I was listing for you the residents of various parts of Newry one hundred years ago. This is just the latest in that series.
Needham St/Place 100 years ago
Places
Have ye shod any geese lately?
The late Peter Sloan of Bavan, Omeath – a native Gaelic speaker – told many a yarn and most of them true.
Omeath long ago
Michael Boyle spent most of his working life with the Great Northern Railway, an employment that came to an end with the closing of the Goraghwood-Newry-Warrenpoint line in 1965, an event remembered with sadness by the great majority of us older people. This is his story.
Born before 1986
According to today’s regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 60’s, 70’s and early 80’s probably shouldn’t have survived!
The Cobweb
NOW I learn of all those great sing-song pubs of the recent past.
Our own was the St Catherine’s Club on Merchant’s Quay (see Alice McKay story) but there were a few others too. Notably Maurice Mulgrew’s Cobweb on Monaghan Street.
Wartime soldiers in Newry
I meant to ask Benny McKay the last time I saw him, but I’ll save it for the next! You see, his people lived along there by Magee’s Bar on Merchant’s Quay. I think Benny was born there.
Into the sand pile!
‘There was some relationship, surely, between the fact that we lived in The Barracks and the reality that so many residents there in an earlier generation served in the armed forces. Practically every family had an ex-soldier. Clearly the homes were allocated according to this criterion. I fought myself at
Bars of the 1960s/1970s
You’ll have a field day with this one on Discussions. At least we hope you will.
Newry Journal is endebted to Martin Auden and his father-in-law James O’Hare for compiling this (almost!) comprehensive list of former Bars and Hotels in Newry.
Now it’s over to you for amendments and/or corrections!!
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BARS |
Address |
AKA – other owners |
Now? |
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McCaffreys |
Kildare Street |
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James Hale |
Kildare Street |
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‘Bumps&Babies’ |
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Star & Garter |
Hill Street |
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Bit & Bridle |
Hill Street |
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*Bit&Bridle !! |
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Quinns/Milestone |
Hill Street |
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Dunnes |
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Mrs Byrnes |
Hill Street |
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Peter McGeoghs |
Hill Street |
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Henry T’s |
Hill Street |
Rory McShane |
Pound Shop |
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Mary Maddens |
L’r Mill Street |
Hollywood, 50 ya |
*same |
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Peter Lambe’s |
J Mitchel Place |
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Boyle Bros |
J Mitchel place |
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*Boyles! |
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O’Hare’s Stores |
J Mitchel Place |
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O J Hollywood |
J Mitchel Place |
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Paddy Hollywood |
J Mitchel Place |
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Dublin House |
William Street |
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carpark |
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Tommy Casey’s |
William Street |
Like ‘Bridge’: Ah.. |
carpark |
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Cosgrove’s |
William Street |
Waldorf? |
carpark |
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Owen Hollywood |
Bridge Street |
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Murtagh’s |
Bridge Street |
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*same |
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Annie Dowdall’s |
Abbey Yard |
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Domestic |
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Tommy Price |
Upper Mill St |
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Con McAnulty |
L’r Mill Street |
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Murphy’s |
Lower Mill St |
Alieen, Fr Brendan. |
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Red Matt McAteer |
Boat St |
Schooner |
*Schooner |
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Paddy Rice |
Kilmorey St |
Clarkes |
* pub |
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Terry Ruddy’s |
Kilmorey St |
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Mick Smith |
Water St |
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Tom McArdle |
Water St |
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James Heather |
Water St |
Dardanelles |
Boyles Car .. |
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Kelly & Calvert |
Water St |
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McCaughey’s |
Water St |
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Thomas Malone |
Water St |
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Catherine Boden’s |
Water St |
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Hole in the Wall |
Margaret St |
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Paddy McLogan’s |
Francis St |
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*Quayside |
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McGennity’s |
Francis St |
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*Keenan’s |
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Nan Rice’s |
Francis St |
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* |
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Felix Larkin |
Francis St |
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* |
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Dick McKenna |
Dominic St |
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West End Bar |
Monaghan St |
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* McGuigan’s |
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Mallon’s |
Monaghan St |
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First & Last |
Monaghan St |
Gunns: Doyles |
*McDonnell’s |
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A’Down |
Monaghan St |
Murphys, Clarkes |
*Jim Keenans |
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Cobweb |
Monaghan St |
Mulgrews |
Video shop |
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Cupid’s |
Monaghan St |
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*Bellini’s |
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Terry Murphy’s |
Monaghan St |
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Health shop |
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Mick McGovern’s |
Monaghan St |
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carpark |
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Brass Monkey |
Sandy‘s St |
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*same |
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Hermitage |
Canal St |
Ship |
*bar |
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Yank’s |
Canal St |
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*bar |
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Top Hat |
Canal St |
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*bar |
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Maple Leaf |
Canal St |
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*bar |
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Hugh McCaffrey’s |
Canal St |
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Holmes |
Canal St |
Jimmy McLaughlin |
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Whigham’s |
Armagh Rd |
Fiveways |
store |
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McKenna’s O-L |
Catherine St |
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store |
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McNally’s |
O’Hagan St |
Cellars |
*bar |
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Hugh McCrink |
Mer’ants Quay |
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Car lot |
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Magee’s |
Mer Quay |
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* Magees |
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Corr’s |
Edward St |
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Murphy’s Bar |
Sugar Island |
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Nummys |
North St |
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*McSwiggans |
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Bridge Bar |
North St |
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For sale.. sob..sob |
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Bailey’s Pub |
North St |
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McNally’s |
Soho Place |
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Car park |
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McParlands O-L |
Sugar Island |
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Wander Inn |
Mall |
Cosgrave’s |
*Soho Place |
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Moore‘s Back Bar |
Mall |
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David McVeigh’s |
High St |
Lonely Hearts |
Domestic |
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John McConville |
High St |
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McKevitt’s |
Castle St |
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David McVeigh |
Church St |
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Windmill Bar |
Church St |
Wounded Knee |
*same |
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Billy O’Hara’s |
Stream St |
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*same |
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HOTELS |
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Boulevard |
Marcus Sq |
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Nationwide |
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Imperial |
Marcus Sq |
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Clothes store |
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Whitecross |
Margaret St |
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Caf |
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Armagh Road Quarry
Landfill in abandoned quarries has been the favoured method of waste disposal about here for generations. What few abandoned granite quarries that remain are too small and indeed are now being further excavated so that housing can be built there – witness the permanent ‘woodpecker’ drilling beyond Quinn Bennett’s former home on Barley Lane, for example.