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Archives and Libraries

Archives

• For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Northern Ireland Archives and Libraries page.
  
• For FamilySearch images and indexes of Ireland records found in archives, see Ireland Historical Collections and Images: Country Down, Ireland.

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Northern Ireland is divided into 11 districts for local government purposes. In Northern Ireland, local councils do not carry out the same range of functions as those in the rest of the United Kingdom. Their functions include planning, waste and recycling services, leisure and community services, building control and local economic and cultural development. Therefore, these districts do not manage archives and libraries.

Libraries

Cultural Heritage Service Library, Newry
Newry City Library
79 Hill Street
Newry BT34 1DG
Northern Ireland

Phone: 028 3026 4683
E-mail: newry.heritage@librariesni.org.uk
HERITAGE COLLECTION NEWRY CITY LIBRARY Leaflet

The collection in Newry City Library includes books on Irish history, local studies and family history. Also available are historical maps of Counties Down and Armagh covering the County series (1830s to 1950s) and a selection of local newspapers on microfilm.

The Crossle Papers archive of handwritten notebooks and scrapbooks dates from the early 1900s and was compiled from information in local newspapers. Although the notebooks were originally compiled for personal use rather than for formal research purposes, they do contain valuable information about prominent families in the Newry area. the Francis Crossle Manuscript Collection on the Newry area, including some 200 notebooks compiled by Dr. Crossle containing histories of families in the Newry area.

Museums

Newry and Mourne Museum
Bagenal's Castle
Castle Street
Newry County Down BT34 2BY
Northern Ireland

Telephone: 028 3031 3182/07554 772 523
Email: museum@nmandd.org
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The Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the material relating to the culture, heritage, and history of Newry and Mourne. Facilities include a Reading Room for local and family history research.

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North Down Museum
Town Hall
Castle Park Avenue
Bangor BT20 4BT UK

Telephone: 028 9127 1200
Email: museum@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk
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