Bagenal's Castle — Attraction in Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Spent a vry interesting number of hours visiting this cadtle which houses the Newry & Mourne Museum. The restoration of the castle is sensatively done and gives one a good feeling of whow it might have looked when occupied by the Bagenal family. The exhibits in the exhibition areas of the museum cover the entire history of the Newry Mourne area from the earliest settlers of the Mezolithic period right up to modern times. While the artifacts themselves weren't plentifyl the information in the hself guide system and in the panels was enormous. The different stories are very well told and give one great insights into the history aand developmet of the town in particular. The use of good illustrations must be commended as is the facsimiles of various archival maps, drawings and other documents. This said there are significant numbers of original documents on display. The photo used to illustrate this location is not correct being a photo of Newry' St Patrick's and St Coleman's Cathedral, which is across a busy duel carraigeway from Babgnel's Castle. Sat nav info on thos castle is also very poor. Gps cordinates on one published...

Very little about the exploits of the Sir Henry Bagenal leading up to the Battle of Clontribet and the Battle of Yellow Ford (leading to his death). The post plantation history is also a tad one sided. The plight of catholics under English rule is rightly acknowledged but no mention that the same discriminatory laws applied to Presbyterians and lead to the United Irishmen rebellion in 1798 and the mass immigration of them to USA, 150 years before the Irish immigrated as a result...

I was revisiting my 'past' (after 54 years) and my wife and I happened upon this fabulous museum (on my way to my old school). The care, attention, quality and amount of exhibits, around the place was exceptional - as was the kindness of the lady who greeted us at reception (I'm sorry I didn't get her name) however, her kindness by producing a print of the area where I used to live - without prompting, will be a memory I'll cherish forever. If in Newry - go to this...