Diploma in Family History Irish Newspapers
INCIDENTAL DETAIL
NEWSPAPERS When? From c 1750 Where? Dublin, Cork, Limerick/Clare, Carlow/Kilkenny, Belfast and Ulster For whom? Anglo-Irish; rising Catholic middle classes; convicts
Types of information Biographical notices Marriages Obituaries (Births) Advertisements Court cases NEWSPAPERS
Advertisements Elopements Business announcements Bankruptcies NEWSPAPERS
Court reports Often verbatim But hard to find... Except for indexes & online NEWSPAPERS
Locations Online National Library (“Newsplan”) Dublin City Library and Archive The British Library Local libraries NEWSPAPERS The British Library
Research Give yourself plenty of time, or Search online, or Use an index NEWSPAPERS
Indexes Especially ffolliott, “Cork & Kerry, ”, “Limerick, Ennis, Clonmel and Waterford ”: DCLA NEWSPAPERS
Online ( from 1859, free through any Irish public library) ( Freeman’s Journal from 1763, Irish Independent from 1905, Irish Press from 1931, provincial mainly 20 th C.) - Freeman’s Journal , Belfast News Letter , Cork Examiner FindMyPast.ie NEWSPAPERS
Irish Times, Jan
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