Also from the newspapers of 1865 we read of the generosity and charity of Mr Dempster who owned a large Mill in the centre of the town (the long building on
Dempster’s Excursion
History
Thongs for Bedouins
This is an anonymous letter to the Manager of the Newry and Warrenpoint Railway Company, published in the Newry Telegraph, 1st August 1864.
The Old Chapel
Almost all historians Post-Reformation (mid-16th century) belonged to the established church and if they made allusion at all to the Catholic faith, it was normally in the most derogatory and insulting terms, calling the believers Papists.
Patrick Creely gets Carnehaugh
We also learn from Bradshaw’s Directory (1820) that the patent granted in 1613 by James I to Arthur Bagenal made an exception of certain Newry lands formerly granted by Sir Nicholas and Sir Henry Bagenal (Arthur’s grandfather and father) to one Patrick Creely. One line of thought is that Creely was the last Cistertian monk of Newry!
Gross Isle, Canada
It is comforting to your editor to know that he is not labouring alone to remember the destitute and dispossessed Irish of the nineteenth century who were driven from their homes across a cruel sea.
The following article extracted from a recent edition of a Canadian newpaper indicates that O’Neill Avenue man, Patrick White continues to highlight this and other Irish issues in North America.
Bradshaw 1820: new roads
Bradshaw’s Newry Directory (1820) continues ………
‘.. The road through the town northwards formerly lay through Ballybot, Mill Street, Market Street and High Street and united with the Banbridge Road at Stream Street.
McGladdery’s Trial
Pearl Gamble’s murder had caused outrage, not just in Newry but throughout these islands. When McGladdery appeared at Newry Courthouse in April the building was besieged by a huge crowd, most of whom were unable to gain access to the proceedings.
Ghost Ship, Lord Blayney
Michael G Crawford was among a number of people who claimed to have witnessed at first hand the famous ghost-ship of Carlingford Lough, the Lord Blaney.
Mary Martin in 1901 Census
Given the very limited information we have already on Mary (Curran) Martin, how might we find out more?