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Spotted this & it sparked an idea! Isn't Newry City home to an underutilized canal, the oldest on the island? Newry could definitely use a fresh take on tourism, right?
Picture this: what if we—or even RedBull—hosted a summer event or festival at the Albert Basin? It's practically tailor-made for something like this! Imagine teams from different countries or even local communities coming together
Who would we need to reach out to in order to make this happen? Spread the word... this could be our future! #newryuns #ulster #ireland #newry
Wee Yarn
Spotted this & it sparked an idea! Isn't Newry City home to an underutilized canal, the oldest on the island? Newry could definitely use a fresh take on tourism, right?
Picture this: what if we—or even RedBull—hosted a summer event or festival at the Albert Basin? It's practically tailor-made for something like this! Imagine teams from different countries or even local communities coming together
Who would we need to reach out to in order to make this happen? Spread the word... this could be our future! #newryuns #ulster #ireland #newry
Wee yarn .. wee postcard from the past ..
in the mystery box of bits & bobs eye just found a postcard from August 1997 with a story within .. seeing this I recall my sports editor Jimmy davis telling me about a hobby he had which was a wee passion of his .. 🤟🏼 see whenever he would chat with contributors at his sports desk , if he discovered they where travelling to hotter climates he would kindly ask them to send him a postcard in the post if they had time .. & it appears I found one such card within the jumble of papers i rescued.. , I laughed reading that the newry reporter wasn’t available in Florida back in 1997.. who would of guessed .. enjoy .. but who is Gerry? #newryuns #ulster #ireland #usa
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Posted a handwritten note yesterday .. with little info within .., well I just pulled a few match cards dated May 1997.. which fills in a few gaps., .. what a match that would of been to attend .. 8 goals in total .. enjoy .. #newryuns #ulster #ireland
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Wee evening mystery for the NewryÜns soccer fans ..
Within a bundle of carnbane team sheets I found this tiny slip of paper with a handwritten mystery message ..on both sides
The message was written in the closing years of the 20th century in around mid till late 1997 ..
possibally written on a Saturday afternoon in the middle of a soccer pitch by a unknown referee of a match that was played on the Hen Run.. or one of the other pitches around the edge of newry town ..
the teams ? I’ve No idea …….
Might anyone know the teams from the names on this clip .. #newryuns #ulster #ireland
Wee yarn.. mystery gift image From the year 1988.. all I can say for sure is.. it’s …
wee baby Fiona & her mother, I’m sure I recognise the lady from years ago .. something tells me she might , just might be from Killeavy, meigh, killean ,cloughreagh direction .. #newryuns #ulster #ireland
Wee yarn.. haa haa.. took a wee break from absorbing the old printed knowledge hidden within in newryuns latest acquisitions , relics of the printed era.. & a scrolled on the newsfeed of the NewryÜns page.. a few posts down was this classic channel 4 Ecumenical clip .. . Stone the crows .. Relics & all .. which look close hidden within actually shows yet another of our Pictish traditions , slowly sidelined by the church over centuries.. true bill .. yet respected by most families .still .... .. #newryuns #ulster #Ireland #ecumenical
Wee yarn …. In the mystery images was this group shot from 1988 a staged photo .. written on the rear was the single word “Talent” nothing more ….. soo who what where what was this wee performance, , in 1988 I would never of known who they where , but a decade later & years after that , I’d meet them separately at great events in great venues around the area , back stage on stage & such , .. a few where vocal artists a few where planners, a few where facilitators & all contributed bandfulls as guides to their craft as a & within the talented area … , I can only name one lady for sure , , the one with the cameo role , cameo brooch in the photograph, ..,
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Wee yarn, for those following these posts 🤟🏼, you'll notice from time to time I'm diving delving deep into the enigma of the Pictish society in ulster in newry —an era often overshadowed, especially when it thrived in what was roman times once called ScottieLAND, , not ireland , the most beautiful place, the Picts thrived in newry & traded across the sea , before the unification of Scotland, we controlled over there . The hoards of Picts, originating from Newry, sailed boldly across the Irish Sea & faced down the Romans, united the tribes who, let’s be honest, never bothered to record Pictish history. Yet, it’s said these fierce warriors painted themselves blue—oh yes, "blue"! Look up the colour & its inception, & you’ll find our blue history intertwined with theirs & stopped the Roman Empire.
These so-called "savages" (only savage in the eyes of those they defeated) peacefully used the land & stones to weave their faith into the fabric of Pictish society. which historically was a Druidic society , While they may not have written as we do today, we Picts from Newry were left unwritten in history, but not forgotten. Just a wee footnote, often & still overlooked by future historians.
For over a millennium—yes, over ten centuries, if not double that—their beliefs thrived until they were slowly over time replaced & renamed in the wake of incoming Ulster Irish Christianity, where it became one god, one son, & the holiest of spirits (Druidic gods) combined into the true god. Yet, this tale has never been told from the Newry perspective., when st arrived , he never banned any other religion, he incorporated the best of it , the wells, the bells, the saints, the scholars , the priests etc.. creating the most powerful religion of all in newry, ulster then ireland.. he & his monks travelled the land using his Roman education to write down the teachings of the church.. over time they influenced Scotland, wales & England, the all the wee European nat
We yarn about what’s behind a stoney wall on the edge of the city, right there on Goragh Road in Mullaglass. Having come across that old print from 1988, I found myself wondering what the view looks like today or even further back in time . I managed to dig up a current image easy as pie &, to my surprise, I could also access a map that's 200 years old alongside today's maps of the same spot.
Turns out, that wall sits near an old forgotten church that I'd never even heard of before. There was also a building at the entrance of a path where the wall stands now & where it once stood in the past, leading to an ancient quarry that predates the railway. A quick look at Google Maps revealed that the old quarry is still there, blocked off by the railway in the mid 1800’s , untouched , just as forgotten as the wall. It seems this area is rich with stoney history— as I know large kerns gathering raths & burial sites , mounds dating back centuries, all right around the same place. Hear be a few minutes showing the old stone quarry scene in a new light .. Fascinating, isn’t it?#newryuns #ulster #ireland
Wee yarn .. from January 1988…. I look at this old photos with a smile as I was a teenager then .. but I look at the photos & at times think recognise great newry folk by just the back of there heads .. the head I recognise is of a rooneys meadow chap called Michael or Micky Courtney, a great newry town supporter & soccer & a family man with a brood of daughters who reared them under the shadow of st Bridget’s chapel.. shared great yarns with him over the years.. #newryuns
