Comments on: Newspaper Descriptors Project http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2012/03/07/newspaper-descriptors-project/ Blog Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:48:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Bean an Phoist http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2012/03/07/newspaper-descriptors-project/#comment-20252 Bean an Phoist Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:41:35 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=3418#comment-20252 Hi Liam Yes, the Sunday Press is segregated. You should easily be able to get through that 5 year period in a day, as it's a photograph that you're looking for, and they're always easier to find. But again, I would suggest trying to narrow down the date. What you could do is order some in advance (and who knows you might get lucky) but you could search the Irish Times and Irish Independent <strong>online</strong> when you get here, and that might make it easier for you to know when the explosion happened... I'm trying to remember how many editions would be on a reel of the Sunday Press, and as it's just 4 papers per month, you could probably order at least a year at a time... All the best Carol Hi Liam

Yes, the Sunday Press is segregated. You should easily be able to get through that 5 year period in a day, as it’s a photograph that you’re looking for, and they’re always easier to find. But again, I would suggest trying to narrow down the date.
What you could do is order some in advance (and who knows you might get lucky) but you could search the Irish Times and Irish Independent online when you get here, and that might make it easier for you to know when the explosion happened…

I’m trying to remember how many editions would be on a reel of the Sunday Press, and as it’s just 4 papers per month, you could probably order at least a year at a time…

All the best
Carol

]]> By: Liam Hourston http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2012/03/07/newspaper-descriptors-project/#comment-20199 Liam Hourston Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:50:01 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=3418#comment-20199 04 04 2012 Hi Carol, thanks for the reply. I will of course order in advance. Tell me, I have never done this sort of search before using microfilm so how many papers would there be per film or roll? Can I order as I go? I mean, if I order January -June 1970 before I go can I then order July - December 1970 once I am there and so on thru the day? It's only the Sunday Press I would need. For want of a better way to say it, are the Sunday editions segregated from the daily editions? I'm trying to gauge if I can view all the Sunday Editions in a day. Thanks for your great help and all advise will be greatly appreciated. Liam 04 04 2012
Hi Carol, thanks for the reply. I will of course order in advance. Tell me, I have never done this sort of search before using microfilm so how many papers would there be per film or roll? Can I order as I go? I mean, if I order January -June 1970 before I go can I then order July – December 1970 once I am there and so on thru the day? It’s only the Sunday Press I would need. For want of a better way to say it, are the Sunday editions segregated from the daily editions? I’m trying to gauge if I can view all the Sunday Editions in a day.

Thanks for your great help and all advise will be greatly appreciated.

Liam

]]> By: Bean an Phoist http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2012/03/07/newspaper-descriptors-project/#comment-20176 Bean an Phoist Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:18:02 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=3418#comment-20176 Hi Liam Absolutely possible for you to visit. You'll be able to search through the Sunday Press on microfilm until you find the photo. Opening hours are here: http://www.nli.ie/en/opening-hours.aspx You're looking for the Main Reading Room when you come in (building beside Leinster House/the Dáil on Kildare Street). You could order a couple of months of the Sunday Press to be retrieved for you in advance of your visit, maybe January-June 1970? That way there'll be microfilms waiting for you when you get here. Advance ordering: http://www.nli.ie/en/online-order-form.aspx If possible, maybe try to find a more accurate date for the bombing before you get here, as 5 years is a wide search time. If you narrow that date down a bit, it'll save you a lot more time. Hope this helps Carol Hi Liam

Absolutely possible for you to visit. You’ll be able to search through the Sunday Press on microfilm until you find the photo.

Opening hours are here: http://www.nli.ie/en/opening-hours.aspx You’re looking for the Main Reading Room when you come in (building beside Leinster House/the Dáil on Kildare Street).

You could order a couple of months of the Sunday Press to be retrieved for you in advance of your visit, maybe January-June 1970? That way there’ll be microfilms waiting for you when you get here.
Advance ordering: http://www.nli.ie/en/online-order-form.aspx

If possible, maybe try to find a more accurate date for the bombing before you get here, as 5 years is a wide search time. If you narrow that date down a bit, it’ll save you a lot more time.

