Autumn talks at Museum

Newry and Mourne Museum are hosting a series of talks covering topics as varied as 1798 as well as the much missed McCann's Bakery. Yiu can book or find out more information by emailing  Declan.Carroll@nmandd.org

South Down in 1798   

Ken Dawson, author of The Belfast Jacobin: Samuel Neilson and the United Irishmen will give a talk that embraces the informer Samuel Turner, United Irish activity in the Newry area and the information provided by the leading Louth United Irishman John Conallen.

• Date:     14 October
• Time:     2pm
• Cost:      £2.50 per person

The Convulsed and Distracted State of the Country’: Voices from the Archives                                                                                            

Linda McKenna, Heritage Officer for Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, will give a talk using sources from the National Archives of Ireland’s Rebellion Papers, Papers of the Chief Secretary’s Office and Prisoner Petitions and from PRONI. This talk will recover the voices of people caught up in the turbulent days of the 1798 rebellion of Down and its long aftermath.

• Date:             19 October
• Time:             2pm
• Cost:              £2.50 per person

McCanns - A Century and a Half of Baking in Newry

"150 years after the first loaf was removed from the primitive ovens of Thomas McCann's Bakery, the fifth generation of the family presides over an enterprise which is as strong and vibrant as at any time in its history."

McCann’s became synonymous with Newry and with bread and confectionery of the highest quality throughout Ireland and further afield. Hugh McShane tells the story of a baking dynasty that not only provided employment for hundreds but created a legacy of manufacturing and business excellence that endured into the late 20th century.

Arranged in association with the Old Newry Society

• Date:             4 November
• Time:             2pm
• Cost:              £2.50 per person