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Cloghoge (Irish derived place name, Clochóg, meaning ‘Stony Place’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. [ 1 ] Road at Cloghoge - geograph.org.uk - 1061086
Fusilier G. A. Colman was awarded a General Officer Commanding commendation for his role in rescuing the body of Fusilier Grundy and the wounded soldiers. [1]The British Army's official report about this incident stated: "This was a well-planned and well-executed attack indicative of the imaginative, innovative and capable nature of South Armagh PIRA".
Newry (/ ˈ nj ʊər i /; [4] from Irish An Iúraigh [5]) is a city [6] in Northern Ireland, standing on the Clanrye river in counties Down and Armagh.It is near the border with the Republic of Ireland, on the main route between Belfast (34 miles/55 km away) and Dublin (67 miles/108 km away).
Civil parishes in Ireland are based on the medieval Christian parishes, adapted by the English administration and by the Church of Ireland. [1] The parishes, their division into townlands and their grouping into baronies, were recorded in the Down Survey undertaken in 1656–58 by surveyors under William Petty.
St. Patrick and St. Brigid in mosaics appear to the left and the right respectively. The altar in this chapel was the gift of the Holy Family Confraternity in 1908, because of this the Chapel is commonly referred to as the 'Holy Family Chapel'. The sanctuary lamp in front of the altar was presented Mr. James Fleming, Newry, in 1925. [4]
Newry is a civil parish in County Armagh and County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic baronies of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half (one townland ) and Lordship of Newry in County Down and the baronies of Orior Upper and Oneilland West (two townlands) in County Armagh.
Under McGivern's predecessor, John Pius Leahy, O.P. (1860–1890), a Dominican priory was founded on the Armagh side of Newry, and a church erected. The Poor Clares, who went to Newry from Harold's Cross, Dublin, in 1830, were for many years the only nuns north of the River Boyne. The Sisters of Mercy founded a convent at Newry in 1855.
The Belfast–Newry line (known as the Portadown line by NI Railways) operates from Belfast Grand Central in County Antrim to Newry in County Down, Northern Ireland.The manager for this line is based at Portadown railway station, although the line extends to the border to include the Scarva and Poyntzpass halts and Newry.