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Lupton’s Mill Stone at its new location at Newry & Mourne Museum.

Recalling Lupton's Mill in Newry

14 September 2026 HISTORY Hits: 910

Recent visitors will have noticed a new display at the entrance of Newry and Mourne Museum. One of the artefacts, a granite stone, tells the story of…

Photograph of Bridge Street, Newry, lit by gaslight. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Casting light on Newry's street illumination history

07 September 2026 HISTORY Hits: 745

Oil lamps, used to light the way in ancient Rome, could be considered an early example of street lighting. Designed to guide the way and ward off…

Queen’s Institute of District Nursing belt buckle. Down County Museum Collection.

Recalling the early years of District Nursing in Newry and Mourne

31 Aug 2026 HISTORY Hits: 598

The S.S. Thorn followed the company’s tradition of naming ships after trees. Other ships were named after places close to Newry. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Fisher Archive will help Newry Museum preserve City's Rich Shipping Heritage

24 Aug 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1049

Pat Jennings, former international goalkeeper, at a Rally organized by the Newry and District Old Vehicle Club. The occasion was to mark the opening of Barney’s BP Oil Filling Station at Killeen. Proprietor of the new station was Mr. Noel McKevitt. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection.

Celebrating the Sporting Stars from Newry and Mourne

17 Aug 2026 HISTORY Hits: 982

The bathtub race on Newry Canal was a highlight of the festival, where competitors over five different classes raced up the canal in their home-made rafts, 1980s. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

District's Festival Fever recalled by Newry Museum

10 Aug 2026 HISTORY Hits: 846

Photo taken by author of the buildings on the Mall that currently occupy the site where the old dispensary and committee rooms were located.

Births, Deaths & Catholic Marriage Civil Registration in 19th Century Newry

03 Aug 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1223

Photograph of a Norton & Co. “Long Car” outside the Courthouse in Kilkeel, c.1887. The open-air service operated along the coastal route between the business’ hotels in Newcastle and Rostrevor. Newry & Mourne Museum, Irvine Collection

Visiting the Mournes in times past

20 Jul 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1355

Post Office Telegram sent to Patrick O’Hanlon Belleeks, requesting a ration book. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Newry Museum showcases the advances in Communication

13 Jul 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1030

President of Newry Inner Wheel, Mrs. Geraldine Loughran, officers and members welcome District Chairperson, Mrs. Marie Flood to Newry, March 1993. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Newry Inner Wheel Club - Supporting the community since 1948

07 Jul 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1105

Paul Harper, Deputy Chief Fire and Rescue Officer, NIFRS and Cllr Glyn Hanna, Chair, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council unveil the Red Plaque to commemorate James Fegan who lost his life fighting the Newry Mills/ Newry Reporter fire in 1910. Photograph: Columba O’Hare/ Newry.ie

James Fegan's 'Fire Family' pay tribute to firefighter who died in 1910 Newry fire

29 Jun 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1398

Pictured at the unveiling of a history plaque at Sands’ Mill by the Sinclair Trust and Old Newry Society were from left: Patrick Savage, Chairman, Fane Valley; Victor Courtney, Maintenance, Fane Valley; Peter Sinclair, Sinclair Trust; George Blackwood, Vice Chairman, Fane Valley and Tom Moore, Old Newry Society. Photograph: Columba O’Hare/ Newry.ie

Plaques unveiled at city's mill sites help to keep Newry's history alive

29 Jun 2026 HISTORY Hits: 2114

Donor, Clive Duncan and his family; Alastair, Fiona and Caroline, on a recent visit to the Museum in front of a poster advertising The Native Whisky, produced by Duncan, Alderdice & Co.

Recalling the Duncan family of Newry

29 Jun 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1444

Postcard of Sandy Street Presbyterian Church, Newry which was certified for Solemnising Marriages by William Henry on the 9th April 1845

Newry’s First Marriage Registrars - The records that have a story to tell

22 Jun 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1317

Challenge Cup 1929 Newry Musical Feis. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection.

Feis Trophies at Newry and Mourne Museum

15 Jun 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1776

Photograph of the Fairy Glen, Rostrevor, 1939, showing the right of way. Part of the court case for public access. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection.

Kilbroney Forest Park - The hidden history

08 Jun 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1954

Cap worn by Captain John McParland. John McParland was born into a Newry seafaring family He became a Deck Boy on the SS Bamboo in April 1951 and continued a successful career in the merchant navy until his retirement in 1982. His last command was the MV Esso Tenby. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Newry Museum's collection of Hats, Caps and Headpieces

01 Jun 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1609

18th Century linen seal, used by Samuel Gracey, a local linen merchant. Linen seals were introduced by the Irish Linen Board to identify the cloth of individual merchants and means of ensuring high quality. Photo of artefact alongside an inverse image to show how it would look. Reproduced by Kind permission of the Trustees of the National Museum Northern Ireland.

Museum recalls Newry's Linen trade

26 May 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1378

Widow Greer, flowering at Bryansford. The women kept their work clean by wearing bleached flour sacks as aprons. Collection of National Museums NI.

New Museum display celebrates the hidden lives of local Linen women

20 May 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1611

Colour photograph featuring James Savage, Chairman of Newry and Mourne District Council, Mrs. Sadie Cunningham, Chairperson of the Canal Festival 850 Committee, with councillors and committee members, Susan McCann and Rose Marie, to publicise a 'Stars of Newry' night in Newry Town Hall on 1 June 1994. Other performers on the night included Luv Bug, Leon and Springwater, The Hilton Showband with Eleanor Treanor and Pat Jennings. Published in the Newry Reporter 6 January 1994. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Singing talent from the local area

11 May 2026 HISTORY Hits: 2226

The Museum was officially opened by the Chairman of Newry and Mourne District Council, Councillor Pat Toner, along with Major Gerald Reside, a founder member of the Old Newry Society, on 30th May 1986. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Reflecting on the upcoming 40th Anniversary of Newry Museum

04 May 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1902

Members of Interwoven with their creation.

Museum bring St Brigid, Fast Fashion and Coastline care together in latest talks series

27 Apr 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1936

A watercolour of the seal of the old Newry Urban District Council from the front page of Newry’s Roll of Honour compiled in 1915. The yew trees represent the trees Newry got its name from and stands as a symbol of growing faith.

The 'Language' of Flowers

20 Apr 2026 HISTORY Hits: 4497

1850s replica of the Tara Brooch by Dublin Jeweller George Waterhouse. Collection of Armagh County Museum

The Tara Brooch - A Symbol of Ireland’s Artistic Legacy

13 Apr 2026 HISTORY Hits: 2122

Book of Bye-Laws of the Improvement Commissioners of the Town of Newry under, the Town’s Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854 Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Newry News Room's role in Local Government

06 Apr 2026 HISTORY Hits: 2124

Photograph of Omeath Feis,1913. First held in August 1901, the event was organised by the Newry, Dundalk and District branches of the Gaelic League. Competitions included Irish dancing, singing, storytelling, writing, music and spinning. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

The Gaelic Revival

30 Mar 2026 HISTORY Hits: 2137

Former site of the Matt D’Arcy and Co. Distillery. Plans to revive the distillery and turn it into a bar, restaurant and visitor experience were abandoned and however the William Barre designed façade is still present.

Matt D’Arcy & Co - A Newry Success Story with a Spirited Past

23 Mar 2026 HISTORY Hits: 2896

1850s replica of the Tara Brooch by Dublin Jeweller George Waterhouse. Collection of Armagh County Museum

Categorically Celtic Exhibition connects symbols across time and tradition

16 Mar 2026 HISTORY Hits: 2111

Donaghmore Parish Church, where members of the Marshall family served on the Vestry and managed the affairs of the parish.

Newry man's letters describe his new life in America

09 Mar 2026 HISTORY Hits: 2857

Members of The Inner Wheel Club of Newry at a District Rally, at the University of Ulster, Coleraine June 1982. The Inner Wheel was established in the 1920s for the wives and daughters of members of The Rotary Club. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection.

Women and Philanthropy in Newry & Mourne - A Continuous Tradition of Service

02 Mar 2026 HISTORY Hits: 2098

In 2007 Newry and Mourne Museum hosted an exhibition on the 1st Earl of Kilmorey Scout Group. Pictured are cubs and officers of the scouts with Council Chairman and staff. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection.

Celebrating a Century of World Thinking Day: Looking Back at Local Guiding and Scouting

23 Feb 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1778

Layout of Newry Commercial Newsroom, Hill Street, from an 1861 Ordnance Survey map of Newry. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Recalling Newry Commercial Coffee Room & News Room

17 Feb 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1671

Illuminated address presented to Peter Quinn by local businessmen and landowners on his fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1885. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Stories of Love from Newry and Mourne Museum

09 Feb 2026 HISTORY Hits: 1935

Newry canal in the early 18th century. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection.

Plantations, Profit and Legacy: The Blair Family’s Rise Through Slavery

02 Feb 2026 HISTORY Hits: 3095

16th century view of St Eustatia. Sheltered from the prevailing winds the harbour was a crossroads for the Atlantic world where ships of all nations trade goods and enslaved people. Collection of the National Archives of The Netherlands.

From Canal Street to the Atlantic World: The Early Life and Voyages of Jemmy Blair

26 Jan 2026 HISTORY Hits: 2670

Bill of Lading, 1770. This receipt records the shipment of 100 barrels of flour aboard the James, sent by Philadelphia merchants Samuel and John Morton to David Gaussen, Newry-based agent to Thomas Greer, a prominent linen merchant from Dungannon. That same year, following the opening of the ship canal, Gaussen freighted the first large vessel from Newry. Collection of Libraries NI

Newry’s 18th-Century Shipping Merchants helped transform the town

19 Jan 2026 HISTORY Hits: 2197

The Collector’s House and Canal near Newry c1787 by John Nixon (c.1750-1818). The image shows the pathway for the original sea lock on the left as well as the newer ship Canal on the right. © Armagh County Museum Collection ARMCM 99 1990.

