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Just when we all need an uplift after the lockdown years, along comes Newry’s biggest ever music festival, Iúr Cinn Fleadh – with more than 100 events and activities – most of them offering free admission.
Pushed down by the pandemic, now we can rise up on a tide of traditional sounds, creative comedy and family fun from 25-29 August – as Newry’s city centre becomes filled with music and laughter.
Town Hall gigs for The Sands Family and Matt McGinn
The event bounces back with headliners at the historic Town Hall – folk phenomenon The Sands Family on 27 August and singer-songwriter Matt McGinn on 26 August. Both concerts will also feature special guests.
As well as such local legends playing our premier music venue, the city’s cafes and bars will resonate with traditional tunes as a whole host of singers and musicians play sessions while you sip your tea or tipple.
San Francisco’s acoustic duo Noctambule will launch their latest album Every Migrant Is My Fellow with a set of songs at Nan Rice’s on 28 August. Firm friends of the Fleadh, they are taking part in other festival activities, too.
Kieran Cunningham is Dave Allen
Award-winning Newry actor Kieran Cunningham brings his one-man show on Dave Allen back to the city. For those who missed it at the 2018 Fleadh, this is an opportunity to witness Kieran’s remarkable portrayal of the legendary Irish satirist – or others can watch it a second time on 25 August. Even Steve Coogan is a fan!
Fleadh Street Feast
The ever growing Street Feast is taking to Newry Market on Sunday 28 August from 1-7pm for the Fleadh. Local chef Melissa McCabe has created Street Feast, an innovative food and drink event showcasing producers and chefs from our region. And she’s bringing it to the Fleadh! Celebrate some of the world’s finest food, farmed and formed in this locality. Admission is £2 and children are free. Entertainment will be provided by Ceol from 2-4pm and Parcel of Rogues from 4.30-6.30pm.
Family Fun
A packed programme of family fun will take place from 10am Saturday 27 August at Marcus Square in Newry city centre. All ages will be able to take part in a packed programme of outdoor games, music, art, caricatures, poetry and puppetry.
Among those making the merriment will be Manchester poet Tony Walsh, who has served as Poet in Residence at Glastonbury Festival and recently wrote a tribute to Martin Hibbert, who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in a specially-adapted wheelchair.
Also boosting people’s spirits will be artist John Farrelly, who created the image for this year’s Iúr Cinn Fleadh poster, has produced Irish history books for children and draws caricatures for special occasions – which he’ll be doing in Newry.
Bikes and Beats on the Street
A new event for Newry
On Sunday 28 August at 2pm the Fleadh is reclaiming the streets of Newry for everyone who loves getting out on their bike. Get yourself and the entire family down and join us for a fun lap of the city with Irish Rapper & DJ Cú Chulainn leading the way while belting out the tunes. Meet at the entrance to the Greenway on the Albert Basin.
The Caroline Session
The Canal Court Hotel is the place to be on Sunday 28 August from 2-6pm for the annual Caroline Session in memory of Caroline Fegan. A native of St Albans in England, Caroline moved to Burren in 2001 where she lived with her husband Cormac and their two girls, Aislinn and Cliodhna.
A multi instrumentalist, Caroline was a highly accomplished prize winning champion representing Comhaltas on many overseas tours and broadcasts. Caroline contributed to the local Irish music scene in a variety of roles as a teacher with both Warrenpoint CCE and Armagh Pipers Club, a mentor, performer and adjudicator.
A Trad Cruise
Newry Canal used to resonate with the sounds of Irish navvies as they dug and sang their way through its construction early in the 18th century. It will be filled with music once again in the 21st century, as Iúr Cinn Fleadh launch their Trad Cruises.
Carrying on the canal’s musical tradition is part of the heart of Iúr Cinn Fleadh, Newry’s music and community festival. It’s a unique feature. Not many music events offer canal cruises with wine and song as part of their repertoire.
Cruising on the canal is among the high-water marks of Newry’s highly popular Fleadh. From 25-29 August, the romantic and restored Brienne – fresh from the 1940s – will host the Fleadh’s unique Trad Cruises up and down the city’s historic canal.
Voyagers will enjoy a glass of wine while listening to live music on this wonder-filled waterway of jumping fish and gliding herons. Even in inclement weather, passengers will disembark with a skip in their step – but mind the gap as you go!
