Then, a couple of kilometers down the road from NIDA's sheds, the Royal Agricultural Society Showgrounds were handed over to Rupert Murdoch's Fox Filmed Entertainment by way of a state government lease in 1996.
Newry's scheduled game with Lisburn Distillery on Saturday was postponed because of the cold snap and the club's re-arranged match on Tuesday with Dungannon at the Showgrounds is also likely to be in major doubt.