The Early Development of Newry Port

12 Jan 2026 HISTORY Hits: 2774

Black and white picture postcard, The Baths, Warrenpoint, Co. Down, 1913. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Taking the Plunge at Warrenpoint’s Historic Baths

05 Jan 2026 HISTORY Hits: 3038

A Local guide for Newry, 1924

From Apothecary Ads to Mountain Views: A Century of Local Calendars

29 Dec 2025 HISTORY Hits: 2362

Black and white photo of houses and stone walls on the Head Road near the entrance to the Silent Valley in the Mourne Mountains, circa 1960s. This is the area associated with the Bingian Light Story. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Ghost Stories of Christmas Past

22 Dec 2025 HISTORY Hits: 2438

The passage tomb at Slieve Gullion. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

The Winter Solstice: A Tradition Thousands of Years in the Making

15 Dec 2025 HISTORY Hits: 3586

John McAleavey and James McAreavy with the three models in Newry Library.

Newry's Seafaring Past Preserved in Extraordinary Model Collection

10 Dec 2025 HISTORY Hits: 3170

Tinplate wind-up toy featuring a duck pulling a basket of ducklings. Likely produced by a German manufacturer such as Lehmann in the early 20th century. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Toys from Bygone Days at the Museum

08 Dec 2025 HISTORY Hits: 2077

The Saint William in collision with the Victoria Lock gates, 1968. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Newry Ship Canal: A Gateway to Maritime History - Part 2

01 Dec 2025 HISTORY Hits: 2935

Merchants’ Quay c 1880. Courtesy of National Library of Ireland.

Newry Ship Canal: A Gateway to Maritime History - Part 1

24 Nov 2025 HISTORY Hits: 2584

Turning Basin and Clanrye Mill c 1900, Newry & Mourne Museum Collection.

Newry’s Rise as a Global Trade Centre

17 Nov 2025 HISTORY Hits: 2922

Members of the WVS outside Newry Town Hall in the early 1940s. The Mullaghglass WVF, formed in February 1942, made camouflage nets and re-knitted old woollen clothes into men’s socks. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

The Second World War from a Newry Perspective

10 Nov 2025 HISTORY Hits: 2724

Black and White photograph taken outside the Butter Market, Middle market Square, Newry. This market was erected in the 19th Century in the same locale (bottom of High Street) as the old Market House mentioned in the article. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Recalling Newry’s Historic Market Houses

03 Nov 2025 HISTORY Hits: 2846

Photo of Narrow Water Castle, said to be haunted by the ghosts of Lassara and her love. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Scary Stories and Fairy Tales From the District

27 Oct 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4641

Gerald Cronin, town clerk of Newry Urban District Council (1947-1973), with secretary, Maureen Daly in the clerk’s office in Newry Town Hall, c1950. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Remembering Newry Town Clerk Gerald Cronin

22 Oct 2025 HISTORY Hits: 3236

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Deputy Chairperson, Cllr Geraldine Kearns official opens the new temporary exhibition at Newry and Mourne Museum – ‘Making Waves: Newry’s Rise as a Global Trade Centre’. Also photographed l-r Declan Carroll, Education and Outreach Officer; Joanne Cummins, Collections Officer; Eva Lynch, Development Officer N.I. Museum Council, Shán McAnena, Curator and Seamus Laverty, Museum Assistant.

Museum Exhibition Tells Story of Newry as Global Trade Hub

21 Oct 2025 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 3809

Launch of the Slices of History exhibition in 2023 © Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Temporary Exhibitions at Newry Museum

15 Oct 2025 HISTORY Hits: 2850

Black and white photograph of Newry Canal and Warehouses, Canal Quay, near Sugar Island, Newry, 1960’s, close to the area where John Roberts Langlands was rescued. Credit: Newman Collection. Newry & Mourne Museum collection.

Tragedies Averted! - Local Heroes of Newry Canal

06 Oct 2025 HISTORY Hits: 3386

The 18 Arches. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

Old Newry Society Publish 2025/2026 Talk Schedule

04 Oct 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4802

There is documentary evidence for a bawn or walled enclosure around the castle. Illustrated by Philip Armstong’s drawing, it would have contained outbuildings, including stables, stores and a laundry. A kitchen garden and an orchard were located outside the bawn. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

The History of Newry and Mourne Museum

01 Oct 2025 HISTORY Hits: 3974

Newry Street in Melbourne. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

From America to Australia: Newrys Around the World - Part 2

29 Sep 2025 HISTORY Hits: 3666

The Order of St. Patrick Robe owned by Frances Charles Needham, 3rd Earl if Kilmorey, was donated to the museum in 1989 by his great-grandson, Richard Needham, a former Government Minister in Northern Ireland, in recognition of his family’s longstanding connection with the Newry and Mourne area. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Check out the Newry and Mourne Museum’s Costume Collection

22 Sep 2025 HISTORY Hits: 3517

Front cover for The Performing Arts in Newry and Mourne booklet

A Selection of Museum Publications and Contributors

08 Sep 2025 HISTORY Hits: 3322

Pale green ticket for whist drive at Warrenpoint Town Hall, 3 February 1950, organised by A.O.H. Warrenpoint and Rostrevor, Branch 298. Whist a card game was another great form of entertainment for people in the local area. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

History of Gaming in Newry and Mourne

01 Sep 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5002

Black and white photograph of a school child walking along a road, and stone walls in the Mourne Mountains, 1960s. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Back to School

25 Aug 2025 HISTORY Hits: 2651

Photograph of Newry Road, Hilltown. Lowry’s taxi can be seen in the image. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The Booley Fair

18 Aug 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5125

Moulded clear glass bottle, slightly wider at the shoulder than the base, long neck, would have had a metal bottlecap, label worked in glass 'C. Boden, Newry, registered trademark, Veritas Liberabit', 'wholesale bottlers' around base, 'British made, K. & Co. B., M586' on base. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Newry Spirit Dealer Catherine Boden

11 Aug 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5166

Newry Town Hall

The Rich History of Newry Town Hall - Part Two

04 Aug 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4748

Models of the Connemara and the Retriever made c.2002 by Frank Maginnis from Kilkeel. These models are based on the builders’ plans of the ships and were put on display along with other artefacts relating to the Connemara and Retriever during Sean Patterson's 2016 talk, 'Connemara and Retriever Disaster: Wrong Time, Wrong Place'. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Miniatures and Models at Newry Museum

29 Jul 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4989

Flowering at Hilltown. Collection of Newry & Mourne Museum

Decorative and Plain: Flowering in County Down

21 Jul 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5359

Tommy Sands in full flow at Fiddlers Green

The Fiddler’s Green Festival - A Rostrevor Success Story Since 1987

15 Jul 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4478

Postcard of Newry Town Hall in the early 20th century, showing the Savings Bank to the right. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The Rich History of Newry Town Hall

09 Jul 2025 HISTORY Hits: 6539

Postcard titled ‘Trevor Hill, Newry, Co. Down’, looking along the Clanrye River towards the Courthouse and Riverside Reformed Presbyterian Church. The postcard has a Newry postmark, the address in French is Lausanne, Switzerland. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Postcards from the Locality

30 Jun 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4786

Downshire Place. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection.

The Development of Downshire Road in Newry

23 Jun 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5805

Black and white mounted photograph of Corry Square, Newry, 1944. Shows the premises that were formerly the Infantry barracks in the (1790’s) and Constabulary barracks (1856-66). Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

18th Century Military Barracks in Newry

16 Jun 2025 HISTORY Hits: 6214

Postcard showing the original printing works of the Newry Reporter Newry and Mourne Museum

A History of Newry Newspapers

09 Jun 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5641

Postcard showing the Newry Store and Post Office in Newry, South Carolina. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Newrys in America

02 Jun 2025 HISTORY Hits: 6464

William Cronin (centre of front row), with members of Town Hall staff, including his nephew, Gerald Cronin (back right), who succeeded his uncle as Town Clerk. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

William Cronin - The Most Capable Town Clerk in the Whole of Ireland

26 May 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5387

Luv Bug, the band which represented Ireland at Eurovision in 1986 continue to perform, now as a four-piece, with 2017 marking their 40th anniversary. Courtesy of Michael Magill Entertainments.

Newry and the Eurovision Song Contest

19 May 2025 HISTORY Hits: 6114

Lithograph of Bessbrook Spinning Mill, owned by the Richardson family. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

The Quaker Village of Bessbrook

12 May 2025 HISTORY Hits: 6791

Pictured at the recent launch of the VE Day and VJ Day Exhibit are Joanne Cummins Collections Officer, Newry and Mourne Museum with Newry, Mourne and Down Council Chairperson, Councillor Pete Byrne and Shan McAnena Curator Newry, Mourne Museum. They are standing next to the display of the uniform of PFC James Quinn, a local man from near Kilkeel who served in the Allied advance into Germany after the D-Day landings and a Burton suit (demob suit) belonging to James Murphy also of Kilkeel, who served in North Africa with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Photograph: Liz Boyle

Exhibit Commemorating VE Day and VJ Day Launched at Newry and Mourne Museum

07 May 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4333

This page, from Charles Murray’s Royal Air Force training notebook shows a pencil drawing of a labelled front view of an aeroplane, 1937. Newry & Mourne Museum collection.