Picnic at the Lock
Turn the Greenway into a path of hope – by walking from Albert Basin to Victoria Lock on Saturday 27 August. Join PIPS Hope and Support on this summer trek that comes complete with live music and moments just to chill out. Bring a packed lunch and your dancing shoes! PIPS Hope and Support is our region’s leading independent advocate on all aspects of suicide. Meet at entrance to Greenway at 11am. £5 Donation.
Book for the events you want at – www.iurcinnfleadh.com/tickets
Fleadh Launch
The Fleadh was launched on Thursday past in Nan Rices in the company of Council Chairperson, Cllr Michael Savage.
Speaking at the event Columba O'Hare fron the Fleadh Committee said "I'd like to welcome everyone especially Cllr Michael Savage, Chairperson, Newry, Mourne And Down District Council and Aaron Bradley Newry BID.
"Without the financial support from these two organisations Iúr Cinn Fleadh 2022 would not be happening so it is only right to acknowledge that.
"I’d also like to welcome and congratulate Oisin Bradley and Aoibhín and Lucia Morgan on their Senior Trio win at Fleadh Cheoil na Éireann, and indeed look forward to their involvement in our fleadh this year.
"It has been a difficult year organising the festival. All festivals have experienced the same, a lot of last minute preparation and in some ways, with missing two years due to Covid, we all forgot how we did it in the first place!"
The committee believe this year’s festival is the best they have ever produced and are all so excited with the weekend ahe
O'Hare continued "|In 2022 we are saluting local gems, The Sands Family and Matt McGinn will perform two outstanding gigs in Newry Town Hall. Kieran Cunningham brings his hilarious Dave Allen show back to the city.
"We will be joining Newry photographer Seán Hillen in viewing ‘Tomorrow is Saturday’ a documentary on his life.
"Newry Community Choir and Cloughmore Singers are also performing at the stunning Riverside Church with Carla Maney and Hannah Barrett.
"The Singing Pub sees Briege Murphy host an evening embracing the power of the song."
New Events
O'Hare spoke on some new events happening this year
"On top of all the usual offerings, session trails,, trad cruises, Irish Language events, poetry and children’s events, there are many new offerings.
"We are embracing the great outdoors with Picnic at the Lock, a walk along the beautiful Carlingford Lough Greenway from the Albert Basin to Victoria Lock, in support of PIPS Hope and Support, with music at the Lock to prepare you for the walk back!
"Bikes and Beats on the Street will be a fun event for everyone who loves getting out on their bike. Families and bikers of all ages are encouraged to join us for a lap of the city with Irish Rapper & DJ Cú Chulainn belting out the tunes. Cú Chulainn will also be hosting a Rap Concert.
"We have watched other towns, especially Dundalk embrace the power of murals in enhancing their town. This year the Fleadh will be producing what we hope will be the first of many outstanding murals for our city at Merchants Quay, just one of our many arts events.
He continued "Newry Water Festival also joins the Fleadh this year for an afternoon of family entertainment around the Albert Basin.
"There will be a fascinating Hidden Hill Street – Sráid Hill Faoi Cheilt bilingual walk, an intensive Irish course as well as the Exhibition Protestants and the Gaelic languages.
"Classical Music has arrived at the Fleadh with Classics by Candlelight from Newry Chamber Music.
"The inspirational young people at Crisis Café will be showcasing a multitude of different styles of music at their Music of Our Generation gig.
"Melissa McCabe is bringing her Street Feast to the Fleadh on the Sunday for all who enjoy local produce … and who doesn’t!
"Celebrating the Polish communities contribution to Newry we have music and food at the Flavour of Europe evening.
"TenX9 are bringing their storytelling event to the Fleadh for the first time while poet Tony Walsh returns for the second. Our international visitors Noctambule from San Francisco are also returning.
"Dancing on the Green is back, an event where we bring the music and dance to your front door literally.
"Lastly where would you be without a bit of nostalgia! Days Gone By will remind us of Newry as it was with clips from Northern Ireland Screen’s film archive."
Looking Forward
Concluding O'Hare spoke of the need to expand festival funding and spoke of the importance of the Committee members as well as volunteers co-ordinated by Volunteer Now.
