During the falls curfew of july 1970 the british army killed four catholic civilians, the next year in august 1971. Being an address delivered at the opening of the newry free library, on the th of september, 1897, francis c crossle on. Foster newell department store hill street, newry c. Sir moyes hill from devon was part of his army and received grants of seized magennis lands for his reward.
Get contact details, videos, photos, opening times and map directions. Newry memoirs newrys first citizen is proud of historic. Newry was founded in 1144 alongside a cistercian monastery, although there are references to earlier settlements in the area, and is one of. What vast changes have taken place over the past halfcentury, to that historic area from chapel street to river street, whose past and present residents, along with expats, were invited to a unique reunion in 2005. Posted in rurbanhell by uzebs1 172 points and 9 comments. The killings in newry on 23 october 1971 was one in a series of controversial incidents between 19701973 that involved the british army shooting and killing catholic irish nationalist civilians. Emigrating ships were advertised in newry and many made their way to warrenpoint harbour and on to a new life. Patrick, unfortunately the abbey and library were burnt down in 1162 but after that the abbey flourished until the reign of king henry 8th who. Newry city library 79 hill street newry bt34 1dg t. District inspector of royal irish constabulary chas. Despite this, the faith flourished and, in 1144, a cistercian abbey was founded, through the influence of st. Newry and mourne ancestry project ulster historical. As the grays, mcanultys and wards house painters you remember minnie wards, the most recently demolished moved to hill street, many of north street s georgian mansions fell in decay and a few became dosshouses. A cistercian abbey was built in 1157 in what is now castle street, by maurice macloughlin, king of ireland, dedicated to st.
The population falling within the union at the 1831 census had been 88,181 with divisions ranging in size from donagmore population 2,378 to newry itself 10,004. Newry and mourne ancestry is a free online resource for those wishing to discover more about their family history in the newry and mourne district council area. Community, history and culture from newry, ireland. Corn dolly foods has been supplying daily fresh bread, cakes and baked goods to the people of newry, south down and armagh for over 25 years. The personable and inquisitive murray, author of 10 books, took about a year to compile his impressive potted history of cooks hill. The troubles in newry recounts fatalities during the troubles in newry, county. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
City library,holds a reference collection which includes books on irish history, local studies and family history. Irelands welcome to the stranger also on kindle is an american widows account of her travels in ireland in 184445 on the eve of the great famine. From monday 24 february we will be having some refurbishment work done in newry city library. Located on hill street, it was the first catholic cathedral of its kind to be opened after catholic emancipation, a cause championed by daniel oconnell. Sailing from new york, she set out to determine the condition of the irish poor and discover why so. The next prebaptism meeting of parents wishing to have their child baptised in march 2020 will be held on tuesday 4th. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. This resource is based on the belfast and province of ulster directory for 1914. Please explore this website and find something new about newry you didnt already know about. Handcock, agent belfast bank, hill street james mcfarland, manager provincial bank, hill street t.
Newry project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. Newry bid a collection of businesses in the newry city area, focused on delivering a better newry, improving and taking on new, exciting concepts and projects. Essex, the queens favourite of elizabeth i, that is was sent as deputy with a large army to subdue ireland in the 1570s. Welcome to the contact page for boots stores in newry. Newry and mourne museum employees of the victoria bakery pictured in castle street before setting off on a works outing in the 1930s.
Take a look at the exchange rate history on our website to see the current trends and currency rates for euro to sterling and sterling to euros. As a future research tool for people wanting to know more about their suburbs background, murrays selfpublished book should prove invaluable. Barclays branch at newry, northern ireland contact. Joseph, proprietor of the newry reporter, printer and stationer, hill street. Her account is not a history of the famine, but personal eyewitness testimony to the suffering it caused.
Tickets for ships such as the shamrock, hercules, magnet, dolphin and the brothers carried people from newry to america. Newry democrat, 45 hill street, newry, co down, bt34 1af. Agnes has 10 years experience in providing a wide range of treatments to suit the individual from reflexology to deep tissue massage. Fosternewell department store hill street, newry c. The history of newry is long with a small castle built by the english to guard the crossing of the river. With older people in mind we also have went and got these books they go in food parcels. The gallery boutique 90 hill street, bt341 newry rated 4. Newry library newry library 79 hill street, newry bt34 1dg northern ireland.
Republican army while in a bookmakers shop, monaghan street, newry. The cathedral of ss patrick and colman on hill street was built in 1829 at a cost of. Designed by the poor law commissioners architect george wilkinson, the building was based on one of his standard plans to accommodate 1,000 inmates. This will assist you in determining the best time for changing money. The irish troubles broke out in august 1969 after the battle of the bogside and the belfast august 1969 riots. Seraphic holistic therapies has been running for over 5 years in the heart of newry city centre. Hill streetpostmaster and stamp distributor, thomas bernard keefe. Hill street, needham street and kilmorey street became a major thoroughfare for those passing through newry. The construction of a new bridge to link with monaghan street in 1834 largely contributed. An excursion into the history of the newry and warrenpoint. Nov 10, 2015 this pin was discovered by jayne mcgarvey genealogy. Sailing from new york, she set out to determine the condition of the irish poor and discover why so many were emigrating to her home country. Application forms available from the parish office, hill street, newry must.
The new newry union workhouse was erected in 18401 on a sevenacre site at the southeast of newry. Kelly, manager northern bank, trevor hill john mitchell, manager. I dont doubt that happened on the one day in history that the 30year bond traded at a yield of less than 1%. Sorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the dates you selected. Trevor hill, newry old pictures old photos back in time northern ireland how beautiful vintage photography countryside street view photo and video lots of men chatting around the bridge here, but the boy in the foreground is fully occupied either delivering those parcels, or he has been sent to collect them. Street names were an early tool for gentrification. Hooks entry, north street newry south south ward newry kilmurey street kilmorey street newry south. Newry is a city in northern ireland, divided by the clanrye river in counties armagh and down.
Seraphic holistic therapies, 7 john mitchel place, newry. Mullan, peter, draper and tobacconist, hill street. Hugh oreilly newry baths, canal street town commissioners, owners. The stairs to the first floor will be temporarily blocked the lift will still be available and the staff stairs at the back of the library will be made available for anyone who does not like to use the lift. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. Why hill street, for heavens sake the lowestlying and flattest street in the whole town. Newry post office post office, old photos, street view. Walking through partick, past and present family history book, railway posters. Newry city library 2020 all you need to know before you go.