article over on Loughorne Times : John Purroy Mitchel became…
Close Shave : 2
This darkness was rather fun for all the courting couples, but it was a little eerie whilst journeying through the deserted streets as you made your way home, not to mention dangerous in those troubled times.
Iveagh Crescent 1951
This list of the one-time residents of
Rainbow Girl
A crisp autumn morning echoes loudly
As young voices celebrate mid-term release
Heaps of leaves capture every corner
Every nook and cranny of the
Journey: Belfast pogrom
My younger son rang me the other day to ask what was meant by the ‘