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Microform: Newspapers & Journals

Manuscripts, maps, newspapers, state papers, census, journals and more.

About Newspapers on Microfilm

For further information on how to book microform reel(s) and a microform reader/printer/scanner see Special Collections & Archives Request Service.

Special Collections has extensive historical newspaper collections on microfilm. Collections include:

There are a variety of different types of historical newspapers on microfilm:

Consult the listing of newspapers below to find out which microfilm cabinet the newspaper is in.

Further information about UCC Library's newspaper holdings can be found here.

Example of The Public Register or Freeman's Journal on Microfilm

Special Collections has the full run of The Public Register or The Freeman's Journal (1763-1924), better known as The Freeman's Journal. It was the leading nationalist newspaper of its day and it was the primary media supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell in the 19th century. Below is the first issue of The Freeman's Journal.

Reference Sources

NEWSPLAN: Report of the NEWSPLAN Project in Ireland details which newspapers are available on microfilm and where the microfilms are available.The volume covers newspapers from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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