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Newry Grammar School Girls Hockey Team c.1950. Hockey was popular among girls at Newry Grammar School and they competed for the Ulster Schools Cup and the Consolation Cup. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

22 March 2021

History of Sport in Newry and Mourne

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Sport has come a long way since medieval times when people had little time or energy for recreational activities. Leisure time activities were confined to feast days and games were local with each area having their own traditional activities. More recent…

Fleming's Brickworks Armagh Road, Newry opened in 1924 where Bricky Loanan gets it's name from.

Flemings Bricky Loanan

15 Mar 2021

John McCabe Newry historian from his Facebook Group Newry's Historic Facts Folktales &…

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Known as Domnach Mór Maige Coba (‘the Great Church of the Plain of Coba’), the church founded at Donaghmore may have acted as a missionary centre for the surrounding area. The medieval High Cross in the graveyard of the later parish church can be seen on the left. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

St. Patrick - The local connections

15 Mar 2021

St. Patrick, who undertook a Christian mission to Ireland in the 5th century, is the only…

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An MB stone at Temple Hill Newry.

Investigating Newry's Municipal Boundary Stones

05 Mar 2021

In December 1828 the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland appointed a Richard Griffith Esq. to be…

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Thomas Duff was the architect of Newry Court House which opened in 1843. Seen here c.1900, the Court House was damaged by a bomb in 1972 when the gates and railings were destroyed. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Iconic Buildings from Thomas Duff and William Barre

04 Mar 2021

Two of the most prolific Irish architects of the nineteenth century, Thomas Duff and…

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View of Warrenpoint from the Bridal Loanan c.1900 with Carlingford Lough and the Cooley Mountains beyond. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Carlingford Lough steeped in history

01 Mar 2021

Carlingford Lough is a glacial fiord or sea inlet which has been the scene of human…

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The Clippertones pictured in the late 1950s. Back: Jim Bann, Seamus McParland, Luke Bryne and Seamus Mulligan. Front: Brendan Hughes, Angela O’Reilly, Jim Hughes, Mickey Doran and Joe Dean. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The Showband Era

19 Feb 2021

Live music has played a significant role in both the culture and history of Newry and…

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Newry Town Hall in the 1900s. The construction of the Town Hall, which opened in 1894, was one of the last major achievements of the Town Commissioners. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The last Chairman of the Newry Town Commissioners

15 Feb 2021

John Cherry Nicholson, the last Chairman of the Newry Town Commissioners, was born in…

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Sir Joseph Barcroft’s workroom at the Cambridge Physiological Laboratory in the 1940s.

The career of Sir Joseph Barcroft (1872 – 1947)

09 Feb 2021

The distinguished and internationally-renowned physiologist, Sir Joseph Barcroft, was…

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Pupils at Commons National School, 1913. The Commons school was a typical 19th century school building consisting of a one room classroom and an adjoining residence for the Master. Catholic children transferred from this school to the new Ballyholland Primary School in 1921 Courtesy of William McAlpine

Local National Schools

01 Feb 2021

This history of National Schools in Newry and the surrounding area began in 1831 with the…

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General view of the churches at Killeavy. St. Monnina’s original monastic foundation probably comprised a series of wooden buildings. These were later replaced by stone buildings including, perhaps, the surviving west church (on left). The east church indicates further building, or re-modelling of earlier structures, in the 15th century. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Saints Brigid, Moninne and Bronagh - The local connections

26 Jan 2021

The First of February marks the Feast Day of St Brigid, who like St Moninne and St…

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The cover of Before I Forget XVI

Latest edition of 'Before I Forget' records Poyntzpass history

26 Jan 2021

The latest edition of ‘Before I forget…’ - the regular journal of the Poyntzpass and…

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Quinn’s The Milestone c. 1920s showing staff, and sides of meat. Newry and Mourne Museum

Newry's First Supermarket

14 Jan 2021

Located on Hill Street, and renowned as Newry’s first ‘supermarket’, Quinn’s grocery…

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The Hunter Moore Memorial Flute Band, photographed at Moore Lodge after winning the prestigious All-Ireland Junior Flute Band Championship in September 1926 Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

History of Bands in Newry

13 Jan 2021

Newry has a long tradition of music with a varied history of local bands, both past and…

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Maureen was involved in the performing arts, particularly the Newpoint Players, and is pictured from left: Anne Brady, Sam Russell, Maureen Daly and Owen Mooney. Newry and Mourne Museum