"We believe we are providing Newry City with a £100K festival from a budget, a third of that - something we are very proud of. We have learned a lot of lessons along the way and we will have to increase funding majorly in the years to come to achieve what Newry deserves.
"Iúr Cinn Fleadh would like to thank all our supporters, participants and venues who year after year embrace the festival.
"We started with the aim of making our fleadh a signature festival for Newry City. This year brings that forward another massive step. We have big plans and bigger ideas but absolutely none of this happens without the endless hours put in by our small dedicated committee and our volunteers.
"All we need in return is for Newry’s residents to get out and support as many events as possible, and together we will give our city the boost it needs."
Fantastic Line Up
Also speaking at the launch was Cllr Michael Savage, Chairperson, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.
"This is a fantastic, fantastic line-up and something that I think you'll be very proud of when the curtain comes down on this years Festival, but I agree we should have ambition for this festival to be a £100,000 festival and funded to that extent, and I think that we've had conversations as close as yesterday, I was at a meeting up in Downpatrick and they were talking about devising our Tourism agenda and our Tourism Strategy and a lot of questions came from the floor and one of the submissions I made was that I've spent the last seven or eight weeks going round every single festival and fleadh we've had in our district, running from as far away as Killyleagh and Saintfield, down as far as Culloville and Cullyhanna and it's very important for me to stress that I think covid did us all a favour because the smaller festivals in our district have come back bigger and better than ever, because a lot of them went back to basics and did the things that make good old fashioned festivals what they were, which is community involvement, having everybody play a role and getting involved in everything that's been done.
"Take for example Fiddlers Green Festival, it was exceptional, the Loughside Festival I know has been able to make that seismic step from moving on from the Maiden of The Mournes Festival and coming into the 21st century with a programme that I know they will build on next year, but Iúr Cinn Fleadh as far as Newry is concerned, I think that is the future of our festival and should be the flagship festival for our city and the Council needs to invest in that and I certainly will be pushing very hard during my year as Chair that we leave a legacy that the funding that you need to build on this and make it bigger and better than ever is there."
Come out and Enjoy it
Cllr Savage continued "The best thing we can all do is to encourage everyone to come out and enjoy it and the feedback I get every year from this festival is that there's so much to do. You could walk from one end of the town to the other and you could be 3 hours getting from one end to the other because there's so much to do, and that's what makes a good festival, when there's something for everybody - an eclectic mix."
Concluding he added "I wish you all the very best and it's great to have the Sands Family front and centre. They're great ambassadors for this district and this area and have been for many many years, and it's great that you rightfully are the centrepiece of this festival. I wish you all the best"
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Newry and Mourne Museum welcome back the wonderful Noctambule, on 10 September at 2pm, as part of European Heritage Open Days 2022.
European Heritage Open Days is an annual event celebrating local architecture, history and culture, which takes place across Europe on the second weekend in September.
San Francisco’s Noctambule, Marla Fibish and Bruce Victor, have delighted audiences in Newry and Mourne at Iúr Cinn Fleadh and Fiddlers Green, and are no strangers to playing at the Museum too.
They play traditional and original music in a variety of forms; Irish trad, their own tunes in traditional contours, and inspiring settings of a broad range of poetry. Their work is rendered with sensitivity and humour on an unusual array of strings, different guitars in varied tunings, mandola, mandolin, cittern, tenor guitar and their unique blended voices.
This free event promises to be a wonderful afternoon of music.
Also, as part of European Heritage Open Days, there will be a free guided tour of the building on 10 September at 11am.
The tour of focuses on Bagenal’s Castle, a 16th century fortified house, as well as the main exhibitions that include prehistoric material, Newry as a merchant town, the working life of the area and modern experiences of living in a Border area.
For visitors who wish to take a stroll through the galleries, the Museum provides FREE audio guides in English, Irish, French German which provide more information on the Castle and the exhibits. A tour aimed at children in the age range 7-12 is now available in English and Irish.
All the galleries will be open to the public including the temporary exhibitions, ‘War Declared: The Local Impact of World War II’ and ‘The Legacy: Newry 1920 – 1930.’
If you wish to book any of these, please email Declan.Carroll@nmandd.org.
