Newry Drama Festival begins
So rich in anecdotes has Newry Journal been in recent days and weeks that I have sometimes forgotten to highlight my favourite week of the year, Newry Dr
The Band Played …..
I was listening to Eric Bogle’s anti-war song, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, when I recalled the local story of the same ilk – indeed the same period.
Farewell Poem
Farewell to every hawthorn hedge, from Killeen to Belleeks
And every pool of sticklebacks and every shady creek
O’Hanlons banished
Sir Oghie O’Hanlon, the last of the line to hold the title The O’Hanlon, and the last to live in the ancient O’Hanlon Castle at Tanderagee (the Tayto Castle today) ….
Newry Film Club: Arts Centre: Wed 5: Fairy
All are welcome to every screening in the Arts Centre 7.30 pm the…