Newspapers

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

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Wanted: One strong, healthy young Man

by Bean an Phoist on August 12, 2011 · 3 comments

in Collections,Microfilm,Newspapers

by Justin Furlong, Newspaper Librarian The National Library of Ireland has one of the strongest holdings of Irish newspapers in the world. See our Newspaper Database for more details on what we have. However early runs of newspapers (particularly before the introduction of legal deposit in 1927) have occasionally eluded us. In June 2011, I [...]

Tagged as: Ads, Advertisements, Adverts, Clonmel Lunatic Asylum, Digitisation, F.G. Morteshed, Hornsby Ploughs, Justin Furlong, Legal deposit, Microfilm, Nenagh Guardian, Nenagh News, Newspaper Librarian, Newspapers, Tipperary Local Studies Library, Undertaking