Emigration 1950s and 2011
The involuntary emigration of tens of thousands of our fittest, best-educated, most qualified and most enterprising of our youth, has sadly resumed.
Perhaps we ought to reflect on that of an earlier generation.
Water Street Electors 1946
Joe McCaigue and Gerry Montague wrote here recently on Guestbook, reminiscing on the residents of Water Street in days gone by.
They might be interested in this Electoral List dating from 1946.
Eve ‘n Agnes
Dear Agnes
Our neighbours across the way are the most insufferable snobs who have irked just about everybody in the neighbourhood.
Sing a Christmas Song
I hope this amuses you all!
I suggest : Gloria in excelsis: Santa: Jingle Bell Rock: We wish you Merry Christmas … etc.
Bell’s Row 1917
We are all descended from someone. Do any of you recognise any one from the following list of residents of Bell’s Row of 1917?
Rebekah Coffey at Midnight Mass
Midnight Mass at St Catherine’s (Dominican) Church in Newry this year of 2010 will prove to be very special indeed.
The craic in Bolton
I offer to Journal this photo of five Newry friends – and myself – enjoying a pint in the Irish Bar in Bolton Lancs in the 1990s.
The Loss of the Titanic
The RMS Titanic was a British registered four funnelled ocean liner built for the transatlantic passenger and mail service between Southampton and New York.
Constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, the Titanic was on her maiden voyage, the largest vessel afloat.
The Known Universe
I know that a great many of you are as fascinated as I am with the Universe beyond this tiny speck of it we occupy. Have a look at this supurb video clip!
Quigley Christmas Concert
I’m giving you fair warning! The Christmas Quigley Concert is a sell-out every year, and with good reason. So book now at Sean Hollywood Arts Centre (30313180) or direct from Newry Chamber Music (3030830482).
Brendan Cassidy: Teacher and Friend
There has always been a unique relationship between Ireland and France. For centuries Irishmen served the Fleur-de-Lys by the sword and in so doing sought to serve the shamrock. Irishman Brendan Cassidy served France …
Young Ireland: afterthought
Though a contemporary and a fellow student at Trinity with John Mitchel, and later defender in court of Young Irelander, poet Richard Williams, it is not thought that Sir Samuel Ferguson (10 Mar 1810-9 August 1886) belonged to that august group.
Lovely Welrex Ladies
On a recent trip home Austin Golding supplied Journal with a number of old photos. The one below caught my fancy!
1848 Rebellion
There could scarcely have been a more inauspicious time for a rising than the autumn of 1848 (when the people were reduced to abject misery after four years of starvation): …
John Martin: The Irish Felon
John Martin of Loughorne (Donaghmore, four miles from Newry) followed his friend John Mitchel to Dublin, supported him by contributing articles to his papers and so Martin’s political career commenced.