placenamesNewry
An tIúr
Parish institutions grew through architectural extensions, donated land and reused teaching spaces.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An tIúr · Irish · main form
- Newry · English · main form
Place & story
Thomas Duff’s granite cathedral
The Cathedral of Saints Patrick and Colman was designed by Newry architect Thomas Duff. Its foundation stone was laid in 1825, and it opened in 1829. Later work substantially enlarged the granite building: a tower and transept followed in 1888 and the nave was extended in 1904. Marble decoration and mosaics involved craftsmen from continental Europe during the early twentieth-century interior campaign. [2]
Teaching at Mount Saint Patrick’s
The Christian Brothers began teaching in Newry in 1851 at Mount Saint Patrick’s, Chapel Street, using an existing parochial school and teachers’ residence. The first community comprised Peter Scannel and Vincent McDonald. The school’s own history records McDonald’s death from fever in 1853, leaving Scannel to continue alone until the teaching community subsequently expanded. [3]
A merchant provides a school site
Cereal merchant Felix O’Hagan provided a Margaret Street site for a larger school, completed in 1865. Known as the Red School or Carstands, Saint Margaret’s helped relieve pressure on Chapel Street. Education spread into additional premises as enrolment grew, including a former Wesleyan chapel in Kilmorey Street in 1883. A further storey and science laboratory were added at Saint Margaret’s in 1891. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Iveagh Upper, Lower Half
- Barony
- Lordship of Newry
- Coordinates
- 54.25729, -6.27089 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 65740 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Newry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Visit Newry Cathedral: history timeline · Newry Cathedral Parish
- Abbey History: the Christian Brothers in Newry · Thomas Keane, Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School,1991
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-08. How this page was prepared.