Newspapers

Conserving our Newspapers

by Bean an Phoist on July 13, 2012 · 5 comments

in Acquisitions,Conservation,Microfilm,Newspapers

by Élodie Lévèque and Louise O’Connor, Conservation; and Justin Furlong, Newspaper Librarian The National Library of Ireland recently acquired two volumes of The Waterford Mirror containing rare issues from 1805 and 1806. In 1801, The Waterford Mirror and Munster Packet newspaper was first printed by John Bull, and from 1805 continued as The Waterford Mirror [...]

Tagged as: 19th century, Conservation, Elodie Leveque, Justin Furlong, Kozo paper, Louise O'Connor, Microfilm, Newspapers, NEWSPLAN, Sir John Newport, The Waterford Mirror and Munster Packet, Waterford, Waterford Mirror

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Newspaper Descriptors Project

by Bean an Phoist on March 7, 2012 · 19 comments

in Collections,Guest Bloggers,Newspapers,Projects

Intro by Justin Furlong, NLI Newspaper Librarian The National Library of Ireland in association with the Newspaper & Periodical History Forum of Ireland is pleased to launch its Newspaper Descriptors Project. This project hopes to provide short descriptors or pen notes for the newspaper titles listed in the National Library’s Newspaper Database. The descriptors will [...]

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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