Free soap and buckets!
One punishment detail that fell to prisoners in The Bridewell was to scrub out the Military Barracks across the town.
Chapel Street Dances
Public street entertainment of the home-made variety was the norm then. Niall McAteer and John Sweeney who played the accordion at our street dances were our hosts. The venue was the Gas-yard Gates on Chapel Street.
Tom McKeown: Introduction
Tom McKeown recalls for us his reminiscences of growing up in the Kilmorey St/Chapel Street area in the 1940s.
Only SIX plays in Festival!
Prisoners in Bridewell
The Bridewell, where the army was stationed during the war, was the largest and most impressive building in our district and the more mysterious for housing those not of our nation – much less of our area.
Tommy Jones’s Last Walk
In my life I have many memories but none as clear as the last walk I had with my Dad. He loved to walk and always had his faithful brute “Brandy” by his side.
One, Two, Three nationals
Homecoming
Wartime Smuggling
Smuggling reached a peak in the War years. The British enforced a blockade of the ports of the neutral Irish Free State and consequently there were many items available to us in the North that were not for sale in the South. It cut the other way too! Things were not requisitioned there for the war effort. For example they had plenty of cloth and the Dromintee pahvee came into his own.
Free Cod Liver Oil!
Unapproved Roads
Wan Hung Loo
Newry Mitchels GAC
The John Mitchel Gaelic Athletic Club in Newry was formed by a group of enthusiasts back in the late 50’s. Gerry Brown of Clanrye Avenue, a Physical Education teacher at the Abbey Grammar was its first Chairman and under his expert guidance the new club attained immediate success with a number of notable championships.
Creggan Poets
