Newry

Newry, a seaport and parliamentary borough, mainly in County Down, but partly in Armagh, on the Newry River, 38 miles SSW. of Belfast by rail. A canal connects it with Carlingford Lough and with Lough Neagh. The town is handsomely and compactly built, and the port does a large trade with Glasgow and Liverpool in cattle and other agricultural produce. Flax spinning and weaving, with rope and sail making, tanning, and granite-polishing, are the industries. The place dates from 1131; its castle was taken by Edward Bruce in 1318. Newry returns one member to parliament. Pop. (1851) 13,191; (1891) 13,611.