NEWRY

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NEWRY , a seaport, market town and parliamentary borough (returning one member) of Co. Down, Ireland, on the Newrywater and Newry canal at the extreme head of Carlingford Lough. Pop. (1901) 12,405. It is 73 M. N. of Dublin by the

Great

GREAT

Northern railway. A railway owned by the London & North-Western company connects Newry with the deep-water harbour at Greenore; and there is an electric railway to Bessbrook in Co.

Armagh

ARMAGH

. The western part, called Ballybot, is connected with the eastern part, or old town, by four bridges over the canal and four over the tidal water. The situation of the town is striking, the Newry Mountains and Slieve Gullion on the west, and the Mourne Mountains on the

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

, enclosing the narrow valley in which it lies. Newry is one of the most important ports of the province of Ulster, and in connexion with several sub-ports farther down the river is the outlet for the trade of a very extensive

district

DISTRICT

. The port admits vessels of 2000 tons to Victoria Docks, 3 M. from the town, but vessels drawing 15 ft. can go up the ship canal to the Albert Basin, 3 M. from the sea. The principal exports are grain, eggs, cattle, linen cloth and flax, and the imports include timber, groceries and coal. In the neighbourhood granite of a fine quality is quarried, and the town. possesses rope and sail works, breweries, distilleries, flour-mills and tanneries. It is governed by an urban

district

DISTRICT

council. In 1175 an abbey was founded here by Maurice M`Loughlin, king of Ireland. The abbey was converted in 1543 into a collegiate church for secular priests, and was dissolved by Edward VI., who granted it to Sir Nicholas Bagenal,

marshal

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

of Ireland. Bagenal made it his private residence, and laid the foundations of its prosperity. In 1689 Newry was set on fire by the duke of Berwick when in

retreat

RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

before Schomberg. Charters were granted to the town by James I. and James II. By the charter of James I. it sent two members to

parliament

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

, but at the Union in 1800 it was restricted to one member. Until 1898 a portion of Newry was situated in Co.

Armagh

ARMAGH

. A mile N.E. of the town is a notable

rath

RATH, GERHARD VOM (183o-1888)

or enclosure, taking its name of Crown

rath

RATH, GERHARD VOM (183o-1888)

from traditional single encounters between native princes in contention for the sovereignty.

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