Newry.ie - HISTORY

Castle Street in Newry can be traced back to the 1500's but development of the 'new' road at Abbey Way in 1969 led to many of its old buildings being…

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

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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

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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

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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

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New Museum Exhibition focuses on legacy of Partition

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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

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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

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

History of Markets in Newry

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Agricultural equipment at Newry Museum

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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

Newry Museum compile virtual walking tour of City

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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

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History of Newry Gasworks - Part Two

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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

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The 31st International Eucharistic Congress and Newry's Grotto

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Newry Museum's Hugh Irvine Collection

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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

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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

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

The development of Warrenpoint Harbour

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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

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Ballance House recalls story of Cabra migrant

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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

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Centenary Commemoration for William J Hickey tomorrow

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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

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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

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

Francis Rawdon Chesney - ‘Father of the Suez Canal’

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

A.E. Douglas – Warrenpoint doctor and amateur artist

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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

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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

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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.

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Irish National Foresters Uniform at Newry and Mourne Museum

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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

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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

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

Reservoir construction in The Mournes

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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

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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

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

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

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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

History of Sport in Newry and Mourne

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

Flemings Bricky Loanan

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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

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Investigating Newry's Municipal Boundary Stones

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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Latest edition of 'Before I Forget' records Poyntzpass history

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

Newry's First Supermarket

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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

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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

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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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 3758

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

Newry Christmas Past's

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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

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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

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A Great Tragedy for Newry Rowing Club

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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

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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

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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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 2652

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

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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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 1995

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

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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

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John McCabe investigating the hidden stream and stone structure.

Omeath Road discovery of hidden stream and structures

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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

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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 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 2088

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

The Mahood Collection at Newry Museum

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The Camlough Lake Crannog

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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

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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: 1722

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

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

The Sir Trevor Corry Charity Book

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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: 3366

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

A brief history of the Crown Mound

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‘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

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Maritime industries at Kilkeel Harbour

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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

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Robert Sands - Industry against the odds

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John Grubb Richardson and the foundation of Bessbrook

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James Harshaw - A farmer in Donaghmore

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Memories of School Days, part 2

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Memories of School Days

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The Development of Warrenpoint

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The Rentals of the Kilmorey Estate at Newry and Mourne Museum

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Election Scandal in Newry

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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: 1813

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

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Newry Municipal Technical School

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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

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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

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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

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

Fruit of the Sea

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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

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

J.T. Gorman of Mayobridge

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

Farming Co-operatives in Newry and South Down

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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

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

Local Businesses in Warrenpoint and Rostrevor

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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

The Penal Laws and Church Building in Newry

26 Feb 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 2969

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

18th and early 19th century buildings in Newry

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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

12 Feb 2020 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 2537

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

Frank Hall – Columnist, broadcaster, writer and Film Censor - Part II

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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

Margaret Clarke RHA (1884 – 1961): a Newry artist

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

Memories of life in Newry in the 20th Century

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War Wounded and Missing

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Compensation Claims at Newry

20 Jan 2017 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 3751

Newry Lady's Death in Australia

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Omeath Centenarian's Death

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A Sea of Bitter Sorrow

30 Nov 2016 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 3548

Life and Death on the spin of a coin

02 Nov 2016 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 3553

Newry Cathedral Bazaar

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The Dublin Troubles aka The Easter Rising - from a Newry perspective

26 Apr 2016 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 3569

Historical Sketch (Newry in 1819)

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Shipping Disaster

26 Feb 2016 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 3244

Newry Boy's Accident At Kilkeel

02 Feb 2016 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 3272

Late Mr. Thomas Irwin, Newry

27 Jan 2016 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 3354

Rescue Near Newry

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

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Newry Soldier Wounded in Action

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Cinema De Luxe

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A Wreath - John Mitchel : Born 3rd November 1815

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Practical Sympathy

02 Nov 2015 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 2339

Newry Soldier’s Letter From The Front

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Local vessel in collision

29 Oct 2015 NEWRY HISTORY Hits: 2783

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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