Council host two online Christmas Concerts
This Christmas, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council aims to bring some ‘Light and…
04 Dec 2020
256
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Christmas Performing Arts Festival looking entries from local Children
Emma Donnelly School of Music and Performing Arts have organised a Christmas Performing…
30 Nov 2020
402
Newry Author's Story showcased in new Collection of Working People's Prose
A new book that showcases material from working class writers has been launched. The book…
20 Nov 2020
591
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Council host two online Christmas Concerts
This Christmas, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council aims to bring some ‘Light and…
04 Dec 2020
256
Christmas Performing Arts Festival looking entries from local Children
Emma Donnelly School of Music and Performing Arts have organised a Christmas Performing…
30 Nov 2020
402
Newry Author's Story showcased in new Collection of Working People's Prose
A new book that showcases material from working class writers has been launched. The book…
20 Nov 2020
591
Call for Creative Industry Workers to Unionise
In the first years following the establishment of IWW in 1905, music was already rooted…
06 Nov 2020
421
Graciano Major looks back on Newry with Pride
Graciano Major is certainly one artist to look out for in 2021. Graciano has been coming…
02 Nov 2020
497
Albert Basin Park a Virtual Reality this weekend as Fleadh brings the world to Newry
UPDATE: This event has been postponed due to software issues. The new date will be…
02 Nov 2020
811
Children's Digital Theatre production goes live tomorrow
Tomorrow sees the opening day for Cahoots NI’s University of Wonder and Imagination, an…
21 Oct 2020
426
Join the Online Newry, Mourne and Down Diwali Festival
An online Festival with a strong intercultural element is taking place over the next…
21 Oct 2020
549
Reminiscing at Rockfield Care Home
Newry's Rockfield Care Home has taken part in a reminiscence project designed to…
19 Oct 2020
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Newry to break new ground with its first ever virtual Fleadh
A spectacular state-of-the-art 3D ‘Avatar’-style world will rise up from the waters of…
07 Oct 2020
1239
Newry Actor Sean Kearns Stars In Cahoots NI’s New Show
Newry born actor and performer, Sean Kearns, is set to star in Cahoots NI’s latest…
06 Oct 2020
1153
Tomorrow Night's Culture Night Belfast Goes Online
The normal Belfast Culture Night extravaganza may not be packing the city’s streets this…
17 Sep 2020
781
The Proms In Your Garden
It’s time to grab your picnic rug and chairs, head out into the garden, settle back and…
07 Sep 2020
732
Carrickmacross and Borris Lace Partnership Funding Boost
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and South Armagh Lace Collective have received…
07 Sep 2020
966
Newry's Noah Donohoe Mural
A mural was unveiled in Newry at the weekend in memory of Belfast Schoolboy Noah Donohoe.…
31 Aug 2020
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Newry: Now, Near and Never - Newpoint go live this Friday!
Newpoint Players Youth Group go live this Friday with their online production Newry: Now,…
25 Aug 2020
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Coming to a Screen Near You - A 'Virtual' Who's Who of Newry Acting Talent
Newry: Now, Near and Never a series of five short plays will be streamed to the world…
21 Aug 2020
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Newry Director's Film selected for Toronto Film Festival
A film by Newry Writer/ Director Cathy Brady will have its world premiere at September's…
31 Jul 2020
2571
Polirish Poet Malkinski’s “Corona-balcony” Poems
We have been living in the days of unusual quietness. Lockdown has lent us the time for…
14 Jul 2020
1434
Celtic Woodland Yoga Festival goes virtual
A Festival based in County Louth that celebrates Yoga, Movement and The Healing Arts is…
09 Jul 2020
1224
First New Single in 10 Years for Minnows
Indie rock band The Minnows have released their first new single in almost a decade, with…
03 Jul 2020
1260
Lockdown Life - A bump in the road
Maybe it’s all the talk of “getting back to normal”, shops opening, social bubbles, or…
15 Jun 2020
1587
Lockdown Life - Things are going to change around here
Apparently estate agents have never been busier, now that they’re back to work. It seems…
05 Jun 2020
1806
Trad Musicians online for Hospice
Like all music, Irish traditional music is a social activity, and local musicians have…
16 May 2020
1613
Lockdown Life – A Terrible Beauty
03£$%”$*(&/R;p08… Oops, sorry… my hair is in my eyes. My eyebrow hair that is. Reports of…
08 May 2020
1647
Lockdown Life - 2/5/20 - Memories
It’s hard to imagine right now, but in time this crisis will be a memory. We will look…
03 May 2020
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Lockdown Life - 26/4/20 - Self Improvement
I’m all pleased with myself that I finally did something at the gym. OK, so it was…
27 Apr 2020
1454
Lockdown Life - 20/4/20 - What will you do?