Entrance to Newry and Mourne Museum is free of charge, with free car parking. All the rooms are accessible, with a lift operating on every level of the museum. There is also an accessible toilet on the ground floor with baby changing facilities.
For opening hours, information on events, upcoming exhibitions and other services, ring 0330 137 4422.
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The walls of Bagenal's Castle will resonate with the acoustic folk of Noctambule – Bruce Victor and Marla Fibish from San Francisco – who are back in Ireland after the pandemic.
After successful summer gigs at Newry’s Iúr Cinn Fleadh and Fiddler's Green International Festival, Rostrevor, they will play a concert at Newry Museum at 2pm on 10th September, as part of European Heritage Open Days 2022.
When they perform, Bruce and Marla take their audience on a journey. This time they will take their listeners to the grand Banqueting Room in this 16th century fortified house. The stone walls are the perfect setting to experience Noctambule’s distinctive sound.
Noctambule also have a brand new album to share – they are presenting the Ireland launch of their pandemic recording Every Migrant Is My Fellow. The selection has already been hailed by Irish Music magazine as ‘a keystone album for our time’.
The couple are faithful friends of Iúr Cinn Fleadh, having performed a number of times here before the pandemic. At the Fleadh last month, they played at an Acoustics & Classics By Candlelight at Nan Rice’s, Newry; with singer-songwriter Tommy Sands at a Call The Musician seminar in the Centred Soul wellbeing café; and at their own poetry and music workshop at Newry City Library.
Their first ever gig at Fiddler’s Green in July was well received. Noctambule’s lunchtime folk club set at the Kilbroney Bar drew such a crowd, the venue ran out of space to accommodate more chairs. Bruce was a key speaker at a day-long workshop on music and healing, with the likes of Tommy Sands and sean-nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird.
Bruce and Marla play traditional and original music in a variety of forms. Their work is rendered with sensitivity and humour on an unusual array of strings – different guitars in varied tunings, mandolin, mandola, cittern, tenor guitar – and their blended voices.
The castle concert is free, but booking is essential. Contact declan.carroll@nmandd.org to reserve tickets. For more information on Noctambule, visit www.noctambulemusic.com
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Visit Newry and Mourne Museum on Friday 17 March 2023, for a range of activities that will suit young and old.
Children will get a chance to make leprechauns with their own pot of gold in our arts and crafts workshops, which are suitable for anyone aged between 5 - 11 years.
There are two sessions, 10.00am until 11.00am and again from 11.30am until 12.30pm. Numbers for these workshops are limited so pre-booking of places is advisable.
There will be guided tours of the temporary exhibitions “Caring for the Community: The Development of Medicine in Newry and Mourne”, “The Legacy: Newry 1920 - 1930” and “Seamus Mallon: The Man and the Politician” at 11.30 and again at 2.30pm.
There will also be an afternoon of traditional music from 2pm – 4pm.
All the activities are free of charge If you wish to book, or you require more information please email Declan.Carroll@nmandd.org
Entrance to Newry and Mourne Museum is free of charge if you wish to visit the galleries, which trace the social and political history of this historic region.
There is free car parking. All the rooms are accessible, with the lift operating on every level of the Museum. There is also an accessible toilet on the ground floor with baby changing facilities.
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Newry BID (Business Improvement District) is set to host a month packed full of FREE health and wellbeing events and activities in Newry city centre across the month of October.
With something for all the family, from baby mindfulness, Relax Kids and Charge Up for teenagers to a coffee morning for carers, gym taster sessions, yoga, competitions, and an Active Ageing programme, it promises to get us all thinking about our health and wellbeing this autumn.
There is a full programme of events available on newry.com Newry BID’s social media and in the press, with many events bookable in advance. The events will be taking place in venues across the city from Sunday 1 October to Tuesday 31 October 2023.
Eamonn Connolly, Newry BID Manager said, “Health in the City comes hot on the heels of the successful Summer in the City campaign which hosted entertainment and events in venues across the city over the summer. Health in the City is something that we hope people of all ages will also engage with as we move out of the summer months. October is the perfect time with a number of well-established activities already in place including World Mental Health Day, Positive Ageing Month and World Menopause Day.
