The Newry Canal is an abandoned canal in Northern Ireland. Opened in 1742, it was built to link the Tyrone coalfields to the Irish Sea. The navigable...
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the site. Newry grew as a market town and a garrison, and became a port in 1742 when the Newry Canal was opened, the first summit-level canal in Ireland...
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it is joined by the Cusher River and connects with the now disused Newry Canal, which once gave access south to the Irish Sea. Although the Upper Bann...
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constituency Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency) Newry and Armagh (UK Parliament constituency) Other uses Newry (civil parish) Newry Canal Newry Bosco GFC...
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Canal Grand Canal Jamestown Canal Lecarrow Canal Newry Ship Canal Royal Canal Shannon–Erne Waterway Tralee Ship Canal Barrow Navigation Athlone Canal...
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Obins. In 1741, Anthony Obins was involved with the development of the Newry Canal. He was succeeded by Michael Obins in 1750. It was he who set up a linen...
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The Belfast–Newry line (known as the Portadown line by NI Railways) operates from Lisburn station in County Antrim to Newry in County Down, Northern Ireland...
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and "Bridgewater" supporters. The first true canal in what is now the United Kingdom was the Newry Canal in Northern Ireland constructed by Thomas Steers...
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The Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Railway (NW&RR) was a former railway line linking Newry and the port of Warrenpoint on the Carlingford Lough inlet...
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several times daily. County Armagh is traversed by the Ulster Canal and the Newry Canal which are not fully open to navigation. In association football...
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years. On 11 June 2005, O'Connor's body was discovered in his car in Newry Canal, County Down. His father, Mark, believes that the Provisional IRA were...
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port of Newry was already a transport hub by 1742 with the opening of the Newry Canal to Lough Neagh. By the start of the twentieth century Newry had become...
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Bridge, near Gifford, to Fathom Point, near Newry. The canal broadly followed the line of the later Newry Canal, and although a parliamentary committee liked...
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previously worked with Thomas Steers, Liverpool’s first dock engineer, on the Newry Canal in Northern Ireland, was Liverpool’s second dock engineer, but was appointed...
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to be Ireland's first ever Protestant church. The Newry Canal is also the first summit-level canal ever to be built in the British Isles. Castlewellan...
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English name was Nury (Newry) Bay. The Newry River and the Newry Canal link the lough to the nearby city of Newry (the canal continues on towards the...
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along a canal that was made at the same time, although was replaced by a railway in the 1850s.[citation needed] The canal, known as the Newry Canal, closed...
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provided a link from the city of Belfast, the Newry Canal linked to the port of Newry, and the Ulster Canal led to the Lough Erne navigations, providing a...
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anticipated. The first canal to be constructed with a summit pound in the United Kingdom was the Newry Canal, completed in 1741, which linked Newry to Lough Neagh...
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those that already used Lough Neagh, and the Lagan Canal, the Newry Canal and the Coalisland Canal, were 14.8 feet (4.5 m) wide, and would not therefore...
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accommodate the lower level of the river, as did the final lock on the Newry Canal where it joined the Upper Bann. The total cost of the project, split...
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Ireland. It is at the boundary with County Armagh, which is marked by the Newry Canal. In the 2001 census it had a population of 320. Scarva is home to the...
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coal deposits in east Tyrone, which resulted in the construction of the Newry Canal, there was renewed interest, and in 1741 Arthur Dobbs, the Surveyor General...
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County Down village, the station itself is in County Armagh, the nearby Newry Canal being the boundary. The station opened on 23 March 1859. The station...
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The following list of canals in the United Kingdom, includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation)...
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River Bann one mile above Portadown. The Cusher River is part of the Newry Canal. Both of these waters and the Bann connect at Whitecoat. During the 19th...
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Huddersfield Narrow Canal Oxford Canal Northern Ireland Newry Canal Scotland Caledonian Canal Crinan Canal Forth and Clyde Canal Poland Augustów Canal Russia White...
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membership. His body was discovered on 28 June 2005 in his car, in the Newry Canal. 12 May 2003 Holly Jones Michael Briere Toronto, Ontario, Canada 10 Murdered...
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along the border in bomb attacks. In May 1957, the group blew up the Newry Canal lock with gelignite that they had stolen. Their military campaign saw...
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National Cycle Route 9 (category Newry)
National Cycle Route 94. At Portadown the route heads south down the Newry Canal Towpath. Approximately 4.5 km (2.8 miles) down the towpath the route...
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