A Selection of Drawings Found in Newry and Mourne Museum

05 May 2025 HISTORY Hits: 3499

VE Day street party in Northern Ireland (credit: Belfast Telegraph)

Victory in Europe Celebrations in Newry 1945

28 Apr 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5017

Newry and Mourne Museum will mark the 80th Anniversary of VE Day with a special talk on Thursday 8 May.

Newry Museum to Host Talk Commemorating VE Day

22 Apr 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4020

Photograph of Lower Hill Street, where John Francis Small had a Solicitors practice in 1876. NMM.2007.52.86

Recalling Newry Town Commissioner John Francis Small

21 Apr 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4425

The Before I Forget Magazine Committee at the launch of the 18th edition in Poyntzpass. From left: Frank Watters, Barbara Best and Helena Gamble. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

Poyntzpass Local History Society Launch 18th 'Before I Forget...'

16 Apr 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4953

St. Mac Erc's Cross in Donaghmore. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

Celtic Crosses in the Newry Area

14 Apr 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5361

Finnis Souterrain sign near Dromara.

Finnis Souterrain Repairs Completed

12 Apr 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4427

Handwritten by Charles Murray, this page, from a Royal Air Force training notebook shows a pencil drawing of a labelled front view of an aeroplane, 1937. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

The Humble Notebook – Our Areas History Immortalised

07 Apr 2025 HISTORY Hits: 3989

The grassy area to the right of the river denoted where the Mill Race once openly flowed. Photograph taken by the author.

A History of Newry's Mill Race - Part 2

31 Mar 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5063

Newry Fire Brigade in front of Newry Town Hall and Municipal Technical School (Newry and Mourne Museum Collection)

The Origin of Newry's Fire Service

24 Mar 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5694

Photo of Warrenpoint Square dated May 1969 where the funfair was located.

Recalling the Funfair at Warrenpoint

17 Mar 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5056

The star of the Order with an enamel centrepiece decorated with a shamrock and crowns, the Cross of St. Patrick, the motto and the date of creation of the Order. (Newry and Mourne Museum Collection).

The Order of St Patrick and the Theft of the Irish “Crown Jewels”

10 Mar 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5734

Artist’s impression of the Cistercian Abbey at Newry with its precinct established in 1153. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Lent Through the Ages

03 Mar 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4585

British Troops In Newry 1972

01 Mar 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4396

Trevor Hill, Newry, Ink and Watercolour Painting By John T Bannon of women washing clothes in Mill Race along Trevor Hill. NMM:2007.184 Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

A History of Newry's Mill Race - Part 1

24 Feb 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5575

Recalling Golden Jubilee of Canon Quinn Who Built Bessbrook Convent

24 Feb 2025 HISTORY Hits: 3412

A Postcard of First Newry Presbyterian Church, where Reverend Samuel Pinkerton was a minister. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Emily Cordner Pinkerton's Window Into The Life of Newry

17 Feb 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5197

Éamon de Valera

A Month in Prison for Visiting Newry

14 Feb 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4551

New York City Mayor Hugh J Grant

The Mayobridge Connection to New York's Youngest Mayor

12 Feb 2025 HISTORY Hits: 7188

Prince Francis of Teck, known as Frank in a caricature by Spy.

A Scandalous Love Affair and its Legacy

10 Feb 2025 HISTORY Hits: 6674

The Anglo Celt held aloft in the 1980's. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

Newry's Rich GAA History

10 Feb 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4231

Work on the Trevor Hill – William Street throughpass in the early 1970s, showing the building of North Street Flats. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Cecil Newman's Photographs Recall a Former Newry

03 Feb 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5304

The Monaghan Street (or Godfrey) Bridge, Newry, 1986. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Canal Bridges in 20th Century Newry

27 Jan 2025 HISTORY Hits: 6672

Greenwood Park in the 1940s, showing the main entrance gates and the Sham Castle in the background. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Recalling Newry's Greenwood Park

21 Jan 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5399

Newry Canal and warehouses on Canal Quay, 1967. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection (Photographer, Cecil Newman)

Newry A City Of Firsts

13 Jan 2025 HISTORY Hits: 4945

Black & white photograph, “Albert Basin, The Quay, Newry’”. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

A Bridge'd History of Newry Canal

07 Jan 2025 HISTORY Hits: 5546

The Newry Artists past and present exhibition at the museum.

Newry Museum looks back on 2024

30 Dec 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4685

Handmade nursery rhyme character, Humpty Dumpty, made from various pieces of colourful fabric as a gift in the 1950s. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Toys Through Time at Newry Museum

23 Dec 2024 HISTORY Hits: 3635

A Christmas cake, ready for the oven, made by a member of staff who followed the recipe from McCann’s Bakery from the 1960s for home-made Christmas fayre. The recipe calls for skewering the cake with a knitting needle and stirring the sherry sauce over the fire. Courtesy of Noelle Frew

Christmas Traditions

16 Dec 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5245

An artist’s impression by Philip Armstrong of the home of Nicholas Bagenal as it may have appeared in the late 16th century. Documentary evidence survives for a bawn (courtyard with a wall) around the castle and an orchard. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

A Bagenal’s Castle Christmas

09 Dec 2024 HISTORY Hits: 3675

Photograph of a groups of workers at the Croreagh / Crowhill Granite Quarry c.1914. The company also had an architectural engineering and monumental works at Lower Catherine Street in Newry. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

History of Granite Quarries in the Newry Area

03 Dec 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5560

Ink and watercolour, “Trevor Hill, Newry”, by John T. Bannon, 1984, illustrates the mid-19th century view from Trevor Hill, showing the Stone/Sugar Island Bridge, with the Mill Race to the left. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Clanrye River Bridges in 19th Century Newry

25 Nov 2024 HISTORY Hits: 6186

“Mrs. Agnew”, one of the Museum’s living history characters, with the pillowcase and bed sheet donated to the Museum by Rose McKevitt.

The Make Do and Mend campaign

18 Nov 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4626

Newry War Memorial in its original location on Trevor Hill. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

History of local First World War Memorials

11 Nov 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4490

The unofficial mascot of Newry and Mourne Museum’s Halloween celebrations, Bonesy, is on hand to welcome visitors to events.

Halloween at Newry Museum

29 Oct 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4405

A scene from the Newpoint Players Youth Group production of 'Orphans' in 2023. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

Plaque remembering female orphans of Newry Workhouse to be placed at Daisy Hill this weekend

24 Oct 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4570

Gareth Chambers presents Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, Councillor Pete Byrne with the MacCabe’s Directory, along with Michael McKeown Collections Officer, Joanne Cummins from and Newry and Mourne Museum.

Rare 1830 Local Directory Donated to Newry Museum

22 Oct 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4632

Hand-coloured postcard. In 1895 Thomas Smith described the grounds as a gathering place for nursemaids and children. Shrubs were broken and stones and gravel from the paths scattered over the grass, making mowing difficult. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Newry's Corry Monument

21 Oct 2024 HISTORY Hits: 6885

Photograph showing a section of the bottling warehouse, from the booklet, A Holiday Trip to Newry. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Recalling Newry's Duncan, Alderdice & Co

14 Oct 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4958

Colour print showing the rebuilt Dublin Bridge, beside St. Mary’s Church, Newry, in the early part of the 1800s. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

A History of early Bridges in Newry

07 Oct 2024 HISTORY Hits: 7983

The Lissummon ladies’ football team c.1975. Lissummon were trailblazers, forming a ladies’ team around 1970, before the official Ladies Gaelic Football Association were formed in 1974. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Women’s Gaelic Sport in Newry and Mourne

01 Oct 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5305

Pupils and staff from Our Lady’s Grammar School who participated in the ski trip in 1975. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

The Educational Work of the Sisters of Mercy in Newry

23 Sep 2024 HISTORY Hits: 6879

The Emmanuel Chapel is Romanesque in design, using local granite on the exterior, an altar of Carrara marble, with a mosaic floor and polished red granite pillars and French polished Australian oak stalls.

The Russell Sisters and the Convent of Mercy

17 Sep 2024 HISTORY Hits: 7224

The bacon factory on the Armagh Road in the 1960s. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Factories and Employment in Newry from 1960s and 1970s

09 Sep 2024 HISTORY Hits: 7631

A poster for the Canal Festival from 1979. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Recalling Newry Canal Festival

02 Sep 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4977

Community Sports and Field Day in Jennings Park c. late 1970s / early 1980s. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

History of Rooney’s Meadow - Part 2

27 Aug 2024 HISTORY Hits: 6591

Newry Wanderers FC, who practiced on Mr Dempster’s field, are shown here with the Newry District Football League Cup in 1901. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

History of Rooney’s Meadow Part 1

19 Aug 2024 HISTORY Hits: 6863

Layout of Ballybot Bridewell and Courthouse on Kiln Street, from an 1861 Ordnance Survey map of Newry. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Ballybot Bridewell and Courthouse

13 Aug 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5002

1761 plan of Newry by Matthew Wren, showing the location of the market house ‘MH’ which became the courthouse c.1805. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Recalling Margaret Square Courthouse

05 Aug 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5101

An 1884 members badge for Newry Cycling Club and a 1991 maracycle medal. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

History of Cycling in Newry and Mourne

30 Jul 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4584

Children making Viking shields and swords at Newry and Mourne Museum Summer Camps. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Memories from Summer Workshops at Newry and Mourne Museum

23 Jul 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4727

Artist Cora Harrington pictured with her paintings at the opening of the Newry Artists Past and Present exhibition in Newry and Mourne Museum.