Hope this helps
Carol

]]> By: Liam Hourston http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2012/03/07/newspaper-descriptors-project/#comment-20171 Liam Hourston Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:58:06 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=3418#comment-20171 04 04 2013 Hi there. My name is Liam Hourston and I am looking for a issue of the Sunday Press that featured a photograph of my mother holding a baby in her hands following a bomb blast in Belfast. I do not have a date for the particular issue, only that it appeared sometime between 1970 and 1975. It is possible it appeared on the cover but more likely it was on the interior. Would it be possible to visit the library and search for it please? I am not even sure if she was named in the article or in a caption under the picture but her name would be Anne Hourston (nee Gough) Thanks in advance Liam 04 04 2013
Hi there.
My name is Liam Hourston and I am looking for a issue of the Sunday Press that featured a photograph of my mother holding a baby in her hands following a bomb blast in Belfast. I do not have a date for the particular issue, only that it appeared sometime between 1970 and 1975. It is possible it appeared on the cover but more likely it was on the interior. Would it be possible to visit the library and search for it please? I am not even sure if she was named in the article or in a caption under the picture but her name would be Anne Hourston (nee Gough)

Thanks in advance
Liam

]]> By: Bean an Phoist http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2012/03/07/newspaper-descriptors-project/#comment-20056 Bean an Phoist Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:25:58 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=3418#comment-20056 No problem at all, John. You're very welcome. No problem at all, John. You’re very welcome.

]]> By: John http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2012/03/07/newspaper-descriptors-project/#comment-20054 John Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:16:48 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=3418#comment-20054 Good morning Carol , apologies for delay in acknowledging your reply -information is much appreciated , THKS John Good morning Carol ,
apologies for delay in acknowledging your reply -information is much appreciated ,
THKS
John

]]> By: Bean an Phoist http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2012/03/07/newspaper-descriptors-project/#comment-18275 Bean an Phoist Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:45:04 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=3418#comment-18275 Hello John. You can get onto our Reprographics Dept. about that and they should be able to help you. Email them at copy-orders@nli.ie or phone Dublin 603 0214 giving them all the details that you have. Information on prices, etc. is here: http://www.nli.ie/en/reprographic-services.aspx You may not hear back until after this Easter weekend, but they will look after you... Carol Hello John. You can get onto our Reprographics Dept. about that and they should be able to help you. Email them at copy-orders@nli.ie or phone Dublin 603 0214 giving them all the details that you have. Information on prices, etc. is here: http://www.nli.ie/en/reprographic-services.aspx

You may not hear back until after this Easter weekend, but they will look after you… Carol

]]> By: John http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2012/03/07/newspaper-descriptors-project/#comment-18274 John Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:35:46 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=3418#comment-18274 currently researching family tree and am looking for an article/ photograph in a copy of "Sunday Press" of Oct 02 1966 - relating to my fathers retirement as a Cork Harbour river pilot - any help to secure access and getting copy of this publication would be very much appreciated currently researching family tree and am looking for an article/ photograph in a copy of “Sunday Press” of Oct 02 1966 – relating to my fathers retirement as a Cork Harbour river pilot – any help to secure access and getting copy of this publication would be very much appreciated

]]> By: Bean an Phoist http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2012/03/07/newspaper-descriptors-project/#comment-16250 Bean an Phoist Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:17:34 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=3418#comment-16250 Hello Dee. If you email our reprographic service, copy-orders@nli.ie, they should be able to help you... Hello Dee. If you email our reprographic service, copy-orders@nli.ie, they should be able to help you…

]]> By: deirdre williams http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2012/03/07/newspaper-descriptors-project/#comment-16210 deirdre williams Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:34:50 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=3418#comment-16210 hi l am looking for a copy of the front page of the evening press for febuary 24th 1981. It ran a column on the engagement of lady di to prince charles many thanks hi l am looking for a copy of the front page of the evening press for febuary 24th 1981. It ran a column on the engagement of lady di to prince charles
many thanks

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