Hewn from Yew: Newry Notables, Past and Present

She has been called Ireland's 'Helen of Troy'. He was responsible for banning Monty Python's Life of Brian in Ireland. She was sentenced to death in Belgium by a German military court along with Nurse Edith Cavell. He was the first Roman Catholic to be appointed Lord Chief Justice of England since the Reformation. This red-haired singer has sold more than seventeen million albums. A scientist, he has a mountain named after him in California. A bishop, he is the only person to have been private secretary to three Popes. Her bronze likeness stands on the grounds of the State Capitol in Sacramento. He was the last person to be executed judicially on the island of Ireland. She was christened the 'Angel of Death' by the tabloids. What do these individuals have in common? They were all born in...Newry.