Cora Harrington Art

15 Jul 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5636

A couple making a stop in a motor car parked along Warrenpoint front shore in 1916. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

History of Motoring in Newry and Mourne

08 Jul 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4759

Francis Crossle (1847 – 1910) was a medical doctor in Newry and a noted local historian and geneaologist. He was also an expert on the history of Freemasonry in the Newry. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Newry Library through the years

01 Jul 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5129

Greag Mac a’ tSaoir Photograph: Stephen Mullan

Artwork by Greag Mac a’ tSaoir

24 Jun 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4951

Waitresses at Newry Catering College during Terence O’Neill’s visit during Civic Week in 1968. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Recalling the events of Newry Civic Week

17 Jun 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5008

James Quinn (third from right, holding a camera) and comrades entering Germany. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Local Links to the Normandy Campaign

10 Jun 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4177

The Duke of Gloucester inspecting troops at Mourne Park, Kilkeel. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Build-Up to D-Day in Newry and surrounds

03 Jun 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5526

Photograph of Kilmorey Street bridewell, c. early 1900s. Newry & Mourne Museum Collection

Kilmorey Street Bridewell - Part 2

27 May 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5013

Surveyor’s drawing of the old Custom House, which was turned into the bridewell in the early 1800s. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Kilmorey Street Bridewell - Part 1

20 May 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5177

Recipe from the Christian Brothers’ Bazaar Cookery Book, 1936. This multipurpose recipe provides an element of adaptability and allows the cook to make use of fresh or dried fruit and nuts, depending on the season.

Sweet Treats from Newry's Past

13 May 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4732

Child's second-class afternoon excursion train ticket for return travel between Newry and Warrenpoint, dated August 1964. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Celebrating Bank Holidays in Newry through the years

06 May 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4398

Photograph of the McClean family outside Donaghmore shop and post office at the Fourmile c.1930s. Courtesy of the McClean family

The Fourmile

29 Apr 2024 HISTORY Hits: 6690

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons with Acting Director of PRONI David Huddleston and HERoNI’s Rhonda Robinson stand at the reconstructed Donaghmore high cross currently being exhibited at PRONI.

History and Heritage combining in new archive facility

27 Apr 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4355

Vanity Fair caricature of Francis Charles, Lord Newry, published in 1876. Lord Newry was a talented amateur actor and musician as well as being a successful theatre owner. As an entertaining raconteur, he was a popular guest at society dinner parties. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Lord Newry: landlord, politician, courtier and impresario

22 Apr 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5115

Photograph taken outside Newry Town Hall on 8th February 1927, marking the visit of James Craig, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, to meet with members of Newry Urban District Council and other local public bodies. James Craig, Viscount Craigavon, can be seen in the front row, third from right with Sir Dawson Bates, Minister of Home Affairs on his right and William Robinson, Chairman of the Council on his left. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

James Craig's visit to Newry in 1927

15 Apr 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4017

‘Brick Work, A Civic Chain’ which was inspired by memories of people and buildings on Canal Street in Newry. Courtesy of Céline Traynor

Art jewellery by Céline Traynor

08 Apr 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4956

The Great Northern Hotel pictured in the early 20th century with a local touring bus in the foreground. The Woodside Restaurant can also be seen adjacent to the hotel. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection.

The Great Northern Rostrevor

01 Apr 2024 HISTORY Hits: 7927

The promenade at Warrenpoint pictured c.1900 with the Great Northern Hotel in the background.

The short history of the Great Northern Hotel Warrenpoint

25 Mar 2024 HISTORY Hits: 7734

Foster Newell Department store on Hill Street, Newry c.1960s. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection.

Working at Foster Newell in Newry

18 Mar 2024 HISTORY Hits: 7998

A 15th-century ‘label stop’ from a window or doorway. This stone may have been part of the rebuilding when at least part of the abbey was destroyed by fire prior to 1454. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Newry Cistercian Monastery artefacts

11 Mar 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4489

Committee members with Newpoint Players who won the Premier Award for “A Chorus of Disapproval” in 1989. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

A Milestone Year for Newry Drama Festival

05 Mar 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4856

Mrs. Rya Arnold, buyer in the lingerie and corsetry department, from Dora Avenue. Previously spent time in Canada and Coleraine. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection.

Employees at Foster Newell

26 Feb 2024 HISTORY Hits: 6174

John McCabe with one of the Boundary Stones at top of Violet Hill Avenue

Newry man's research results in Listing of Newry Municipal Boundary Stones

21 Feb 2024 HISTORY Hits: 8193

Employees at work at McKee’s Fish Curing Station, c.1905. A store belonging to Spillers & Bakers Ltd can be seen in the background. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The role of Kilkeel Harbour in the town's growth

19 Feb 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4817

A pupil from Kilkeel Primary School watching one of the employees at the Kilkeel Knitting Mills at work during a school visit to the factory in 1979. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Kilkeel Knitting Mills artefacts at Newry Museum

13 Feb 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5201

Anna Marie Savage pictured with her work at Newry and Mourne Museum. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Artwork by Anna Marie Savage

12 Feb 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5617

Hugh McShane walking through Sugar Island in Newry. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

New book from Hugh McShane puts the spotlight on Sugar Island

08 Feb 2024 HISTORY Hits: 8555

Members of Warrenpoint Golf Club pictured c.1930. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The history of local golf clubs

30 Jan 2024 HISTORY Hits: 5091

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Valerie Harte pictured with, from left: Joanne Cummins Collection Officer at Newry and Mourne Museum, Dr Ken Abraham, Curator of Newry and Mourne Museum with Esther Bloch at the new exhibition of artefacts on display from Kilkeel Knitting Mills which was set up by Esther's parents, Edith and Kurt Sekules in 1950. The factory was subsequently managed by Esther's brother, Walter, until it closed in 2022.

Reflecting on Kilkeel Knitting Mills at Newry Museum

24 Jan 2024 HISTORY Hits: 4895

Coffey’s shoe and drapery store in Warrenpoint pictured c.1930. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

History of local businesses in Warrenpoint and Rostrevor

23 Jan 2024 HISTORY Hits: 8161

Advertisement for Peruvian Guano in a seed catalogue from McBlain and Company, Hill Street, Newry Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Farming in Donaghmore in the mid 19th Century

16 Jan 2024 HISTORY Hits: 6310

A Postcard showing Mourne Grange School in the 1920s. The original Drumindoney House can be seen on the left with the 1904 extension in the centre which contained a dining hall on the ground floor and dormitories above. Further classrooms were in the building on the right. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Mourne Grange School from 1900 to 1971

08 Jan 2024 HISTORY Hits: 6281

Image of the Newry Mineral Water Company’s Downshire Road factory from an 1881 invoice. As well as producing mineral water drinks, the company also bottled beer and stout on site. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Newry Mineral Water Company led the way in soft drinks manufacture

02 Jan 2024 HISTORY Hits: 9694

‘Humpty Dumpty’, a soft toy made in the 1950s by a local lady for her daughter. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Christmas Traditions in Newry

18 Dec 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4081

Council Chairperson Cllr Valerie Harte is pictured with Joanne Cummins, Collections Officer at Newry and Mourne Museum, Francis Gallagher and Adrian Murdock, local historians, and Dr Ken Abraham, Museum Curator, at a photo call to mark the donation of a portrait of James Harshaw to Newry and Mourne Museum.

Portrait of James Harshaw Donated to Newry Museum

11 Dec 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5424

Éamon Donnelly’s funeral cortege passing along Hill Street in Newry on 31st December 1944. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The Éamon Donnelly Collection at Newry Museum

04 Dec 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4301

Employees of Newry Central Laundry with the W.R.H. Hennessey Perpetual Memorial Silver Challenge Cup, first prize in the Ladies’ Choir section of Newry Musical Feis in the 1940s. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Musical Life in Newry in the 19th and 20th Centuries

27 Nov 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5753

Map prepared by Gerald Wilson Reside in 1935 of commercial premises on the corner of Hill Street and The Mall in Newry. Reside Collection, Newry and Mourne Museum

Newry Museum's comprehensive Reside Collection

20 Nov 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4120

Sugar Island. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

Time to say Kafra (Sorry) for Newry's involvement with the Slave Trade?

17 Nov 2023 HISTORY Hits: 6255

John Ellis, Aidan Doyle, Albert Gribben and Joe O’Flaherty, who were bakers, photographed in 1973.

