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Newspapers

The collection consists of local newspapers from the 18th Century to the present time:

 

Kilkenny Newspapers

 

All these sources are only available on microfilm.

Finn's Leinster Journal

 

 

continued as

Leinster Journal, August 1801

 

Kilkenny Journal

 

 

Leinster Independent

 

Kilkenny Chronicle

Kilkenny Moderator

 

 

 

Kilkenny Courier and Tipperary Examiner

Kilkenny and Wexford Express

Kilkenny People

 

 

The Post

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Munster Express

 

January 1767 - December 1769

March 1770 - March 1771

January 1772 - December 1776

January 1778 - December 1779

January 1801 - December 1808

January 1818 - December 1828

January 1832 - December 1893

26th June 1895 - December 1900

1915, 1922

6th January 1872 - 15th June 1872

18th April 1874 - 27th June 1874

29th May 1813

January 1814 - December 1816

January 1818 - December 1819

January 1825 - December 1840

January 1852 - December 1902

17th April 1858 - December 1859

1st May 1875 - 26th January 1878

26th October 1895 - 14th July 1917

13th October 1917 - 18th December 1926

January 1927 - Present

June - December 1926

January 1930 - December 1931

January 1934 - December 1939

January 1944 - December 1945

January - December 1947

January - December 1955

January - December 1958

September - December 1959

1908 - Present (incomplete)

 Online Newspapers

A wide-range of regional Irish Newspapers are now available to search online at Kilkenny Local Studies, John's Green House, Kilkenny.

This service includes local papers like the Kilkenny People and the Munster Express.

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This service is free to all Library Users. Please book at 056 7794160.

This service is also available on Public Library Pcs in all our library branches, please contact your local branch for details 

 Nationally, the Library Service offers access to the Irish Times Digital Archive via www.askaboutireland.ie available in Local Studies and all library branches