“We have made everything completely free, so it is accessible to all. Many of the services including the children’s events, the Health Checks from Health Matters and the Basic First Aid course are hugely beneficial to be available to the public and BID members, free of charge. There are other related events taking part in the city including a Menopause event and Silent Disco which we will be promoting through the programme.
“We are also trying to engage people who may be concerned about their health or who want to take action but don’t know where to start through the gym taster sessions with Pure Gym at The Quays; blood pressure checks at McKeevers Chemist on Monaghan Street; and blood pressure checks in Buttercrane with Curves. The gym session is aimed at people who have maybe never been to a gym or are too nervous to get started on their own. Equally the yoga at Centred Soul on Hill Street will be for beginners with no experience of this type of activity and the competition for the Canal Court Hotel Spa encourage us to think about wellness also.”
Eamonn continued, “We are also delighted to engage with Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, local organisations and individuals including Joanne Callan who was involved in planning this month and Lianne McCooey, both of whom are mental health champions in the local area. We are working with the U3A on an Active Ageing get together for older members of our community who have been particularly hard hit in recent years with Covid and the cost-of-living crisis. We haven’t forgotten about those who support others in our city centre- our carers and volunteers. We are hoping many of them will get to enjoy a little bit of time out for themselves at our Carers Coffee Morning and the Bolster Silent Disco as a thank you for all the work that they do in the local community.
“Newry BID’s core values are Belong, Invest and Deliver. We hope that events like these will help many more people feel like they belong within our city centre. We hope that we can make even a small difference in the delivery of a healthier, more engaged community in the Newry area, while supporting our members who deliver services in the field of health and wellbeing.”
To view the full programme of events or to book any of the activities please visit newry.com
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A temporary exhibition on the history and legacy of McCann’s Bakery is now open to the public at Newry and Mourne Museum.
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Valerie Harte, officially opened the exhibition on Thursday 28 September, which tells the story of one Newry’s most iconic businesses.
The display, called ‘Slices of History: Memories of McCann’s Bakery’, looks at the Bakery’s long history going back to its establishment in 1837. On show are a wide range of items such as a breadman’s jacket, recipes, brochures and bread making equipment, all of which will bring back fond memories.
It highlights how the company was a part of the fabric of Newry and Mourne society, providing a much-needed service in the community, especially at a time before cars and buses were commonplace. The company also provided employment for many in the area, especially in difficult periods.
Accompanying the exhibition is a booklet of edited transcriptions from conversations that were recorded by Newry and Mourne Museum during reminiscence evenings with the former employees of McCann’s Bakery including the manager, office workers, mechanics and of course, bakers and breadmen. The booklet focuses on their memories of what life was like in the bakery.
Opening the exhibition, Chairperson, Councillor Valerie Harte thanked all who helped in its development. She said, “This booklet acts as a record for future generations documenting the important contribution the bakery and its employees made to the economic and social history of the area. Everyone who contributed memories can be proud to have been a part of that history.”
Dr Ken Abraham, Curator at Newry and Mourne Museum, said, “The Museum has a special connection with McCann’s as we occupy the building that housed the bakery for many generations. We have built up good relationships with many who have worked here, and we are proud to tell their story.”
The display is now open to the public free of charge until August 2024. For further information, please telephone 0330 137 4034.
Entry to Newry and Mourne Museum is free of charge. For opening hours, information on events, upcoming exhibitions and other services please telephone 0330 137 4422.
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Bolster Community are hosting a special Silent. Disco Spooktacular event later this month as part of Newry BID's Health in the City initiative
It's happening Wednesday 25 October, at The Vault Nightclub in The Bank in Newry. First and foremost it is an inclusive social event for adults with learning disabilities and neurodiverse conditions – and the invite has been extended out far and wide to the relevant social and support groups in Newry, Mourne & Down – support workers, carers, friends, family and supporters in general are also warmly welcome. And if you’re reading this and you have a connection in any way, consider yourself invited too (as long as 18+).
Most people (still young enough to enjoy them!) take big nights out for granted, but they aren’t as widely offered (or catered) to young adults of mixed abilities – who at the end of the day, just want the same experiences that everyone wants – the chance to be social, to connect with peers, get dressed up and have the craic on the dance floor!
