Newry Town Hall

Until the late 19th century the town commissioners in Newry held their meetings in offices at Marcus Square. After finding this arrangement inadequate, the commissioners decided to procure a purpose-built town hall: the site they selected was on the historic border between County Armagh and County Down. The area was advanced to the status of urban district with the town hall as its headquarters in 1899. A Russian cannon which had seen action in the Crimean War was moved to its present location outside the town hall in 1938. A war memorial was installed on the site vacated by the Russian cannon, on the north bank of the river, in 1939. The town hall continued to serve as the meeting place of…