UPDATE 8 /3/13: The trial has been extended to 14 March 2013.

Oxford users are invited to trial the Irish Newspaper Archives.

 INA provides access to over the archive of over 23 Irish national and regional newspapers. It includes for instance Irish Independent (1905-2001), Leitrim Observer (1904-1998) and The Munster Express (1908-2004) but also historic newspapers such as the Freeman’s Journal (1763-1924), Nation (1840-1900) and Leinster Journal (1767-1828).

Content (title, date coverage, location):

• Freeman’s Journal    03/01/1763 – 19/12/1924    National
• Irish Farmer’s Journal    16/03/1957 – 26/12/1998    National
• Irish Independent    02/01/1905 – 31/12/2001    National
• Sunday Independent    07/01/1906 – 29/12/2002    National
• Irish Press    05/09/1931 – 25/05/1995    National (Online Sept 2010)
• Anglo-Celt    06/02/1846 – Current    Cavan
• Connacht Sentinel    02/08/1927 – Current    Galway
• Connacht Tribune    22/05/1909 – Current    Galway
• Connaught Telegraph     02/01/1975 – Current    Mayo
• Donegal News    12/01/1980 – 14/12/2001    Donegal
• Finn’s Leinster Journal    01/04/1792 – 31/12/1828    Kilkenny
• Galway City Tribune    07/09/1984 – Current    Galway
• Kerryman    07/01/1950 – Current    Kerry
• Leitrim Observer    02/01/1904 – 30/12/1998    Leitrim
• Meath Chronicle    01/05/1897 – Current    Meath
• Munster Express    04/01/1908 – Current    Waterford
• Nation – The    15/10/1842 – 05/06/1897    Dublin
• Nenagh Guardian    21/07/1838 – Current    Tipperary
• Southern Star    13/02/1892 – Current    Cork
• Tuam Herald    13/05/1837 – 30/12/2000    Galway
• Westmeath Examiner    28/09/1882 – Current    Westmeath

The trial has been extended to 14 March 2013.

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