Newry and Mourne District Council was a local council in Northern Ireland. It merged with Down District Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Newry,Mourne and Down District Council.
Crossmaglen is a village and townland in County Armagh,Northern Ireland. It had a population of 1,610 in the 2011 Census and is the largest village in South Armagh. The village centre is the site of a large Police Service of Northern Ireland base and formerly of an observation tower.
Newry and Armagh is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Mickey Brady of Sinn Féin.
South Down is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP for the constituency is Chris Hazzard of Sinn Féin.
Armagh City and District Council was a district council in County Armagh in Northern Ireland. It merged with Banbridge District Council and Craigavon Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Armagh,Banbridge and Craigavon District Council.
Conor Terence Murphy is an Irish republican Sinn Féin politician,who has served as Minister for the Economy of Northern Ireland since 2024. He has been the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Newry and Armagh since 2015,having previously served as the Member of Parliament for Newry and Armagh from 2005 to 2015,observing the Sinn Fein policy of abstentionism.
Cullyhanna is a small village and townland in County Armagh,Northern Ireland. The village extends further over the townlands of Tullynavall and Freeduff. It had a population of 306 in the 2001 Census. It is within the Newry and Mourne District Council area.
The 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on Wednesday,7 March 2007. It was the third election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. The election saw endorsement of the St Andrews Agreement and the two largest parties,the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin,along with the Alliance Party,increase their support,with falls in support for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).
Fra McCann(born 19 June 1953) is a retired Irish Sinn Féin politician and former Republican prisoner.
Michael Brady is an Irish republican politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newry and Armagh from 2015 to 2024. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland for Newry and Armagh from 2007 to 2015.
Francis Brolly was an Irish musician,teacher and Irish republican politician from Dungiven,Northern Ireland. Brolly was a Sinn Féin Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 2003 to 2010.
Patricia O'Rawe was an Irish republican who formerly served as a politician in Northern Ireland.
Michael Murphy is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.
Pat McNamee is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Newry and Armagh from 1998 to 2003.
James McAllister,known as Jim McAllister,was an Irish republican activist and former politician from Ireland.
Patrick "Patsy" Groogan is an Irish republican politician.
Fergal Caraher was a Provisional IRA volunteer and Sinn Féin member who was killed by a group of Royal Marines at a checkpoint in Cullyhanna,County Armagh,Northern Ireland.
Justin McNulty MLA is an Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician,a Gaelic football manager,and a former player at senior level for the Armagh county team. He has sat in the Northern Ireland Assembly since 2016 as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Newry and Armagh.
The first election to Newry,Mourne and Down District Council,part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014,returned 41 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote. Sinn Féin and the Social Democratic and Labour Party won the most seats,with 14 each,with Sinn Féin taking a plurality of first-preference votes.
Newry is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry,Mourne and Down,Northern Ireland. The district elects six members to Newry,Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Abbey,Ballybot,Damolly,Drumalane,Fathom and St. Patrick's. Newry forms part of the Newry and Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
