Church St People’s Story
The gable house here (the street signs read Church Street and John Mitchel…
Newry Military Barracks
The White Linen Hall in Newry was built about 1783 to promote the direct export from Counties Down and Armagh of linen products manufactured there and to bypass the services of dealers in Dublin. The spinning-wheel motif and the crowned harp on the piers of the gate date from this period. The crowned harp symbolises the involvement of the state with the linen industry of the time.
Forkhill Village
Forkhill today has become somewhat of a dormitory village with extensive new housing largely…
Crossroads Dances
Petie had no memory of Road Bowls or ‘Bullets’ from the Thirties though County Armagh has a strong tradition in this field of sport.
Drowned in the Locks
There was a husband and wife one time lived down along the Fathom Line near till the Locks there where the ships would put in.
Anyway didn’t they have the tarribl’ fallin’-out one day, so bad that yer man said he wanted till end it all and throw he’sself into the Canal across the way.
Crossmaglen 1838
The Ordnance Survey Reviews of times long ago make interesting reading, from time to time. Compare Crossmaglen today with that depicted below!
Yuletide Customs
Just to keep you on the right side this Yuletide, remember NOT to
take down the Christmas decorations before Jan 6th (the 12th day)
put up a New Year’s calendar before Jan 1st
Fews Glossary: S 2
Scut a mean person, term of abuse to younger person
Seasoned old
Sensible wise, ‘make me sensible’, explain to me
Seep soak, ‘seeping wet’
Sets seed potatoes