The New Town Together Men’s Shed may have only been officially opened in July 2019, but it is already very well established in the community of Newtownhamilton, Co Armagh at the outset. Shed chair Peter Haughey and other members of the community called a meeting to see if there was interest. They wanted something for rural people to do instead of just going to the pub. Forty people turned up, a lot of whom were women and it was decided to set up three community groups, a mixed walking group, a women’s group and a men’s shed.