That’s the question going round now – what will you do when this is all over? I’m not…
22 Apr 2020
1694
Noctambule and The Bright Hollow Fog
Broadcasters across Ireland and the UK have been featuring tracks from the new solo…
21 Apr 2020
1246
Lockdown Life - 14/4/20 Always Learning!
Lockdown Living: Things I have learnt You can become addicted to Fruit Mentos If you…
16 Apr 2020
1288
Newry 'Virtual' Choir's Incredible Version of Les Misérables Classic
The Covid-19 crisis has resulted in a surge of creative ways for people to interact and…
14 Apr 2020
3138
Lockdown Life - 13/4/20 What’s for dinner?
“There’s nothing to eat.” “What’s for dinner?” “I’m hungry”. Anyone else have one of the…
14 Apr 2020
1849
Online Digital Arts Festival Starts Monday
WheelWorks Arts are launching NI’s First Online Digital Arts Festival. Starting this…
10 Apr 2020
1101
Lockdown Life - 8/4/20 Home Schooling
Lunch: Bowl of cornflakes, Curly Wurly, tea Current teenager status: In bed Our little…
09 Apr 2020
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Lockdown Life - 6/4/20 Real but Not Real
Cuppa tea? Go on then. We’ve only had five so far today. The lockdown is pushing my…
07 Apr 2020
3455
The Carlingford Lough Currach
They huddle like a family together under isolation. The ancient Currach boats nestled…
03 Apr 2020
1316
A Poem for the Times - 'And People Stayed Home' by Catherine O'Meara
REVISION 29/3/2020 * It has been pointed out to us that this poem was actually written in…
25 Mar 2020
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92nd Newry Musical Feis will see 14,000+ Performances grace the Stage
The 92nd Newry Musical Feis was officially opened yesterday, 14 February, by Councillor…
15 Feb 2020
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£1000 funding for Accolade Choir
Over 40 older people’s groups had an extra reason to celebrate this Christmas after a…
31 Dec 2019
2027
Newry Directors 'Private Peaceful' Play - Arts Centre this Wednesday
This Wednesday 27 November sees the debut of Newry woman Nuala Donnelly's first theatre…
25 Nov 2019
1985
Patrick Conyngham Exhibition Opens
Artist Patrick Conyngham is holding an exhibition of 22 of his paintings at the Sean…
07 Nov 2019
2263
Explaining Epilepsy through Photography
Twenty one year old Newry woman Caoimhe Clements is looking forward to hosting an…
17 Oct 2019
2787
Newry Director brings first production to City
Newry woman Nuala Donnelly is bringing a theatre production to her home town for the…
10 Oct 2019
2219
Newry's Autumn Arts Programme
As the autumn nights draw in, Newry is looking forward to welcoming a new programme of…
04 Oct 2019
1561
Newry playwright's new mystical spectacular for Killeavy Castle
A haunting new dramatisation is set to transport you back 300 years to ancient Slieve…
27 Sep 2019
2433
New Creative Writing Competition. Comhaltas Uladh area.
