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NEWRY , a seaport, See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

borough (returning one member) of Co. Down, See also:

Ireland, on the Newrywater and Newry See also:

canal at the extreme See also:

head of See also:

Carlingford Lough. Pop. (1901) 12,405. It is 73 M. N. of See also:

DUBLIN

Dublin by the See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

NORTHERN

Northern railway. A railway owned by the See also:

LONDON

London & See also:

North-Western See also:

COMPANY

company connects Newry with the deep-See also:

WATER

water See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour at See also:

GREENORE

Greenore; and there is an electric railway to Bessbrook in Co. See also:

ARMAGH

Armagh. The western See also:

PART

part, called Ballybot, is connected with the eastern part, or old town, by four See also:

bridges over the canal and four over the tidal water. The situation of the town is striking, the Newry Mountains and Slieve Gullion on the See also:

west, and the Mourne Mountains on the See also:

east, enclosing the narrow valley in which it lies. Newry is one of the most important ports of the See also:

province of See also:

Ulster, and in connexion with several sub-ports farther down the See also:

RIVER

river is the outlet for the See also:

trade of a very extensive See also:

DISTRICT

district. The See also:

PORT

port admits vessels of 2000 tons to See also:

Victoria Docks, 3 M. from the town, but vessels See also:

DRAWING

drawing 15 ft. can go up the See also:

SHIP

ship canal to the See also:

Albert See also:

Basin, 3 M. from the See also:

The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal exports are See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, eggs, See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, See also:

LINEN

linen See also:

CLOTH

cloth and See also:

FLAX

flax, and the imports include See also:

TIMBER

timber, groceries and See also:

COAL

coal. In the neighbourhood See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite of a See also:

FINE

fine quality is quarried, and the town. possesses rope and See also:

SAIL

sail See also:

WORKS

works, breweries, distilleries, See also:

FLOUR

flour-See also:

mills and tanneries. It is governed by an See also:

urban district See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council. In 1175 an See also:

abbey was founded here by See also:

Maurice M`Loughlin, See also:

king of Ireland. The abbey was converted in 1543 into a collegiate See also:

church for See also:

SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular priests, and was dissolved by See also:

EDWARD

Edward VI., who granted it to See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

Nicholas Bagenal, See also:

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal of Ireland. Bagenal made it his private See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence, and laid the See also:

FOUNDATIONS

foundations of its prosperity. In 1689 Newry was set on See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire by the See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

BERWICK, JAMES FITZJAMES

Berwick when in See also:

RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat before See also:

SCHOMBERG (originally SCHONBERG), FRIEDRICH HERMANN (Or FREDERIC ARMAND), DUKE OF (c. 1615—1690)

Schomberg. Charters were granted to the town by See also:

James I. and James II. By the See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of James I. it sent two members to See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, but at the See also:

Union in 1800 it was restricted to one member. Until 1898 a portion of Newry was situated in Co. Armagh. A mile N.E. of the town is a notable See also:

RATH, GERHARD VOM (183o-1888)

rath or enclosure, taking its name of See also:

CROWN

Crown rath from traditional single encounters between native princes in contention for the See also:

SOVEREIGNTY

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