The Marriage Bar on the employment of women

04 Jan 2021

In the early part of the 20th century the role of women was redefined for a short time.…

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A price list dating from 1977 listing Christmas fayre. Many of the items listed were family favourites, made by McCann’s year after year. Newry and Mourne Museum

Christmas Memories from McCann's Bakery

29 Dec 2020

McCann’s Bakery, also known as the Victoria Bakery, was a major employer in Newry and…

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A family Christmas in Barrack Street, Newry, 1959. Courtesy of William McAlpine

Newry Christmas Past's

28 Dec 2020

Christmas or “Christ’s Mass” was first celebrated in the 4th century but the modern idea…

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This Meccano gears set dates back to 1953. Meccano, the modelling construction set, was created by Frank Hornby in Liverpool in 1898 and, in 1908, he formed the company Meccano Ltd. Over the decades sets have included working trucks, cranes, gearboxes and even clocks. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Newry Museum's Toy Collection

23 Dec 2020

It’s that magical time of year again when the children throughout district start to get…

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Councillors for Newry and Mourne District Council at their first meeting after the local government elections in May 1977. The lady Councillors are Anne Marie Cunningham, Nan Sands and Violette Cromie. Courtesy of The Outlook

The progression of Local Government

07 Dec 2020

From 1921 until 1972 the system of local government in Northern Ireland remained largely…

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A Great Tragedy for Newry Rowing Club

04 Dec 2020

In a lecture given by Mr. John Fisher Newry Rowing Club back in 1906 he was to describe…

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The SS Privet which was completed on Clydebank in October 1936. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

December 2020 the 80th Anniversary of the loss of the SS Privet

30 Nov 2020

Everyone is aware of the famous merchant convoys which plied the Atlantic during World…

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The promenade at Warrenpoint, pictured c.1900, with a bandstand and impressive seafront buildings, had been developed under the patronage of the Hall family in the 19th century. This was a focal point for people to enjoy their leisure. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Forty Thousand flock to Warrenpoint by Train in Tourism Heyday

23 Nov 2020

The huge restrictions on travel in 2020 and an emphasis on ‘staycations’, have given us…

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St. Colman’s Hall (pictured c.1969 shortly before being demolished), where several Newry temperance societies met, with Hyde Market beyond where Father Matthew addressed a gathering of local people in 1840. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The rise of Temperance Societies in Ireland

16 Nov 2020

In the aftermath of the great religious revival in the north of Ireland in 1859, many…

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Blacksmith John Clarke and his wife Elizabeth with their children Sarah and David John and a trainee at the Eleven Lane Ends Forge.

Book documents the Incredible History of Clare in Co Armagh

06 Nov 2020

The village of Clare near Tandragee is not much different from the many other villages…

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A rare photograph of the Victoria Lock taken c.1920. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The Albert Basin and Victoria Lock

04 Nov 2020

Now connected by the Greenway, the Albert Basin and Victoria Lock are a key part of Newry…

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The Whitaker Institute is based at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at NUI Galway. Courtesy of NUI Galway

T.K. Whitaker - His later career

03 Nov 2020

Last week we looked at the early career of T.K. Whitaker, who was born in Rostrevor in…

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Thomas Kenneth Whitaker (1916 – 2017) at the launch of the Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change at NUI Galway in 2012. Courtesy of the Whitaker Institute

The early life and career of T.K. Whitaker

26 Oct 2020

In 2002, the retired Irish Civil servant, T.K. Whitaker, was voted ‘Irishman of the 20th…

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John McCabe investigating the hidden stream and stone structure.

Omeath Road discovery of hidden stream and structures

23 Oct 2020

Local historian John McCabe has discovered what appears to be a forgotten culverted…

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Killeavy Churches with the older west church on left and the east church on right. Newry and Mourne Museum

History of Killeavy Churches

19 Oct 2020

As Christianity spread throughout Ireland in the decades after the mission of St. Patrick…

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Patricia Mahood (front, centre) with nursing colleagues outside the ‘Sisters Mess’, British General Hospital, Poona, India. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The Mahood Collection at Newry Museum - Part 2

12 Oct 2020

Following on from last week’s article which looked the Mahood Collection and its links to…

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Photograph of quarry workers at the Croreagh/Crow Hill Granite Quarry, c.1914. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The Mahood Collection at Newry Museum

06 Oct 2020

In 2019 Newry and Mourne Museum was donated an interesting collection of documents and…

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