Queen Street
I do not recall when I typed up this list or where I sourced it. The result is I cannot remember of what year this is a list of the residents of Queen Street in Newry. Perhaps some reader will identify a name here and help us!
Folk Music: Sarah Makem
Sarah Boyle was born at High Street, Keady, the daughter of Tommy Boyle and Margaret Greene, in October 1900.
Blessed Horses
One day while he was at the track betting on the ponies and nearly losing his shirt, Mitch noticed a priest who stepped out onto the track and blessed the forehead of one of the horses lining up for the fourth race. Mitch was a Protestant but he knew the difference between religion and business.
St Mary’s Street 1917 residents
Another in our occasional series of streets lists of generations gone by – this time Mary Street!
Sticky Fingers Festival
I just happened upon details for the Sticky Fingers Festival for children happening…
Owen Roe O’Neill
Armagh City Crest
The Armagh Crest incorporates
Arms azure, on a bend, embattled between in chief,
Primatial Cross and in base, a harp
Crest : an ancient Irish Crown gold
Motto : In concilio Consilium – In Council, we plan
Births & Deaths : Bro C.I. Gallagher
Among the recently deceased, I learn from this week’s Parish Bulletin, are
15th August in the ‘Point
The following journalist for the ‘Telegraph’ – writing about the height of the tourist season in Warrenpoint in 1864 – was clearly inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity!
St Mary’s Street Residents 1917
Bagenals redeemed!
Gabe Sheridan sent us more details of family history which we consider worth reproducing. Perhaps the new historical information of greatest interest is that some Bagenal descendants opted for the democratic Republicanism of the United Irishmen of the last decade of the eighteenth century! Indeed at least one was put to death for his stance.
Bagenal lineage up to date!
The original Nicholas Bagenal was rabidly anti-Catholic (he lived through the [Protestant] Reformation and it was politically correct, and indeed personally advantageous to take such a stand) ….
After the Goldrush
I have no better excuse for reproducing the lyrics of this great song from one of the best and most successful albums of our time, than that I love it and it’s currently running through my head. Do you agree it was one of the all-time greats?
In the Hearse!
Christmas was always a busy time for us in the old Newry Mineral Water Company and the year of 1967 was no exception.