Cochran & Lowans.
Cochran and Lowans both from Newry were publicly executed on the high ground at the rear of the Bank of Ireland, Trevor Hill, the site being known as Gallows Hill where Heather Park is situated today. Cochran on his return from the Battle of Ballynahinch, gave f 10 to a woman on the outskirts of Newry to conceal him However she induced her husband to go into Newry and report his whereabouts for a much higher reward. The only information available on Lowans is that after the Battle of Ballynahinch he was apprehended at Bellman's Loanin (now Windsor Avenue) off the Downshire Road. Both men were interned in the Linen Hall Barracks before their execution. They were then hung, drawn and quartered. Their heads were then spiked on a building in Margaret Square for forty- one days. Cochran's father was not given permission to bury his son's head along with his body until he agreed to carry his son's head uncovered in his hands shouting "Traitor, traitor the head of a traitor" all the way to the graveyard. Both Cochran and Lowans are buried in St. Patrick's graveyard, Church St, Newry. The name of Cochran has been kept alive in Newry by a street named Cochran Row in a small housing estate on the Armagh Road. A plaque to their memory was also erected on Hill Street. Part of the tunnel from the Bank of Ireland to Gallows Hill can still be seen in Heather Park.
The Teelings.
The Teeling family, though originally from Lisburn, lived for some time at Temple Hill House, just outside Newry. Luke Teeling who had a linen business, and who was at first a tireless worker for Catholic Emancipation until he plainly seen that the British were only playing, off Protestant against Catholic. After the 1798 Rising he was arrested and interned for four years his son Bartholomew Teeling, was also a firm believer in Irish freedom. Along with Matthew Tone (brother of Wolfe Tone), Teeling was identified as a United Irishman by an informer. Both men were executed on the 24h September 1798. Charles Hamilton Teeling a younger brother of Bartholomew was a leading United Irishman in the Newry area. He fought at the Battle of Ballynahinch.
James Lang.
James Lang was the first Chairman of the United Irish Society in Newry, which was formed on the 10th December 1792.
Rev. Boyle Moody
Rev. Boyle Moody was one of the people at the conference on the 18th August 1792, in the Crown Tavern, at which Wolfe Tone proposed the formation of a local branch of the United Irish Society in Newry. Before the 1798 Rising he was arrested and held at Linen Hall Square Barracks.
Dr. Dromgoole.
Dr John Dromgoole, a chemist from Newry, was one of the few United Irishmen from the area who evaded the traps of the notorious informer Dr Conlon from Dundalk. He was a leading fihure in the United Irishmen in the Newry area and is buried in Saint Mary's Cemetary Newry.