Glassdrumman Lodge

Newry City

by johnjoe55

"Iúr Cinn Trá"

Hi, I'm John and I live in Newry, Ireland, in Irish Iúr Cinn Trá meaning "The Yew Tree at the Head of the Strand". The Newry area has a history of continuous settlement dating back to 4000BC.
The Town of Newry first started as a small settlement in the year 1144 around the Cistercian monastery which was founded by Maurice MacLoughlin, High King of Ireland. The market town built a port in the year 1742 and had the first canal in the British isles. It has a unique town hall built over the Clanyre River This is because one half is on the the country Down side and the other on the Country Armagh side of the river.
Newry was made a city in 2002

Home sweet home

by nirel

"Newry Neuk!"

Hey. Im currently in Pittsburgh on a job placement. I left on the 30th March and am here untill the 24th May. Im telling all Americans that Newry is actually not too bad, especially when you are away from it for so long. You do miss it and the craic. Well keep the town, i mean city in order till i get back. right?

Grá geal mo Chroí

by AnnaLupilla

At the foot of Newry mountain
Clear water does flow.
There lives a wee lassie
Far whiter than snow.
She's slender in the waist
For all young men to see
And her name in plain Irish
Is Grá geal mo Chroí.