It was late summer of 1922 when we boarded a train at
Demob crazy Black and Tan
History
Templemore Virgin
One must be careful of the sensibilities of one’s friends and co-religionists, yet it is difficult not to comment upon the remarkable coincidence of eras of our (and indeed other) country’s history – of violence, of great physical, emotional and spiritual deprivation – and the alleged appearance of the Blessed Virgin,
Newry Civil Rights March 1972
We thought it necessary to put our video of the Newry Civil Rights March (6 Feb 1972) in context. Our journalist Tom McKeown shot this short footage (more will follow) in 8mm cine. It was exactly a week after
‘Paddy O’Hanlon and John Hume proposed another march in
Bru na Boinne
For me it is frankly inconceivable that tourists to
The photograph shows Newgrange where the first rays penetrate deep within to the very basin stone that was the last resting place of the great leaders of that ancient society. The great mound covers a single tomb consisting of a long passage and a cross-shaped chamber. At 5,000 years old its construction pre-dates the pyramids of
The Guided Tour brings you also to the nearby Knowth and Dowth. At Knowth for example, within the mound a specially-designed room allows visitors to see down the eastern passage. The room’s main focus is a huge ditch built in the early Christian era. There are many souterrains and the surviving foundations of an Early Christian house. There are of course, examples of Neolithic artwork. Ceremony and settlement existed at Br
Presbyterian Baptisms 1830s
As a small contribution to genealogists in search of Newry roots, I reproduce below a list of baptisms recorded 1824-1828 [1828 only to begin with] at Newry First Presbyterian Church. Date, father’s name and address are included.
8 Aug 1824 WEIR Jane Isabella, of Joseph, High Street
16 SPENCE Jane of James, Canal Street
16 EDGAR Elizabeth of John, Stream Street
19 LITTLE George of Robert, Altnaveigh
8 September HILL James of John, North Street
17 DAVIDSON William of Rev David, Margaret Square
26 BROWN Jane of William, High Street
28 McGOFFIN Isabella of Hugh, Church Street
3 Oct McCURDY Ellen of James, Sugar Island
9 THOMPSON John of Hugh, Boat Street
13 WALLACE Robert Smyth, of R.G., Grinan Lodge
15 HILL Elizabeth, of Joseph, North Road
15 DODD Robert, of Robert, Crownbridge
20 WILSON James of William, High Street
14 Nov HAMILTON Joseph of William, Church Street
14 FLANIGAN Oxburgh Henry of John L., William Street
17 McKEE William of William, North Street
21 HANNA Mary Jane of Abraham, Dysert
26 CHRISTIAN Esther of John, Canal Street
28 PITT James Crowthers of Sgt, 86th Regiment Barrack
28 SYMPSON Anne Eliza of Ebenezer, Boat Street
13 Dec GRAHAM Anna of Alexander, Crobane
25 BAXTER Joseph of Hugh, Church Street
Social Housing Needed
I am constantly shocked at the dilapidated state of our town’s streets, at the numbers of abandoned and derelict buildings and yes, at the run-down state of many of the business premises. All of this is in marked contrast with the showy opulence of suburbia, which by the way, stretches now deep into our once pristine rural heartlands. All of this begs the question, just where did all that investment money from the International Fund for Ireland and the European Union go?
17 th Century Happenings
When the most powerful chief in Gaelic Ireland, Hugh O’Neill, who had taken the English title of Earl of Tyrone, submitted to Lord Mountjoy, the Queen’s Lord Lieutenant at Mellifont Abbey in Louth in the early 17 th century, the English Conquest was all but complete.
General Geology of our Region
Earth is about four thousand seven hundred million years old. Rocks, the subject of geology, are regularly re-cycled and the oldest known surviving rocks (in Greenland) are some three billion years old.
John O’Hagan, Young Irelander
John O’Hagan was born in Market Street Newry on 19 March 1822. He was an able student and well schooled. At the age of twenty-three he was called to the bar and joined the Munster Circuit.