Blog (History) - NMD Museums

The latest blog in Down County Museum's series about the Old Gaol looks at the treatment of women who were imprisoned here.

In the latest blog in our series about the Gaol, Down County Museum looks at the New Gaol, and describes how it was meant to improve on conditions experienced in the Old Gaol.

This month’s blog comes from a special contributor, Shirley Lennon, who worked on a Down County Museum project which brought together the stories of Jewish refugees who came to Millisle farm.

As the UK marks Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27^th 2024, please read the blog to discover how an otherwise ordinary item donated to Down County Museum becomes so significant because of its links to survivors of the Holocaust.

This month's post in our blog series about the County Down Gaol focuses on the children who were held here.

Local historian, Hugh McShane will give a talk at Newry and Mourne Museum on the plight of 35 female orphan girls who left Newry Workhouse to travel to Australia during the 1800s.

Children will learn more about heraldry and create their own family coats crests in our shield arts and crafts workshops.

Former ward orderly John Davis, will reflect on his working life in Newry, especially on his career at Daisy Hill Hospital

Newry and Mourne Museum will host a talk on the partition of Ireland, titled  ‘Land Border in Ireland - 100 Years On’ with Dr. Cormac Moore.

Down County Museum are pleased to welcome Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick and Mark Devenport in conversation to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Join us as they reflect on their experiences of the Northern Ireland peace process and the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

A talk on Newry Artist, Margaret Clarke by Carla Briggs, Curator Of Slides School of Art History and Cultural Policy, UCD.

New exhibition on LGBT+ rights activism 

Myles Shortall, a retired Newry GP, remembers his father, a wartime Medical Officer and Surgeon at Daisy Hill Hospital and Newry General Hospital. This is an edited version of an article in the booklet accompanying Newry and Mourne Museum’s temporary exhibition, Caring for the Community: The Development of Medicine in Newry and Mourne.