Newspapers

Poor old Titanic, it is a heart-rending story

by Bean an Phoist on December 9, 2011 · 2 comments

in Newspapers,Online Resources,Prints & Drawings,Research

by Áine Finegan, Reference Team Student The centenary of the sinking of the Titanic is fast approaching with the one-hundredth anniversary of both her maiden voyage and demise in April 2012. The NLI has some fascinating online resources for gaining an Irish perspective on this disaster which continues to intrigue us today. The story of [...]

Tagged as: 1916 Rising, Áine Finegan, Ballads, Centenaries, Daniel Buckley, Easter Rising, HCPP, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, Irish Newspaper Archives, Jeremiah Burke, John Redmond, Le Petit Journal, Newspapers, Online Resources, Parliamentary Papers, Reference Team Student, Roger Casement, Senan Molony, Sunday Independent, The Irish Aboard Titanic, Titanic

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The Spectre of Blood

by Bean an Phoist on October 12, 2011 · 4 comments

in Guest Bloggers,Microfilm,Newspapers,Research

by Abigail Rieley – Writer, Journalist, Court Reporter & NLI Reader The ghosts of the forgotten haunt the National Library of Ireland; those whose stories lie in out of print pages or hidden in the close-knit column inches of microfilmed newspapers. These are the stories lost in the past, forgotten by the public who once [...]

Tagged as: 19th century, Abigail Rieley, Ballinagh, Brothel, Cavan, Claremorris, Constable Cosgrave, Cosgrave, Crime, Criminal Courts of Justice, Cut-throat razor, Daniel H. Webster, Dismembered, Dr. Creighton, Emma Fawcett, Faris, Freeman's Journal, French Street, Galway, George Orwell, Journalism, Microfilm, Murder, Newspapers, Prendergast, Queen Victoria, Shotgun

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Strewth

by Bean an Phoist on September 2, 2011 · 0 comments

in Collections,Conservation,Manuscripts,Newspapers,Projects

Niamh McGarry, Conservation Asst., Dublin Castle Clippings Conservation Project One of the most surprising items that I have come across during my time working on the conservation of the Dublin Castle Clippings files is a translation of a Danish newspaper article on a typewritten page, with comments from the translator. Surprising, because most of the [...]

Tagged as: "Art Ó Briain", Art O'Brien, British Intelligence, Conservation, Denmark, Dublin Castle Clippings, Irish Civil War, Irish War of Independence, Newspapers, Niamh McGarry, Odense, Seán O'Duinn