Historical newspapers in print are kept in storage and must be requested. Please contact specialcollectionsarchives@ucc.ie to request a newspaper in print.
For further information on how to request items such as newspapers from Special Collections see Special Collections & Archives Appointments Service.
More information about newspapers published in Cork is available here, information about Irish-langauge newspapers and magazines can be found here; and details of some 18th-century Dublin newspapers held in Special Collections can be found in the drop-down menu above.
The Waterloo Directory of Irish Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900 is a directory to the largest single body of historical documents arising out of nineteenth century Ireland at the height of the British Empire. The Directory provides a comprehensive, detailed and useful bibliographical record. It is subject-comprehensive, intending to include every periodical and newspaper published on a regular basis, from daily to annually, in every language, within Ireland. This is a gold-mine for cultural historians, genealogists and all subject specialists. Newspapers and periodicals were more than one-hundred-fold the volume and readership of printed books.
Examples of bound volumes of The Irish Catholic. The Irish Catholic has been published in Dublin since 1888. It began as The Irish Catholic (5 May 1888-11 July 1891) but changed the title to The Irish Catholic and Nation on 18 July 1891. The title reverted to The Irish Catholic on 13 June 1896.
Alfred O'Rahilly (1 October 1884-1 August 1969) founder of Cork University Press in 1931 and president of University College Cork in the 1940s contributed many articles to the newspaper.
For locating historical citations from newspapers, you can try Google News Archive. After identifying citations, check if UCC Library holds the newspaper and if we don't, request it from Inter Library Loans.