Foilsíodh “An Coimhthíoch” ceithre scór bliain ó shin – úrscéal a scríobh Séamus Mac…
28 May 2019
3671
Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland - Accepting New Members
The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland provides exceptional performance opportunities and…
21 May 2019
3265
A Bulgarian Adventure for Accolade
Zdravey - That’s Hello in Bulgarian. It is one of the phrases the Accolade Community…
16 May 2019
4329
Newry Musical Feis - Irish Dancing Confined Results
After thousands of entries Newry Musical Feis 2019 came to an end with the confined Irish…
14 May 2019
4330
Speech and Drama winners at Newry Feis
Newry Musical Feis continued last week with many hundreds of competitors taking part in…
06 May 2019
5562
Debut EP Launch for Dean and Chapter
Newry based musician Dean Wright has launched his debut EP Spiritual Suicide. Launching…
29 Apr 2019
2455
Newry Feis Music Section Results
MONDAY 8TH APRIL Class 78: U16 Solo - The Joy McCall Cup Meabh Downey, Flynn Performing…
17 Apr 2019
4189
Newry Writer's New TV Drama airs Easter Monday
A drama written and directed by Newry's Eoin Cleland is to air on BBC One on Easter…
15 Apr 2019
5761
Drama Festival Win for Prosperous Dramatic Society
The 67th Annual Newry Drama Festival finished at the weekend after nine nights of drama…
03 Apr 2019
3553
Feis Success for St Colman's Pupils
St Catherine's Dominican church yesterday held the 11th annual Newry Musical Feis Organ…
30 Mar 2019
3130
Alistair's Designs for the Theatre
Artist Alistair Livingstone hosted a guided tour of his 'Designs for the Theatre'…
29 Mar 2019
2941
Feis President receives Points of Light Award
A special presentation was made at a celebratory event last week to Alma Brown, President…
25 Mar 2019
2904
Paul Brady to play his first ever Newry gig
Well-loved ‘elder statesman’ of the Irish musical community, Paul Brady, will play his…
21 Mar 2019
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Newry Dancers join Daniel O'Donnell for Céiliúradh na Féile Pádraig
The Rooney, O'Malley, Maguire School of Irish Dancing will be joining Daniel O'Donnell…
15 Mar 2019
3608
Newry Musical Feis Results
Monday 25 February Class 46 – The Newry Model School Perp Cup: 1. St. Ronan’s PS, Newry…
14 Mar 2019
4156
‘Vaudeville’ Theatre Comes to Newry
Newry's Sean Hollywood Arts Centre is getting ready to present ‘Freak Show’ on Wednesday…
12 Mar 2019
5744
Nostalgic evening for Newpoint Players
Newry and Mourne Museum at Bagenal’s Castle was the venue for an entertaining evening of…
25 Feb 2019
3344
Blood Red Lines Premiere in Newry this Weekend
This weekend sees the premiere of new theatre production Blood Red Lines in Newry Town…
22 Feb 2019
4503
Blood Red Lines - Lived experience of the Tragedies of South Armagh and Border Counties
Those with lived experience of the tragedies of South Armagh and Border counties in the…
31 Jan 2019
5505
Arts Centre unveils it's Winter/ Spring Event Brochure
The new winter/spring brochure for Sean Hollywood Arts Centre has just arrived and it’s…
21 Dec 2018
4019
From South Armagh to Catalonia - TAP take their music to Sitges
For the third year in a row musicians from the Mullaghbawn-based Traditional Arts…
19 Nov 2018
4863
Local talent takes to the Belfast Stage for The Elves and the Shoemaker
Former Newpoint Player, Sean Kearns takes to the stage at the MAC in Belfast along with…
14 Nov 2018
4195
Arts Centre Hosts ‘It Only Takes a Minute’
‘It Only Takes a Minute’, a fascinating one woman show, presented by C21 theatre company,…
13 Oct 2018
4181
Street Art to the fore in Newry this weekend
This Saturday 16th June 2018 between 9am and 6pm will see some of Ireland's top street…
13 Jun 2018
4225
Arts funding cuts would result in job losses
If proposed cuts to Arts funding are implemented it would result in the loss of local…
21 Feb 2018
4157
Competitions galore at 90th Newry Feis
The 90th Newry Musical Feis opened today Thursday with forty two days of performance…
15 Feb 2018
7395
Council mark 90 Years of Newry Feis
The Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down Counci, Cllr Roisin Mulgrew has hosted a Civic…
05 Feb 2018
3955
Iúr Cinn Fleadh 2018 - Get Involved!
