Blog (Heritage) - NMD Museums

Newry has a long and distinguished performing arts tradition, spanning stage and screen. This week, we celebrate the achievements of actors and actresses with connections to the area.

This week's article we discover how 6,000-year-old porcellanite axes from County Antrim connected communities across Ireland and Britain, on display now at Newry & Mourne Museum.

This week's article looks at the development of Newry Workhouse

Newry’s public sculptures honour local figures, sporting legends and landmark events. This week, Newry and Mourne Museum highlights some of the best known.

This week’s article concludes our review of the work of Newry’s registrars.

This week’s article explores the career of Joseph Lupton, a successful 19th-century businessman, and the story of the granite stone now displayed outside the Museum.

Newry and Mourne Museum has organised a programme of events for all ages for European Heritage Open Days 2026, inspired by the theme Heritage at Risk: Revive, Resist, Reimagine.

In this week’s article we look at the evolution of public street lighting.

This week's article looks at Newry and Mourne's  rich sporting tradition, which is woven into the area’s social and cultural life.

This week, we explore the Newry Canal Festival, the South Armagh Festival and other festivals. Since the mid-1970s, these events have played a key role in community life across Newry and Mourne, uniting families through parades, music, sport and fancy dress while raising much needed funds for local charities.

This week's article explores the introduction of civil registration for births, deaths and Roman Catholic marriages in 19th-century Ireland, focusing on Newry. 

This week, as July draws to a close, we’re reflecting on a memorable six months of events and activities involving Newry and Mourne Museum.