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Newry
KNOWLEDGE OF Newry
Newry (Irish: Iúr Chinn Trá) is the fourth largest city in Northern Ireland, and ninth in all-Ireland. Half of it is situated in County Armagh and the other half in County Down. It is about 60 km (37 miles) from Belfast and 108 km (67 miles) from Dublin. It had a population of 27,433 people in the 2001 Census and was founded in 1144 alongside a Cistercian monastery. It grew as a market town and a garrison and became a port in 1742 when it was linked to Lough Neagh by the first summit-level canal in the British Isles. In March 2002, as part of Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee celebrations, Newry was granted city status alongside Lisburn (BBC report).
Notable buildings in the city include Newry Catholic Cathedral of St. Patrick and St. Colman and Newry Town Hall. The town hall is notable as it is built over the River Clanrye that is the boundary between the counties of Down and Armagh. The building of a city hall is also planned as part of the celebrations of the granting of city status. The city also boasts a museum and an arts centre. Newry has a reputation as one of the best provincial shopping towns in Ireland and also has two of the oldest churches in Ireland. One of these is St. Patrick's (Anglican, 1578), Ireland's first Protestant church. This is now thought to be Ireland's second protestant church because it was rebuilt at a later date.
The headquarters of Newry and Mourne District Council is in Newry. The area has a majority nationalist population, leading to a council dominated by Sinn Féin and the Social Democratic and Labour Party, but there are some Ulster Unionist and DUP councillors and one councillor from the Green Party.
The name of the city comes from the original Irish Iúr Chinn Trá (in older spelling, Iubhar Chinn Trágha), which translates as "the yew at the head of the strand", which relates to an apocryphal story that Saint Patrick planted a yew tree there in the 5th century. In modern Irish the full name of the town is rarely used; instead it is abbreviated to An tIúr.
Newry City is classified as a Large Town by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 18,000 and 75,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 27,433 people living in Newry. Of these:
26.2% were aged under 16 years and 16.0% were aged 60 and over
48.5% of the population were male and 51.6% were female;
89.6% were from a Catholic background and 9.4% were from a Protestant background
5.5% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.
Notable buildings in the city include Newry Catholic Cathedral of St. Patrick and St. Colman and Newry Town Hall. The town hall is notable as it is built over the River Clanrye that is the boundary between the counties of Down and Armagh. The building of a city hall is also planned as part of the celebrations of the granting of city status. The city also boasts a museum and an arts centre. Newry has a reputation as one of the best provincial shopping towns in Ireland and also has two of the oldest churches in Ireland. One of these is St. Patrick's (Anglican, 1578), Ireland's first Protestant church. This is now thought to be Ireland's second protestant church because it was rebuilt at a later date.
The headquarters of Newry and Mourne District Council is in Newry. The area has a majority nationalist population, leading to a council dominated by Sinn Féin and the Social Democratic and Labour Party, but there are some Ulster Unionist and DUP councillors and one councillor from the Green Party.
The name of the city comes from the original Irish Iúr Chinn Trá (in older spelling, Iubhar Chinn Trágha), which translates as "the yew at the head of the strand", which relates to an apocryphal story that Saint Patrick planted a yew tree there in the 5th century. In modern Irish the full name of the town is rarely used; instead it is abbreviated to An tIúr.
Newry City is classified as a Large Town by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 18,000 and 75,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 27,433 people living in Newry. Of these:
26.2% were aged under 16 years and 16.0% were aged 60 and over
48.5% of the population were male and 51.6% were female;
89.6% were from a Catholic background and 9.4% were from a Protestant background
5.5% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.
Chris