Research Resources at Newry and Mourne Museum
The Museum has archival collections which are available to research.
The Reside Collection
The Reside Collection is wide ranging and sheds light on many aspects of local history in the Newry area from 1715 to the 1990s. The papers include estate records such as rental books, titles deeds, maps, and estate surveys. The records relate to the Earls of Kilmorey, Marquises of Downshire, the Hall family of Narrow Water and the Ross family of Rostrevor. The collection was compiled by Major Gerald Reside, a local architect and historian, and his wife Margaret Reside, a local solicitor.
The Hugh Irvine Collection
Compiled by Hugh Irvine, a teacher at Kilkeel High School, the Collection relates to local and family history in the Kilkeel area. This includes photographs, postcards, receipts from local businesses, newspaper cuttings and detailed notes on family history.
The Éamon Donnelly Collection
The Collection comprises the personal and political papers of Éamon Donnelly, a prominent Nationalist politician in Ireland during the 1920s and 1930s, and one of the founding members of Fianna Fáil. The collection also includes correspondence from leading figures including Éamon de Valera, Michael Collins, and Maud Gonne MacBride.
The Reside Collection is the product of the professional lives of Samuel Wilson Reside and Major Gerald Reside who were architects and engineers and Margaret Reside, who was a solicitor.