The Albert Basin, Newry

The Albert Basin, Newry

The Albert Basin is situated behind the Quays Shopping and Leisure Complex, Newry.

Completed in 1850, the Newry Ship Canal connects the Albert Basin and the Victoria Lock on the road to Omeath and Carlingford.

Two Donkeys

Two Donkeys for Sale

These two donkeys were peering from the back of a trailer at an Irish horse fair.

The Donkey

When fishes flew and forests walked

And figs grew upon thorn,

Some moment when the moon was blood,

Then surely I was born;

With monstrous head and sickening cry

And ears like errant wings,

The devil's walking parody

On all four-footed things.

The tattered outlaw of the earth,

Of ancient crooked will;

Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb,

I keep my secret still.

Fools! For I also had my hour;

One far fierce hour and sweet:

There was a shout about my ears,

And palms before my feet.

G.K.Chesterton, 1894 - 1936

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Killevy Churches

Killevy Churches

St Moninna founded the convent of Killevy near the end of the 5th century. It survived as a house for nuns until it was dissolved in 1542. The Vikings from Carlingford Lough plundered it in 923.

The building in the photograph is two churches joined together. The west church (left hand side of photograph) is the only surviving pre-Norman church in County Armagh and one of only six or seven in the whole of Northern Ireland.

A pictorial map of 1609 shows that Killevy once had a round tower but it was blown down by a gale in about 1768.

Labhras O'Ceallach, Captain Redmond O'Hanlon's harper, wrote a lament for it:

'O steeple of Killevy

My grief to have thee down

If the two Redmonds were living

Thy top would not be broken.'

Camlough Lake

Camlough Lake

This is a view of Camlough lake, County Armagh, from Ballintemple Viewpoint