Slices of History from McCann’s Bakery - Part 7

13 Nov 2023 HISTORY Hits: 6281

Border customs post at Killeen, outside Newry. In April 1923 a decision was made by the Irish Free State government to introduce a customs barrier between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland, ending cross border trade. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Bread wars and other challenges at McCann’s Bakery - Part 6

06 Nov 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5324

One of the horse-drawn bread vans used by McCann’s Bakery taking part in a parade for Newry Shopping Week in July 1928. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Delivering McCann’s Bread - Part 5

30 Oct 2023 HISTORY Hits: 6430

Mickey Keenan, Tommy Keenan, Eddie Yewlett and Paddy Kimmins (Foreman) preparing loaf tins in the 1960s. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

McCann's Bakery 'The Tradition of Good Taste' - Part 4

23 Oct 2023 HISTORY Hits: 6151

McCann’s Bakery staff at the centenary celebration in Newry Town Hall, 1937. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Remembering the workers at McCann’s Bakery - Part 3

16 Oct 2023 HISTORY Hits: 8098

Christopher McCann, pictured with his sisters, Jennifer and Madeline, at the opening of the new bread bakery extension in 1969. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Five Generations of the McCann Family - Part 2

09 Oct 2023 HISTORY Hits: 8198

Managers at McCann’s Bakery in January 1965. Left to right: J.E. Moore, Paddy Grant, Colm Mathers, Poppy O’Hare and Gerry Murphy. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

McCann’s Bakery from 1837–1996 - Part 1

02 Oct 2023 HISTORY Hits: 11925

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

Historical reflections on Carlingford Lough

25 Sep 2023 HISTORY Hits: 8478

Artist’s impression of how the town of Newry may have appeared in the later 16th century. By expanding the medieval settlement which had grown up near the Cistercian abbey at Newry, Sir Nicholas Bagenal had developed Newry into a profitable town by the 1570s. Drawing by Philip Armstrong. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The Bagenal influence on Newry

18 Sep 2023 HISTORY Hits: 11419

Newpoint Players’ production of George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man, 1958 Included are Owen Mooney, Liam O’Callaghan, Ann Brady and Charlie Smyth. Produced by Mary Andress, the production won the Premier Award at the All-Ireland Drama Festival in Athlone. Courtesy of Charlie Smyth

The History of Drama and Theatre in Newry

04 Sep 2023 HISTORY Hits: 7337

The Crown Mound as it appears today, overgrown with trees and bushes. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

A brief history of the Crown Mound

28 Aug 2023 HISTORY Hits: 9157

The new interactive for children and families in Newry and Mourne Museum which explores what life was like in Newry Union Workhouse in the 19th century. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Newry Union Workhouse Interactive at Newry Museum

21 Aug 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4078

This image looking east over Newry seems to have been taken c.1900 from where the A1 and the Belfast – Dublin railway line run today. It illustrates how Newry had developed in the later decades of the 19th century. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Newry in 1860

14 Aug 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5215

Newry Fire Brigade photographed outside the Town Hall, 1914. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Newry Town Hall 'Not an equivalent in Ireland'

07 Aug 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5386

Receipt from James O’Neill, a local company which hired out horse-drawn vehicles. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Getting around by coach and horse in Newry and Mourne

31 Jul 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4259

Rostrevor.

Take a lesson on Rostrevor Hedge School

26 Jul 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4327

Sue and Simon Jacques on their visit to Newry. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

Retracing the journey from Newry Workhouse to Australia

17 Jul 2023 HISTORY Hits: 8272

The ‘Dutch houses’ in Boat Street in Newry pictured in the early 1950s when they were still occupied. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The lost ‘Dutch houses’ of Newry

17 Jul 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5444

The 1970s display case in Gallery 3 at Newry and Mourne Museum contains artefacts reflecting the political, economic and cultural life of the Newry area during that period Newry and Mourne Museum Collection.

Newry in the 1970s

03 Jul 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5632

Marble model of Newry Cathedral made by the Toman brothers in the early 20th century. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Artefacts from Local Churches in Newry and Mourne Museum

26 Jun 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4272

The Turning Basin near Sand’s Mill in Newry in the 1940s. Built by 1761, this was used by the steam lighters or barges which transported coal and other goods on the Canal. It is now filled in and used as a car park. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The commercial decline of Newry Port and Canal

19 Jun 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5547

Lithograph, which is on display on Newry and Mourne Museum, showing Bessbrook Mill in the 19th century. The Mill was one of the largest employers in the Newry area. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Local Trade and Industry in the late 19th century

12 Jun 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5876

Mass being celebrated in the1980s at Altataggart mass rock, outside Hilltown, Co. Down. © Sean Hillen

A History of Local Mass Rocks

07 Jun 2023 HISTORY Hits: 7450

John T Bannon oil painting of Marcus Square, with the turreted Provincial Bank of Ireland building on the left. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

A History of Banks in Newry

29 May 2023 HISTORY Hits: 6171

Poster advertising the sailing of the Lady Caroline to Canada in 1847. Very few such posters have survived. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Artefacts recalling the Great Famine at Newry and Mourne Museum

22 May 2023 HISTORY Hits: 6614

A rare photograph of the employees of Daisy Hill Nursery, probably taken shortly after it opened in 1886. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Showcasing Newry Businesses from the 1800's

15 May 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5101

The Board of Police Commissioners was replaced by the Town Commissioners in 1865 under the Towns’ (Ireland) Act of 1854. The Town Commissioners had power to pass and enforce by-laws. This particular set of by-laws relate to the keeping of lodging houses in Newry. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

James McGeorge and local government in Newry

08 May 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4015

Pamphlet for a service dedicated to the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Coronation Memorabilia in the Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

01 May 2023 HISTORY Hits: 3494

Brass inspector scales dating from c.1900 used in Newry Post Office. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

History of local business in the early 20th century

24 Apr 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5083

Many of the books printed in Newry during the late 18th and early 19th centuries were religious in nature reflecting the various Protestant denominations which were arriving in the area during this period. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

A History of Libraries in Newry

17 Apr 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4840

Seamus Mallon wearing his trademark Donegal tweed overcoat. He was photographed wearing this coat on numerous occasions. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Seamus Mallon: The Man and the Politician

11 Apr 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4235

President Joe Biden. Photograph: Adam Schultz

Biden ancestor sailed for America on Newry Ship on this day in 1849

10 Apr 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5181

The chalk and charcoal portrait of Lord Russell after conservation. The vertical boards on which the paper is pasted can be seen in the backgound. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Portrait of Lord Russell of Killowen on display at Museum

03 Apr 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4151

A section of a receipt from T M Shannon, a chemist in Rathfriland, dating from the 1900s. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Local Chemists

27 Mar 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4389

One of the faces of the ‘Green Clock’ (sometimes painted yellow!) which stood for many years in the centre of Margaret Square. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The Changing Faces of Time at Newry Museum

20 Mar 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4844

Drawing by the Belfast Naturalists’ Field Club showing the east side of “the far-famed Donaghmore Cross” from The Open Window 1901-1902 edition.

The history of Donaghmore High Cross

14 Mar 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5698

Newry Fever Hospital pictured c.1895 long before the Windsor Hill and Rathfriland Road area was developed with suburban villas. Courtesy of Daniel McKevitt

History of Newry Fever and General Hospital

06 Mar 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5765

Dr Michael McVerry at time of his graduation in 1939. He was one of the first doctors to have a surgery in the Newry Health Centre in John Mitchel Place. Courtesy of Dr Michele McVerry

Recalling GP's locally

03 Mar 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4013

Mary (Molly) Best pictured at the time of the Second World War wearing her ARP uniform and flanked by her daughters, Margaret and Mary. Originally from Jerrettspass, near Newry, Molly was a nurse in the First World War serving in France and on a hospital ship, HMHS St. David. Her daughters also became nurses at the Royal Victoria Hospital with Mary retraining as a Midwife and working at the Moyle Hospital in Larne. Courtesy of the Geary Family

The development of the Nursing profession in the district

22 Feb 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4255

Newry General Hospital photographed in the 1940s by Dr Myles Gilligan. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The Development of Local Hospitals - Part 2

14 Feb 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5206

Dr Ghana (first left) and John Berry (first right), Chief Administrative Officer, with administration staff at Daisy Hill Hospital c.1970. Courtesy of Daniel McKevitt

The Development of Local Hospitals - Part 1

09 Feb 2023 HISTORY Hits: 5537

A pupil from Kilkeel Primary School watching one of the employees at the Kilkeel Knitting Factory at work during a school visit to the factory in 1979. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Kilkeel Knitting Factory and the Sekules family

30 Jan 2023 HISTORY Hits: 6249

A photograph of the employees at Daisy Hill Nursery possibly dating from the years shortly after Thomas Smith set up the nursery in 1886. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Remembering world renowned Daisy Hill Nurseries

24 Jan 2023 HISTORY Hits: 7196

A Pill maker and mortar and pestle from Kilkeel dispensary, currently on display at Newry and Mourne Museum in the Caring for the Community exhibition. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The development of Dispensaries in the Newry and Mourne area

16 Jan 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4042

One of WJ Barre's creations is the Riverside Reformed Presbyterian Church in Basin Walk in Newry. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

Heritage tour planned for Newry

13 Jan 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4046

Ulster Museum, Belfast. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

Enterprise

06 Jan 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4129

Dr Arthur Mitchell visiting a patient in their own homes in the Mourne area in the 1970s. Courtesy of The Mitchell Family

A Rural Practice

05 Jan 2023 HISTORY Hits: 4785

St Catherine's Concert Band at St Brigid's Christmas Eve Mass 2022. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

100 Years of St Catherine's Concert Band

24 Dec 2022 HISTORY Hits: 6439

Hospitals are large employers not only of medical staff but also of a wide range of support staff. The kitchen staff are pictured here with Sir Patrick Mayhew, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1992 – 1997. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Training as a Nurse in the 1970's

23 Dec 2022 HISTORY Hits: 7673

Memories of Christmas

19 Dec 2022 HISTORY Hits: 3866

Corn and Flour Milling in Newry

Corn and Flour Milling in Newry - Book Review of 22

16 Dec 2022 HISTORY Hits: 6037

Dr Myles Shortall working in Newry Health Centre on John Mitchel Place c.1990. Courtesy of Dr Myles Shortall

Dr Myles Shortall shares his memories as a Newry GP

12 Dec 2022 HISTORY Hits: 8647

Surgeon Christopher Shortall – 'The Wizard of the Desert'

06 Dec 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5513

Dr Michael McVerry and Maureen Macken pictured on their wedding day in February 1949. The best man (first left) was the groom’s brother, Dr John McVerry, who had a practice on Bank Parade in Newry and the groom’s man was Dr Dermot McDermot, who was a GP in Donaghmore, a rural area about five miles north of Newry. Courtesy of Michele McVerry