Jacinta Linden CEO of Bolster Community said, “We just don't see enough social opportunities for young adults of mixed ability, many of our regulars feel uncomfortable attending a busy and noisy nightclub environment, a SILENT Disco will put inclusiveness centre stage in Newry and provide young people with the chance to combat loneliness and feel socially safe, in a space that everyone else takes for granted. We hope this will be the first of many!”
And with October also being Downs Syndrome Awareness Month, there’s no better time to celebrate and help break down social barriers.
Eamonn Connolly, Chair of the Bolster Board said, "Halloween is a social highlight for many young people and it’s so important that this fun is inclusive and for everyone. Bolster is thrilled to be bringing the first ever inclusive silent disco of this scale to Newry which puts the needs of young adults of mixed abilities and neurodiverse conditions first – and we are delighted to feature it as a key event in Newry BID’s ‘Health in the City’ programme of events. Please feel free to contact the team at Bolster if you are not sure if this is suitable for you or your family member."
Councillor Oonagh Hanlon, Chairperson of Newry, Mourne & Down Policing and Community Safety Partnership said, “Newry, Mourne and Down PCSP are committed to supporting opportunities for safe and inclusive events across our District and so we are delighted to be involved in this Silent Disco ‘Spooktacular’. This is part of the ‘Health in the City’ initiative developed by Newry BID and promises to be a great event.”
Any proceeds from the SILENT DISCO Spooktacular will go to back into supporting Bolster Community’s vital programmes and services, so get your tickets at Eventbrite, grab your headphones and help make this a night to remember! To check out all the other events and activities happening across the city as part of Newry BID’s ‘Health in the City’ month, just go to newry.com
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Get ready for a spellbinding Halloween experience on Friday 27 October, as Newry City prepares to double the fun with two events in one spooktacular evening.
The evening, organised by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, promises to be a spine-tingling affair and will see the city’s streets come to life (or death) with a Halloween Twilight event at Newry Variety Market and a family-friendly street carnival on Marcus Square.
Talking about the Halloween preparations, Newry Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Valerie Harte said, “Newry Variety Market will continue a tradition dating back to medieval times. It will be transformed into a Halloween wonderland with enchanting decorations that will transport visitors to a world of ghosts, goblins and ghouls, and packed with a line-up of incredible musical acts, a feast of talented artists and craftspeople, delectable food and an atmosphere created by unforgettable fancy dress.
“More Halloween fun can be found in Marcus Square and Hill Street where a family-friendly street carnival, featuring traditional fairground rides and a live fire show, will keep everyone entertained. This is just one of a selection of events happening in all corners of our newly designated UNESCO Geopark, organised by both the Council and local community organisations.”
The Halloween Twilight Market will be at the core of this spooky evening, starting at 5pm and finishing at 10pm. It will feature a range of family activities and attractions for all ages, including a musical line-up that promises to keep Halloween spirits high with a mix of spooky tunes and popular hits that will have everyone dancing along.
The market is a haven for art enthusiasts and craft lovers offering a range of wares from talented artists and craftspeople. From eerie paintings to handmade Halloween-themed items, the Halloween market will offer a diverse range of craft to explore. Foodies will delight in the mouthwatering options available from the variety of food vendors on-site serving delicious treats and seasonal delights to satisfy every palate. Everyone is being encouraged to turn up in fancy dress, so kids and adults can flaunt their most creative, spooky, or hilarious costumes for a chance to win some fantastic spot prizes!
For families looking for a fun and safe way to celebrate Halloween, the Newry Halloween Street Festival in Marcus Square and Hill Street, from 5pm to 8.30pm, is the perfect choice. It will feature a family-friendly carnival with traditional fairground rides, ensuring that even the littlest ghosts and goblins can enjoy the fun.
A series of mesmerising, live fire shows and a Creepy Cabaret by Fire Poise, will bring the night alive. Timeslots for the shows are 5.30pm and 7pm and last half an hour. These performances promise to enchant and thrill with their fiery artistry. A spectacle that shouldn’t be missed!
To top off the evening, kids of all ages can groove to the beats at the outdoor disco, where the live DJ will spin his tunes and have everyone dancing under the moonlit sky. There will also be a second chance to show off your costume with more spot prizes to be won on the street.
The Newry Halloween celebrations offer something for everyone and guarantee a memorable evening filled with fun and excitement.
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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.
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.
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
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