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A child is seated on a block of stone with his outstretched legs locked into a metal bar of the stocks. The child leans over the upper bar in a pose which suggests exhaustion or despair.

Dec 21 2023

The Children of County Down Gaol

This month's post in our blog series about the County Down Gaol focuses on the children who were held here.

Dec 21 2023

Categories: History, punishment, crime

The Children of County Down Gaol

This month's post in our blog series about the County Down Gaol focuses on the children who were held here.

Cllr. Valerie Harte, Chairperson of Newry , Mourne and Down District Council (first right), pictured with Joanne Cummins, Collections Officer at Newry and Mourne Museum, Francis Gallagher and Adrian Murdock, local historians, and Dr Ken Abraham, Museum Curator, at a photo call to mark the donation of a portrait of James Harshaw to Newry and Mourne Museum.

Dec 08 2023

Categories: Newry and Mourne Museum, exhibitions, Great Famine, Newry, Donaghmore, Art, portrait

Portrait of James Harshaw Donated to Newry and Mourne Museum

Newry and Mourne Museum has been honoured with a donation of a portrait miniature of James Harshaw, a leading local affairs figure from Donaghmore, near Newry in the mid-19^th century.

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