Dare Hughes, Mayor, Newry and Mourne District Council walks by while Joe O'Hanlon sings his heart out in Newry's Marcus Square. Joe shares his magnificent voice with all, regularly in Hill Street. Photograph: Columba O'Hare

A misty winters night along Merchants Quay, Newry outside Magees Bar. Photograph: Columba O'Hare 

How beautiful does Soteria look on a moonlit night on the Albert Basin! Photograph: Columba O’Hare

As part of Iur Cinn Fleadh from the 12th to the 14th of September in Newry there will be a trip down the canal on Friday the 12th and Saturday the 13th from the Albert Basin at 7pm. With trad music and a glass of wine it’s guaranteed to be a night to remember. 

Tickets are very limited so get them quick!

Priced at £10 they are available from the Sugar Supper Club, Sugar Island, Newry.

For details of all the events at Iur Cinn Fleadh see www.iurcinnfleadh.com

Marking the start of the United Kingdom's entry into World War One a hundred years ago today at a ceremony at Newry Town Hall tonight. Photograph: Columba O'Hare

Cruise Liner Saga Pearl II leaves Warrenpoint at 5pm on the 20th July 2014 after going down in history as the first commercial passenger liner to visit the port. Photograph: Columba O'Hare

A spot of fishing on Newry Canal. Photograph: Columba O'Hare

Derelict buildings in Canal Street in Newry get a lick of paint. Photograph: Columba O'Hare

Busking at Newry Credit Union in Hill Street, Photograph: Columba O'Hare

Sands' Mill in Newry on a crisp November Morning viewed from a different angle! Photograph: Columba O'Hare

The Seatruck heads out Carlingford Lough from Warrenpoint past a very rainy Slieve Foy. Photograph: Columba O'Hare

Harley anyone? Monaghan Street in Newry looks kinda romantic! Photograph: Columba O'Hare

Despite the poor Spring Newry and Mourne District Council really have excelled themselves with their floral beds behind the Cathedral.

Our Lady's Grammar School holds it's May Procession in honour of the Virgin Mary in this the school's 125 Year. The procession has taken place ever since the school opened. Photograph: Columba O'Hare

May and there is still enough Snow up on Pigeon Rock at Spelga Dam to have a wee slide. Photograph: Columba O'Hare

Newry Two piece band The LeftOvers have an after hours jam in Marcus Square. The band are representing Newry in the Final of the Irish Youth Music Awards.

Sharon Shannon Concert, Bellinis, Newry, January 2013. Photograph: Columba O'Hare

I took this around 1982 and it is still one of my favourite photographs. I think the lady was from the Mullaghbane area and my memory tells me it was her 90th Birthday but I could be way off the mark on all of this.

The Quays Shopping Centre in Newry looks resplendent in the early evening post Christmas glow of another days "sale shopping"

Matt McGinn performs Oh Holy Night in Newry Town Hall with the Saint Colman's Choir on the 8th of December 2012

Newpoint Players perform Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead at Newry Drama Festival 2013