Remembering Newry's Dr McVerry

02 Dec 2022 HISTORY Hits: 8281

Dr Paddy Ward pictured with his wife, Wendy, and children, Julie and Alan, at Buckingham Palace when he received his MBE in 1985. Courtesy of Wendy Ward

Memories of Dr Paddy Ward, Police Surgeon and GP

23 Nov 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5161

Dr Donal O’Tierney pictured in September 2022. Up until he retired as a locum at the age of 80, Dr O’Tierney had been involved in General Practice in Warrenpoint for about 55 years. Courtesy of Dr Donal O’Tierney

Memories of a Warrenpoint GP

14 Nov 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5419

Molly Best (centre) from Jerretspass joined the QAIMNS(R) in November 1914. She served in military hospitals in Cork and France, on hospital ships in the English Channel and the Mediterranean and hospital trains in England. Courtesy of the Geary Family

Medical Care during the First World War

10 Nov 2022 HISTORY Hits: 4298

This photograph taken in 1912 shows the ward in which Rosaleen Cole was a patient in the late 1940s. when it had become Ward 6 (Female Surgical). Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Memories of the Fever Hospital and Surgical Ward, Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry

02 Nov 2022 HISTORY Hits: 6440

Working as an Orderly at Daisy Hill during the Troubles

31 Oct 2022 HISTORY Hits: 7420

Australia was destination for many female orphans in Newry Workhouse

24 Oct 2022 HISTORY Hits: 4999

New Medical exhibition opens at Newry Museum

19 Oct 2022 HISTORY Hits: 4315

A history of Farming locally

14 Oct 2022 HISTORY Hits: 4729

Fiddler on the Roof cast members. Geraldine Smyth as ‘Hodel’, Katherine McEvoy as ‘Tzeitel’, Kathleen Mallon as ‘Chava’, Sam Russell as ‘Tervye’, Margaret Nolan as ‘Golde’, Elizabeth Devine as ‘Beilke’ and Aine Mackle as ‘Shprintze’. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Recalling Newry Musical and Orchestral Society’s success at Waterford Festival in the 1970s

04 Oct 2022 HISTORY Hits: 4779

An early Newpoint Players production. Photograph: H.J. O'Hare Collection

Old Newry Society publish programme for 2022/2023 season

03 Oct 2022 HISTORY Hits: 4245

The Glen from the south-east. The house was also known as “The Red House” as it was originally brick fronted. The bay front was added at a later date. Photograph from “Joseph Barcroft 1872-1947” by Kenneth J. Franklin.

The colourful history of The Glen

30 Sep 2022 HISTORY Hits: 12166

Page from Robert O’Rourke’s autograph book showing Charles Stewart Parnell’s autograph along with that of Henrietta Mitchel Martin which was added a few years later. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Newry Museum's Autograph Book collection

20 Sep 2022 HISTORY Hits: 4005

Coffey’s shoe and drapery store in Warrenpoint pictured c.1930 Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Recalling local businesses in Warrenpoint and Rostrevor

19 Sep 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5178

Schools in Donaghmore

14 Sep 2022 HISTORY Hits: 6551

The carved human head from the label stop from the Cistercian abbey provides the inspiration for this painting. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Jasper McKinney Paintings at Newry and Mourne Museum

05 Sep 2022 HISTORY Hits: 4485

Liam O’Callaghan and Billy Turkington from Newpoint Players rehearsing with girls and two boys from Mourne Grange School Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Performing Arts in local schools

01 Sep 2022 HISTORY Hits: 4355

Visitors to the Haulbowline lighthouse photographed with the keepers c.1952. Patrick Keane (on first right), was keeper when the lighthouse became fully automated in 1965. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

A History of Haulbowline Lighthouse

17 Aug 2022 HISTORY Hits: 10417

An early dramatic production, c. 1900 Featuring Mrs Annie Sloan (née Short) and James Canavan, extreme right. A famous local actor in the early part of the 20th century, the Canavan Room in the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre is named after him. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Song and Stage in Newry and Mourne

10 Aug 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5198

Goward Portal Tomb, Hilltown, county Down Known as Finn McCool’s Fingerstone, local tradition recorded by E. Estyn Evans relates that Finn threw the capstone from Spelga and that he sleeps underneath. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Prehistoric beliefs and customs in our area

02 Aug 2022 HISTORY Hits: 4724

Arthur Burns, classed as one of the most outstanding dancers of his generation, was involved in many musical productions in the local area. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The colourful history of Variety Concerts in Newry

25 Jul 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5237

The Turning Basin near Sand’s Mill in Newry in the 1940s. Built by 1761, this was used by the steam lighters or barges which transported coal and other goods on the Canal. It is now filled in and used as a car park. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The role of Newry Navigational Canal in the shaping of our Town

19 Jul 2022 HISTORY Hits: 7069

Patrick McElroy pictured in his studio in Dublin around the time he was working on the Proud People Sculpture. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Celebrating Newry's Proud People Sculpture

13 Jul 2022 HISTORY Hits: 6458

Photograph of a production of Our Ma written by Warrenpoint playwright Patrick (Patch) Connolly, with music by Colum Sands, 2011 The play is a tragi-comedy set in Armagh in 1889, the year of the Armagh rail disaster. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Looking back on entertainment in Warrenpoint

06 Jul 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5546

Flaxworkers at Carnmeen Mill, near Newry, in the 1890s. This mill was owned by James McGeorge, a Newry Town Commissioner, in the mid-19th century. Courtesy of Cathy Brooks

Scutch Mills in the district

27 Jun 2022 HISTORY Hits: 6483

Moyry Castle as it appears today. It is an example of how a tower-house could be used as basic campaign fort. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

Moyry Castle and the Gap of the North

20 Jun 2022 HISTORY Hits: 7713

May McDonald pictured in her home in Ballyholland in May 2022. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

May McDonald - My century of life in Newry

15 Jun 2022 HISTORY Hits: 13342

Members of the Mothers’ Union at St. Patrick’s Parish Church in Newry pictured in 1974 when the branch celebrated its Silver Jubilee.

Marking Local Jubilees in Newry and Mourne

06 Jun 2022 HISTORY Hits: 4807

William McCaigue (second from left) presenting prizes at a Fancy Dress Parade held in Newry to mark the Silver Jubilee in 1977. Also in the picture is David Wright (back row, first from right), then Principal of Newry Model School. © William McAlpine

Royal Jubilees in Newry - Part 1

30 May 2022 HISTORY Hits: 6294

An Excursion to Warrenpoint 1924 style

23 May 2022 HISTORY Hits: 6529

Over the years employees of McCann’s Bakery won various prizes in the annual Northern Ireland Bakery Competition and in other competitions for their work. The workers pictured here were prize winners in 1970. Left to right: Peter Devine, Foreman, Mickey B. Keenan, Christopher McDonald, Pat McMahon and Tommy Keenan. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

McCann’s Bakery - The end of an era

17 May 2022 HISTORY Hits: 11380

Patrick Carey, Nancie Murphy, Owen Mooney, Tony Wilson and David Hannon in the Newpoint Clubrooms, Canal Street, Newry, 1955. Courtesy of Charlie Smyth

Patrick Carey - A life in Drama

09 May 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5685

How local opinions differed on the border

03 May 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5658

Cranfield Caravan Park in the 1960s. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

A History of Cranfield

25 Apr 2022 HISTORY Hits: 31613

Employees at Daisy Hill Nursery possibly photographed in the years shortly after Thomas Smith set up the nursery in 1886 with funding from Thomas D’Arcy Hoey Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Remembering Newry's Thomas D’Arcy Hoey

18 Apr 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5343

Elevation and floor plan for a house in the townland of Corgary, drawn by Major Gerald Reside in 1948. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Early 20th Century House Plans from Museum's Reside Collection

12 Apr 2022 HISTORY Hits: 7037

Detail from an engraving by Jonathan Fisher showing Narrow Water Castle c.1775. The bawn wall around the tower-house can be seen to be in ruinous state before being rebuilt in the 19th century. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

History of Narrow Water Castle

04 Apr 2022 HISTORY Hits: 11347

A statue of Thomas D'Arcy McGee that stands at the Ottawa Parliament Building in Canada with the young nation listening to his wisdom.

Thomas D’Arcy McGee Exhibition in Dublin

04 Apr 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5695

Commercial life at Merchant’s Quay c.1900. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Recalling a thriving Newry Port - Part 2

28 Mar 2022 HISTORY Hits: 6333

18th century warehouses on Canal Quay pictured in the 1960s. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Recalling a thriving Newry Port - Part 1

23 Mar 2022 HISTORY Hits: 7056

The History of South Down Corn Mills

15 Mar 2022 HISTORY Hits: 7219

An early 19th century wedding decanter made in Newry, engraved with the initials WL and JL. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Glassmaking in Newry

07 Mar 2022 HISTORY Hits: 6003

Artist’s impression of a prehistoric boat made from animal hide in use. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection (artwork by Anna Marie McClelland)

Getting around Newry and Mourne in ancient times

28 Feb 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5847

The Story of Éamon Donnelly

21 Feb 2022 HISTORY Hits: 7730

Derrymore House, near Bessbrook, pictured in the 1920s. The house was built between 1776 and 1787 by Isaac Corry on land which he had inherited from his father. The central entrance porch, which was not original to the house, was removed by the National Trust when it was gifted the property by the Richardson family in 1952. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Derrymore House a key player in Irish and British History

14 Feb 2022 HISTORY Hits: 7895

Map prepared after the passing of the 1923 Irish Land Act as part of the vesting of tenancies in the townland of Cornamucklagh in north County Louth. Cornamucklagh was part of the Hall estate. The map is an extract from an Ordnance Survey map annotated to show the individual tenancies. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Land Sales and Partition

