Blog (History) - NMD Museums

The first edition of the Downpatrick Recorder was published on Saturday, 31st December 1836. Its name was later changed to The Down Recorder in 1878 by Joseph Clarke in response to growin..

This week's article looks at the history of the Newry News Room.

This week's article is just in time for St. Valentine's Day 

This week's article is the second part of James “Jemmy” Blair story

This weeks article is the first in another two-parter.

Geraldine looks reviews how 18th century Newry merchants were part of a global economy, exporting Ulster goods and occasionally investing in Caribbean plantations and slaves, including the career of Jemmy Blair, whose family made a vast fortune from sugar plantations in South America.

This week's articles continues with the development of Newry as a port town. 

This week's blog is the first of a two-part review of the economic development of Newry port. 

In this week's blog we look at the history of Warrenpoint Baths

This week's blog looks at the history of calendars

In this week's blog, we take a look at Christmas ghost stories, especially during the Victorian period.

As the year draws to a close, communities across Ireland prepare to mark one of the most ancient events in the calendar, the winter solstice.

Visit Newry and Mourne Museum with your children to see the new Christmas display and enjoy the new sesaonal trail with additional sound effects.