Highlights of the Year.....

• Main events of the year - awards, acquisitions, exhibitions.

• On the publication of the Royal Irish Acadamy's study of Downpatrick - No 8 of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas.

• The story of a Newry man's transportation to Australia and his subsequent rescue by American Fenians.

An Observation of the Annetts of Mourne.....Brian S. Turner

• Discussion of the origins of a localised family in Mourne.

The Lewis bedcover.....M Lesley Simpson

• An article about one of the Museum's bedcovers as a historical and social artifact.

The Round Tower of Down.....J. Frederick Rankin

• A story of the search for the long lost round tower beside Down Cathedral.

Scene in India.....Brian S. Turner

• Impressions of a visit to Northern India.

The Patsy Mullen Collection.....Linda McKenna

• The story of a Castlewellan man's collection and its deposition and display in Down Museum.

Downpatrick's first printed book?.....W. Gordon Wheeler

• The story of the book and its printer.