Newspaper Holdings

Microfilm:

It is advisable to ring the library prior to a visit to check whether a microfilm reader is available. Machines can be booked in advance over the phone: 028 3752 7851 or by email: [email protected] Photocopies cost 15p (A4 size) and 30p (A3 size).

Armagh Guardian 1844-1982 Observer 1935-2005 Chronicle 1874-1924, 1927-1984 and 1986 to June 2010 Banner of 1842-1869 Morning News 1857-1892 (cont. as Irish News) Belfast Newsletter 1738-1835 and 1837-1970 – Sept-Dec 1753 missing 1937 to 2010 News and Ulster Advertiser Oct 1904-1916 Craigavon Times (see News) Democrat 1986-1988 (Coalisland ed.), 1989 to June 2010 ( ed.) Dromore Leader (see Leader) Dromore Weekly Times 1905-1952 – 1930 missing Builder (see Irish Builder) Democrat 1849-1896 Dundalk Examiner and Louth Advertiser (see Examiner) Dundalk Express 1860-1870 Dundalk Patriot 1847-1848 Dungannon Democrat 1913-1918 Dungannon News & Advertiser 1893-1915 (inc. with ) Dungannon News and Tyrone Courier (see Tyrone Courier) Dungannon Observer June 1935-2005 Examiner (see Newry Examiner) Freeman’s Journal 1763-1924 Frontier Sentinel 1904-1972 Irish Builder 1859-1900 (see also Dublin Builder) Irish News 1892-1984, 1986-2007 (see also ) Irish Political and Radical Newspapers of the 20th Century (collection) Irish Press 1931-1940 Irish Times 1859 to June 2013 (incomplete) – missing: May 1935, Mar-Apr 54, 16-31 Aug 91 Kilkeel Gazette 1888-89 Leader Oct 1916-1950 (Dromore) and 1986 to June 2010 Louth Free Press 1829-30 & Portadown Examiner June 1936-1950 Lurgan Chronicle & Northern Advertiser 1850-51 1897-1984 and 1986 to June 2010 Lurgan, Portadown & Banbridge Advertiser and Agricultural Gazette1849-50 Lurgan Times (and Portadown Recorder) 1879-1886 and 1889-1897 Lurgan Watchman Mar-Apr.1874 (see also Protestant Watchman) Mid-Ulster Mail 1891-1916, 1918-1919, 1922-1984 and 1986 to June 2010 Mourne Observer 1949-1985; West Down ed. 1986-Jun 1988; Down ed. Jul 1988 –Jun 1995; Jul- Dec 2000; South Down ed. 1995 – Jun 2000; 2001 – to June 2010 Nation 1842-1852 Newry Commercial Telegraph 1813 and 1828-1877 (cont. as Newry Telegraph) Newry Examiner 1832-1930 (incomplete), Sept 1935-1950 Nov 1867- June 2010 Newry Standard 1879-1880 and 1890-1899 Newry Telegraph 1878-1970 (see also Newry Commercial Telegraph) Northern Standard 1839-90, 1892-96, 1914-1921, 1926, 1928-30, 1975-81, 1986-2000 (1977 &1979 missing) Northern Star 1792-1797 Outlook 1959 to June 2010 Portadown Express 1906-1920 Portadown and Lurgan News and Advertiser (see Portadown News) Portadown Herald May-August 1900 Portadown News 1859-1925 and 1927-1982 Portadown Post 1908 1922-1925, 1927-78 and 1983 to June 2010 Portadown Weekly News (see Portadown News) Protestant Watchman and Lurgan Gazette 1861-1862, 1864-1869 and 1874 (cont. as Lurgan Watchman) Tyrone Courier 1880-1884, 1886-1888 and 1904 to June 2010 and Armagh Standard 1845-1923, 1925-28, 1930 to June 2010 Weekly 1953

Loose papers and bound volumes:

Please note that not all bound volumes are housed onsite and some may have to be requested in advance. Bound volumes cannot be photocopied.

Admag Weekly (Newry) 1982-1984 1991 to present Armagh-Down Observer 1974 to present Belfast Telegraph (in very poor condition) 1923, 1926-1928, 1930-1940, 1943-1961 Catholic Telegraph 1857-66 Courier July 1794-April 1795 Cork Gazette June 1790-December 1791 Democrat 1974-1985 1825-1830, 1836 Dublin 1814-1815, 1818-1819 Dungannon Observer 1974 to present Examiner () 1992 to present Frontier Times (Newry) May-August 1979 Gordon’s Newry Chronicle and Constitutional Advertiser 1792-1793 Irish Post 1910-1919 Louth and Down Pilot (Newry) (in poor condition) 1843, 1853-1854 Lurgan and Portadown Examiner 1972 to present Lurgan Mail 1971-1986 Mid-Ulster Observer 1974 to present Mourne Observer 1960, 1973-1986 (some in poor condition) Newry Democrat Sept 1994- December 2000, Oct 2002 to present Newry Examiner 1830-1833, 1843 (in poor condition), 1844 Newry Reporter (some in poor condition) 1884, 1908 to present Newry Telegraph 1878-1900 (incomplete) Northern Star 1792-1793 and 1795-1796 (in poor condition) 1827-1829 Portadown Times 1971 to present – 1978 missing Review 1987-92 (incomplete) 1994 to present Ulster Gazette 1976-1986 Warder 1822-1823 Weekly Freeman 1886-1888