The 2018 Iúr Cinn Fleadh will take place in Newry from Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th of…
10 Jan 2018
5002
A Busy Year for Accolade
A packed auditorium saw the Accolade group hold their AGM in the Sean Hollywood Arts…
12 Oct 2017
4483
Cúchulainn: Ulster’s Greatest Hero
A new book on Cúchulainn has been launched by author Réamonn Ó Ciaráin. Cúchulainn:…
05 Oct 2017
3921
Iúr Cinn Fleadh Events
Check out the Iúr Cinn Fleadh Event Guide 2017
02 Sep 2017
3187
Young Actors Sought for locally based Film
Auditions are taking place this Friday in Newry for two local boys to fill the part of…
16 Aug 2017
8473
Southern Pines musicians enjoy Sister Cities Concert
Last month six young musicians from Newry, Mourne and Down District Council welcomed six…
11 Aug 2017
3290
Narrow Water Arts Festival - A perfect mix of culture and entertainment
This weekend sees a new two day Arts, Music and Culture Festival taking place…
11 Jul 2017
3555
Newry Musical Feis gets ready for 90th Anniversary Year
Newry Musical Feis was launched in September 1928 and last night saw the launch of its…
16 Jun 2017
5819
Performing Arts Talk at Newry Museum
Newry and Mourne Museum is organising three events for May 2017 as part of a project…
20 Apr 2017
3347
Bunclody/ Kilmyshall Drama Group wins 65th Newry Drama Festival
The 65th Newry Drama Festival concluded at the weekend after nine nights of drama, with…
05 Apr 2017
3960
Launching Nine Nights of Drama in Newry
The 2017 Newry Drama Festival was launched yesterday in the Canal Court Hotel. The…
09 Mar 2017
3152
Stage is Set for Nine Nights of Drama
One of the oldest festivals in Ireland may have reached 'pension age' but there is…
09 Mar 2017
2857
Quays put Drama Festival Centre Stage
Newry Drama Festival is just over a month away and from Friday 24 March to Saturday 1…
20 Feb 2017
3227
Scott returns to Adjudicate at Newry Drama Festival
The 2017 Newry Drama Festival will see Scott Marshall return as Adjudicator at the week…
31 Jan 2017
2987
2017 Newry Drama Festival - Nine nights of Drama for Town Hall
Newry Drama Festival is back in Newry Town Hall after a stint by the sea down in…
20 Jan 2017
3375
Performing Arts Project launched at Museum
Cllr. Gillian Fitzpatrick, Chairperson, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council…
19 Oct 2016
2777
Young producers in the making!
Camera bulbs flashed and the red carpet awaited twenty five young people in Tí Chulainn…
21 Sep 2016
2662
The Hospice Zipline Challenge
Are you looking for your next adrenalin fuelled challenge and not too scared of heights?…
03 Aug 2016
2461
Ciaran Magill exhibition at Arts Centre
‘Something a Little Odd’ has been described as the most experimental solo exhibition of…
09 Jun 2016
3298
Newry Drama Winners take to Abbey Theatre Stage
Theatre goers at this years Newry Drama Festival in Warrenpoint, will recall the…
17 May 2016
2532
Newry Plays at All Ireland'
Four plays that competed in the recent Newry Drama Festival have qualified for the RTE…
27 Apr 2016
2506
Dundalk Theatre Workshop win Newry Drama Festival
Nine nights of the very best of Amateur Theatre reached a finale in Warrenpoint Town Hall…
21 Mar 2016
2619
Tesco on board again for Drama Festival
For the third year in a row Tesco Newry Extra has stepped on stage to support Newry Drama…
26 Feb 2016
3720
CD launch by Bronagh Lynch
Local singer and song writer, Bronagh Lynch, has produced a new CD called “Beyond the…
12 Feb 2016
3202
St Catherine's on lookout for new band members
St Catherine’s Concert Band are open for new members. If you a past member of the Band or…
01 Feb 2016
2779
New Anne Boyle Cup for Drama Festival
Newry Drama Festival has unveiled a new cup for the 2016 event. The cup is in memory of…
01 Feb 2016
3251
Newry Feis 2016 gets under way
Newry Musical Feis 2016 has been officially opened by Cllr Mickey Ruane, Chairperson,…
01 Feb 2016
2736
Tony Returns to adjudicate Drama Festival
In March Tony Rushforth will return to adjudicate Newry Drama Festival although this time…
25 Jan 2016
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