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Newry is a border town. The border it lies near is the one between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Ireland has not always been divided into two …

Tollymore: the name may not be familiar. You may have seen parts of it, though, as a location for film or as a lovely image on a calendar of …

Saint Patrick: he is a figure of legend and myth as much as he is a holy man of religious belief and story. Patrick is a symbol of Irish …

Its landscapes inspired the Chronicles of Narnia and perhaps, the legends of the children of Lir. In bygone times, smugglers traveled its roads. In Victorian days people came to …

by Kerry Dexter The town of Newry, in Northern Ireland, takes its name from Irish words meaning yew tree at the head of the strand. It’s said that Ireland’s …