08 Feb 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5692

Florence Mendel (standing), Lill’s grandmother, pictured with her mother, Rhoda Yetta Freeman, and her two youngest siblings, Esther and Harry Isidor, in Trondheim c.1920. Esther and Harry were deported from Norway on November 26th 1942 and died in the gas chambers at Auschwitz on 1st December. Courtesy of Lill Fanny Saether

‘How My Mother Survived the Holocaust’ - Part 2

31 Jan 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5723

Rhoda Yetta Freeman (seated) and her daughter, Florence, pictured c.1911 when they were living in Newry. Courtesy of Lill Fanny Saether

‘How My Mother Survived the Holocaust’- Part 1

25 Jan 2022 HISTORY Hits: 5423

History of Kilkeel Workhouse

17 Jan 2022 HISTORY Hits: 13410

A photograph taken in the late 1960s by John Matthews of the southern end of Castle Street. Carroll’s sweet shop, one of the many small businesses in area, can be seen on the left. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

History of Newry's Castle Street

11 Jan 2022 HISTORY Hits: 10374

Charlie Smyth and Sean Canavan as the Ugly Sisters in ‘Cinderella’ in Newry Town Hall in 1979. Courtesy of Charlie Smyth

Pantomimes over the years

03 Jan 2022 HISTORY Hits: 7457

During the Second World War, Allied Soldiers were stationed at Derrymore House, near Bessbrook. This is an invitation for a Christmas Dance hosted by them on 29th December 1941. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Local Christmas Customs and Traditions

20 Dec 2021 HISTORY Hits: 4985

The ‘Not an Inch’ cup presented to Sir James Craig, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland by the Unionists of Newry and the Orangemen of Newry No.9 District in 1926 ‘as a token of their appreciation of his unswerving stand on the boundary’ during the Boundary Commission in 1924-25. The cup is on loan from National Museums Northern Ireland to Newry and Mourne Museum until March 2022. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

James Craig's Newry visit - Part Two

06 Dec 2021 HISTORY Hits: 4849

Photograph taken outside Newry Town Hall on 8th February 1927, marking the visit of James Craig, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, to meet with members of Newry Urban District Council and other local public bodies. James Craig, Viscount Craigavon, can be seen in the front row, third from right with Sir Dawson Bates, Minister of Home Affairs on his right and William Robinson, Chairman of the Council on his left. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

James Craig's visit to Newry

30 Nov 2021 HISTORY Hits: 4934

New Museum Exhibition focuses on legacy of Partition

25 Nov 2021 HISTORY Hits: 5432

A license for a wireless owned by Hal’s father, Henry, dating from 1946. Wirelesses were essential for news and popular for entertainment in the years when Hal was growing up. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Legacy of Hal O'Brien lives on through Museum donations

17 Nov 2021 HISTORY Hits: 5809

Sheep being sold in The Square in Warrenpoint at the monthly fair in the 1900s. Although Warrenpoint was a popular seaside resort, it was also a busy market town for the surrounding area with a weekly market on Fridays. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Markets and Fairs in South Armagh and South Down

08 Nov 2021 HISTORY Hits: 6946

The market in John Mitchel Place c.1965. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

History of Markets in Newry

01 Nov 2021 HISTORY Hits: 8450

Agricultural equipment at Newry Museum

27 Oct 2021 HISTORY Hits: 5626

Sands’ Mill pictured c.1908 with the Turning Basin for the Canal barges in the foreground. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

History of Sands' Mill

21 Oct 2021 HISTORY Hits: 8235

The 1950s saw new types of packaging being introduced including waxed paper wrappers on loaves. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

McCann’s Bakery through the decades - Part 2

11 Oct 2021 HISTORY Hits: 6998

Aerial view of a rath at Carnbane, near Newry, during excavation in 2011. Two souterrains and evidence of house structures were found. Courtesy of Fintan Walsh, Irish Archaeological Consultancy

2011 Carnbane Archaeological Excavations

04 Oct 2021 HISTORY Hits: 8065

The Foster – Newell department store in Hill Street c.1967. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Department Stores Foster – Newell and R.J. Sloane remembered

01 Oct 2021 HISTORY Hits: 8868

Third from right and holding a camera, James Quinn is seen here with his army comrades as they enter Germany in the late autumn of 1944. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

World War II uniforms at Newry and Mourne Museum

20 Sep 2021 HISTORY Hits: 5998

Newry Town Hall in the early years of the 20th century. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Newry Museum compile virtual walking tour of City

10 Sep 2021 HISTORY Hits: 7519

Members of the McCann family and employees of Arthur McCann Ltd. at the celebrations in the Newry Town Hall in 1937 marking the centenary of the foundation of the Victoria Bakery. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

McCann’s Bakery through the decades

09 Sep 2021 HISTORY Hits: 8829

History of Newry Gasworks - Part Two

30 Aug 2021 HISTORY Hits: 7194

Newry Gasworks were built adjacent to the Old Customs House which became Newry Bridewell in 1820. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

History of Newry Gasworks - Part One

23 Aug 2021 HISTORY Hits: 7351

The 31st International Eucharistic Congress and Newry's Grotto

22 Aug 2021 HISTORY Hits: 7270

Newry Museum's Hugh Irvine Collection

17 Aug 2021 HISTORY Hits: 5599

A 1960s handmade poster in shillings and pence from Quinn’s of the Milestone in Newry and tea packet from the same shop, dating from the early 1970s, pricing four ounces of tea at 7½p. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Remembering the introduction of Decimalisation

03 Aug 2021 HISTORY Hits: 6812

Newspaper photograph from William Johnston’s scrapbook showing the decorations in Hill Street for Newry Shopping Week in July 1928.

The role of William Johnson in local political and economic affairs

26 Jul 2021 HISTORY Hits: 5601

Postcard showing the old Dock in The Square at Warrenpoint in the 1900s. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The development of Warrenpoint Harbour

19 Jul 2021 HISTORY Hits: 7950

Map from the 1900s showing the route (in red) of the Newry, Dundalk and Greenore Railway. The line ran along both the northern and southern shores of the Colley Peninsula converging on Greenore. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The heyday of Newry, Dundalk & Greenore Railway

13 Jul 2021 HISTORY Hits: 15191

Ballance House recalls story of Cabra migrant

05 Jul 2021 HISTORY Hits: 5887

19th-century plaster bust of James McGeorge which is on display in Newry and Mourne Museum. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

James McGeorge - Newry Businessman, Politician and Philanthropist

01 Jul 2021 HISTORY Hits: 5266

Centenary Commemoration for William J Hickey tomorrow

30 Jun 2021 HISTORY Hits: 6632

St. Joseph’s Brass and Reed Band, c.1928. Terence Ruddy was conductor of the band when they won the coveted British Band Championship at Belle Vue, Manchester in 1923. This was a tremendous achievement for the band and they were greeted as heroes on their return to Newry. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Terence Ruddy a Councillor with Newry Urban District Council

18 Jun 2021 HISTORY Hits: 5290

Vanity Fair caricature of Francis Charles, Lord Newry and Mourne, published in 1876. Lord Newry was a talented amateur actor and musician as well as being a successful theatre owner. As an entertaining raconteur, he was a popular guest at society dinner parties. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Landlord, politician, courtier and impresario - The third Earl of Kilmorey

14 Jun 2021 HISTORY Hits: 7744

Francis Rawdon Chesney pictured in the early 1860s. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Francis Rawdon Chesney - ‘Father of the Suez Canal’

08 Jun 2021 HISTORY Hits: 7218

A watercolour by Allen Douglas of Warrenpoint viewed from Omeath. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

A.E. Douglas – Warrenpoint doctor and amateur artist

31 May 2021 HISTORY Hits: 5935

William Cronin c.1914 when compilation of the Newry’ Roll of Honour was underway. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

William Cronin – Newry’s longest serving Town Clerk

21 May 2021 HISTORY Hits: 5812

John Henry Collins pictured (back row, first right) with the reception committee at a rally in Armagh organized by Éamon Donnelly, a prominent Newry Nationalist politician, at which Michael Collins (front row, centre) was the keynote speaker. The rally was held in September 1921, shortly after Michael Collins had been elected as MP for Armagh and was attended by over 20,000 people. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

John Henry Collins - local solicitor and politician

12 May 2021 HISTORY Hits: 7162

The Right Honorable Turlough O’Donnell Q.C. pictured c.1971 wearing his ceremonial robes as a High Court Judge. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Judicial robes belonging to The Right Honorable Turlough O’Donnell Q.C.

10 May 2021 HISTORY Hits: 10835

Irish National Foresters Uniform at Newry and Mourne Museum

03 May 2021 HISTORY Hits: 10452

Silk and lace wedding dress belonged to Ella McGaffin purchased by Ella McGaffin from Foster & Co in Newry for her wedding in 1914. The dress, with ruffled and net sleeves and decorated with embroidery, is typical of the style of wedding dress worn in the second decade of the 20th century. It is displayed with R.J. Sloane’s umbrella, a boy’s velvet jacket and an early 20th century tall hat with its travelling box. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

All the Fashion - Newry's Department Stores

28 Apr 2021 HISTORY Hits: 7728

Victorian period. The photograph was mounted on card with the photographer’s details on the reverse. In this example, the photographed has been hand-coloured. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

A Newry History of Photography

19 Apr 2021 HISTORY Hits: 8255

A postcard showing the Silent Valley Reservoir shortly after it was completed. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Reservoir construction in The Mournes

12 Apr 2021 HISTORY Hits: 10301

James Murphy and Gladys Fegan pictured at their wedding in Liverpool on 9th April 1947. Courtesy of Rosemary Stretton

A Burton suit from the 1940s

06 Apr 2021 HISTORY Hits: 8029

The Deputy Lieutenant’s uniform worn by Arthur Charles Innes-Cross on display in Newry and Mourne Museum in 2012. The uniform went under an intensive programme of conservation cleaning by a textile conservator before display. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Deputy Lieutenant Arthur Charles Innes-Cross from Dromantine

29 Mar 2021 HISTORY Hits: 6800

A young Suzanne Grosset (now Ayala Meron) in 1955.

Memories of working at Our Lady's Newry in 1950's

22 Mar 2021 HISTORY Hits: 12274

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

History of Sport in Newry and Mourne

22 Mar 2021 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 9151

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

Flemings Bricky Loanan

15 Mar 2021 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 6639

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 8523

An MB stone at Temple Hill Newry.

Investigating Newry's Municipal Boundary Stones

05 Mar 2021 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 8220

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 8202

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 13979

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 12826

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 6540

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

The career of Sir Joseph Barcroft (1872 – 1947)

09 Feb 2021 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 8181

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 9008

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 8529

The cover of Before I Forget XVI

Latest edition of 'Before I Forget' records Poyntzpass history

26 Jan 2021 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 6068

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

Newry's First Supermarket

14 Jan 2021 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 11373

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 HISTORY Hits: 12693

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 11190

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 8866

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

Newry Christmas Past's

28 Dec 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7555

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7155

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7554

A Great Tragedy for Newry Rowing Club

04 Dec 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7747

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7985

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 13320

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 8997

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 13497

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

The Albert Basin and Victoria Lock

04 Nov 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 9540

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 6751

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7572

John McCabe investigating the hidden stream and stone structure.

Omeath Road discovery of hidden stream and structures

23 Oct 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 22346

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 9388

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 6614

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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7891

The Camlough Lake Crannog

06 Oct 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 10054

Salvation Army Citadel, Trevor Hill, Newry. Formerly known as the Ebenezer Chapel, it was erected in 1816 as a meeting house for Congregationalists. There was originally a school at the rear of the building. The Salvation Army moved into the chapel in 1908. Photograph: William McAlpine

The Salvation Army in Newry from 1890 to Present

28 Sep 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7376

The Rev. and Mrs Alexander Lyons with their children at Rockview Manse c.1895. The children (left to right) were James (born 1879), Henry (born 1886), Ida (born 1883) and Nevin (born 1884). Courtesy of Alex Lyons

The Career of the Rev. A.S. Lyons: minister of the Riverside Church (1872 – 1908)

16 Sep 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 6348

Newry Post Office pictured in the early years of the 20th century. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Just Fourteen Hours from Newry to Dublin by Mail Coach - History of Newry Post Office

14 Sep 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7114

Print showing washer women in Trevor Hill c.1829 by T.M. Baynes. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The Sir Trevor Corry Charity Book

07 Sep 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7317

The Port of Newry in the 1960s. Timber is pictured here being unloaded from a Scandinavian ship. The port was still busy at this time but the limitations of the Newry Ship Canal meant that larger ships could not come to Newry and the docks closed in 1974. Courtesy of John Matthews

Remembering Joseph Fisher & Sons Ltd Newry

31 Aug 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 13914

The Crown Mound as it appears today, overgrown with trees and bushes. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

A brief history of the Crown Mound

24 Aug 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 12183

‘Cut away’ drawing of Bagenal’s Castle by Philip Armstrong showing how the rooms may have originally functioned and were furnished. Original 16th – century drawings of the Castle show that it had a stair turret and latrine turret, both of which were demolished in the 18th century. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Interpreting Bagenal’s Castle

14 Aug 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 8620

Maritime industries at Kilkeel Harbour

07 Aug 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7083

Éamon Donnelly was the Ulster Organiser for Sinn Féin in the 1921 election campaign and was Michael Collin’s election agent in Armagh. This photograph features Michael Collins, with a reception committee outside City Hall, Armagh. Front row from left to right: Michael Garvey, Seán Ó Muirthile (Sean Hurley), Éamon Donnelly, Michael Collins, Harry Boland, Tom Cullen (Collins’s bodyguard), Joseph Dolan. Courtesy of Donal Donnelly-Wood

The Career of Éamon Donnelly

30 Jul 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7423

Robert Sands - Industry against the odds

24 Jul 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7940

John Grubb Richardson and the foundation of Bessbrook

15 Jul 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 9041

James Harshaw - A farmer in Donaghmore

08 Jul 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 8344

Memories of School Days, part 2

01 Jul 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 5344

Memories of School Days

29 Jun 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7290

The Development of Warrenpoint

17 Jun 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 11885

The Rentals of the Kilmorey Estate at Newry and Mourne Museum

15 Jun 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 9204

Election Scandal in Newry

05 Jun 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7041

Bernard Murphy (left) and Terry O’Hanlon pictured leaving Buckingham Palace after receiving e their DSE and MBE awards for their service in the Dunkirk rescue. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The Evacuation of Dunkirk – Local connections

29 May 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 6173

Drumalane House

Massive Potential for Public Garden and Museum at Newry's Most Historic House

21 May 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 11590

Students and teachers in a shorthand class in the Assembly Hall at Newry Municipal Technical School in the early 1900s. Pictured writing on the board is Terry Crilley, who taught at the Abbey Christian Brother’s Grammar School in Newry, as well as teaching evening classes at the Technical School. Courtesy of Mary Clarke

Newry Municipal Technical School

20 May 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7948

Trojan XI Cricket Team at Mourne Grange School, 1952. Pupils at Mourne Grange were divided into two houses, Greeks and Trojans, for sports. Cricket was always a popular game and the school had strong teams even when pupil numbers declined in the 1960s. Courtesy of Johnny Madden

Mourne Grange School, 1900 – 1971

11 May 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 10786

Pupils and teacher at Newry Model School, 1951. The school opened in 1849 as a District Model National School and was the first of its type in Ulster There were separate spaces for the “infants”, boys and girls and some students boarded. Courtesy of William McAlpine

Local Education in the 19th and 20th centuries

05 May 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 10904

Title page from the illuminated address presented to Peter Quinn by local businessmen and landowners on his fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1885. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Peter Quinn - A Newry businessman in the 19th century

04 May 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7685

Kilkeel fishing boat Harvest Morn, pictured in the 1960s or 1970s Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Fruit of the Sea

29 Apr 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 9036

Sergeant (later Lieutenant) O'Leary, of the Irish Guards with members of 1st Kilmorey Scout Group at Warrenpoint, 7th July 1915 One of most popular Victoria Cross heroes of the First World War, Michael O’Leary from Cork took part in recruitment rallies throughout Ireland. He is pictured here (second row, centre) at a recruitment rally in Warrenpoint. Courtesy of William McAlpine

The History of First Newry Scouts

15 Apr 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 8417

The Gorman family and staff pictured outside their business premises in Mayobridge c.1930 Courtesy of Seamus Gorman

J.T. Gorman of Mayobridge

06 Apr 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 14179

The exterior of Loughbrickland Creamery, c.1930 Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Farming Co-operatives in Newry and South Down

06 Apr 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 7220

The textile panel and Orange Order and Irish National Foresters sashes on display along with artefacts from the early 20th century at Newry and Mourne Museum Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Brotherhoods and Friendly Societies

26 Mar 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 8466

Coffey’s shoe and drapery store in Warrenpoint pictured c.1930 Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

Local Businesses in Warrenpoint and Rostrevor

23 Mar 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 14466

George Ashlin’s original design for the chancel of the Dominican Church in Newry. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

The Church of the Sacred Heart and St. Catherine of Siena

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Model of Newry Cathedral on display in Newry and Mourne Museum. Made in the early 20th century, the model shows the Cathedral as it was built in the 1820s before the additions in the later 19th century. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

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No. 1 Trevor Hill built by Andrew Thompson, a merchant, between 1770 and 1775. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

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James Heather (on the right), Honorary Captain of Newry Fire Brigade, leaving Buckingham Palace on 4th March 1930, after receiving the Kings Police Medal from HM King George V, for '39 years of Exemplary service distinguished by Special merit and Ability'.

The Career of Firefighter James Heather

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The Savoy Cinema, Newry, 1940. This was one of three cinemas frequented by Frank Hall when he lived in Newry. Photograph by Pat Hudson, courtesy of Catherine Hudson

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Frank Hall in typical pose as Editor (and Presenter) of RTE’s Hall’s Pictorial Weekly. Best remembered for its satirical outlook on political life, the programme ran for 250 episodes from 1969 - 1980. Courtesy of Don Hall

Frank Hall – Columnist, broadcaster, writer and Film Censor Part I

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The third (unfinished) portrait of David Clarke, painted by his mother around 1940. Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

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Castle Street in Newry pictured in the 1960s. Photograph: Newry and Mourne Museum Collection

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War Wounded and Missing

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Compensation Claims at Newry

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Newry Lady's Death in Australia

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Omeath Centenarian's Death

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A Sea of Bitter Sorrow

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Life and Death on the spin of a coin

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Newry Cathedral Bazaar

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Shipping Disaster

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Newry Boy's Accident At Kilkeel

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Late Mr. Thomas Irwin, Newry

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Rescue Near Newry

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Newry Wants a German Gun - Also better treatment for soldiers’ dependents

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Frontier Sentinel

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Cinema De Luxe

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Practical Sympathy

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Local vessel in collision

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Lost in France

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Echo of the Lusitania Outrage

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Newry War Notes

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Newry Railway Accident

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