Newspapers

Newspaper collections available in Cork City Libraries

Newspapers 

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Newspapers held by Reference Library

Anois 1984-1996 (In Storage)
Avondhu Current Issue in Reference; Back issues in Local Studies
Clare Champion 2 months 
Cork Independent Current Issue in Local Studies; Back issues in Local Studies
Corkman 5 months back issues in Local Studies
Evening Echo 5 months; Back issues in Local Studies
Financial Times 1 month 
Foinsefrom November 1997; current in Reference
Guardian 1 month 
Illustrated London News 1842 - 1896 (incomplete); Local Studies Store
Independent Magazine 1988 - 1992 
Inniú 1976 - 1984 
Inside Cork (see Cork Independent)
Ireland on Sunday (see Irish Mail on Sunday)
Irish Examiner 5 months; Back issues in Local Studies
Irish Independent 5 months;
Irish Mailon Sunday21 September 1997 - current; Reference Desk and Storage
Irish Times 5 months; Back issues in Local Studies on microfilm
Kerryman 2 months 
Limerick Leader 2 months 
London Times 1 month 
MetroEireann 1 year 
New York Times international edition 1 month 
Observer 2 months 
SaolVol. 19 No. 1 January 2006 - Vol. 25, No. 4 April 2011
Southern Star 5 Months; Back issues in Local Studies
Sunday Business Post 1995 - current; Reference Desk and Store
Sunday Correspondent 1989
Sunday Independent 1995 - current; Reference Desk and Store
Sunday Press 1992 - 1995; Storage
Sunday Times 2 months
Sunday Tribune 17 April 1983 - 30 January 2011 (incomplete); Storage and Local Studies on microfilm
Sunday World 2 months
Vale Star Back issues in Local Studies up to 2012

Original Newspapers held by Reference Library

Ár n-Éire (New Ireland) 14 August 1915 – 24 June 1922
Claidheamh Soluis (Fáinne an Lae) 06 May 1899 – 31 July 1915
Cork Celt, The 24 October 1914
Cork Southern Reporter 13 May 1855
Cork Weekly News 04 September 1886
Éire(Irish Nation) 21 July 1923 – 04 October 1924
Éire Ireland 26 October 1914 – 04 December 1914
Éire Óg(Young Ireland) 21 April 1917 – 26 August 1922
Fáinne an Lae (1) 08 January 1898 – 21 January 1899
Fáinne an Lae (2)(Claigheamh Soluis) 16 February 1918 – 16 August 1919
Family, The 01 March 1952 – 01 April 1952
Fianna 01 July 1915 – 01 June 1926
Freeman's Journal & Daily Commercial Advertiser 21 February 1889 – 05 April 1922
Gaedheal, An (The Gael) 12 February 1916 – 18 March 1916
Harp, The 21 April 1917 – 26 May 1917
Hibernian, The 26 June 1915 – 22 April 1916
Honesty 16 October 1915 – 04 March 1916
Irish Citizen 01 May 1919
Irish Nation, The 24 June 1916 – 13 January 1917
Irish Opinion 24 June 1916 – 28 April 1917
Irish Volunteer (An t-Óglach) 21 February 1914 – 22 April 1916
Irish Worker 19 July 1913 – 21 November 1914
Irishman (1) 01 July 1910 – 01 August 1913
Irishman (2) 01February 1916 – 16 August 1919
Leader, The 06 September 1913 – 23 August 1924
Lóchrann, An 01 April 1916 – 01 December 1931
Nation, The 01 July 1843 – 19 April 1930
Nationality 19 June 1915 – 20 September 1919
Poblacht na hÉireann (Republic of Ireland) 03 January 1922 – 22 June 1922
Poblacht na hÉireann - 'War News' 04 July 1922 – 09 January 1923
Republic, The (An Phoblacht) 09 August 1919
Saoghal Gaedhealach 14 September 1918 – 30 August 1919
Saorstát (Free State) 18 March 1922 – 04 November 1922
Scissors & Paste 12 December 1914 – 27 February 1915
Separarist, The 04 March 1922 – 09 September 1922
Sinn Féin 17 April 1909 – 06 June 1925
Sinn Feiner, The 03 September 1921 – 29 October 1921
Spark, The 07 February 1915 – 23 April 1916
Truth, The - War Special 05 July 1922 – 25 July 1922
United Irishmen 5 February 1923
Voice of Labour (Irish Opinion) 20 September 1919

Newspapers held by Local Studies

Location- M (Microfilm Room) U(Unbound)

KEY: Format - B (Bound) STR (Strongroom) (Newspaper Store)

Avondhu, 1981- B
Bagatelle, 3 Nov 1827-23 Feb 1828, M (No. 11)
Belfast Labour Chronicle, Nov. 1904 - 2 June 1906, M
Belfast Strike Bulletin, 28 Jan - 19 Feb 1919, M
Blueshirt, The, 5 Aug - 15 June 1935, M
Bottom Dog, The, 20 Oct - 10 Aug 1918, M
Boyle's Magazine, 1 Sept 1806-16 Feb 1807, M (No. 10)
Carrigdhoun Weekly, 1995 -B
Censor, 24 Dec 1816, M (No. 11)
Claidheamh Solais, An, 18 Mar 1899 - 5 Jan 1918, M
Comet, 1 Sept 1832, M (No. 11)
Cork Advertiser, 1807, B
Cork Censor, Nov 1847; Oct 1850, M (No. 11)
Cork Chronicle, Oct 1765-Jan 1770, B
Cork Chronicle / Journal / Evening Post (single volume), 1765-1768, B
Cork Constitution, 1825-1922 (incomplete), B
Cork Constitution, 1823, 1826-1833, 1835-1837, 1839-1848, M
Cork Evening Post, Feb 1768-Jan 1770, B
Cork Examiner, 1841 - present, M
Cork Examiner, 1980-, B
Cork Examiner (See also: Irish Examiner)    
Cork Gazette & General Advertiser, 12 April 1797 (single issue), B
Cork Independent, 15 Sep. 2005 -,  
Cork Journal, 1753-1755, B
Cork Journal, 1756-1763, M
Cork Mercantile Chronicle, 1802-Apr 1818 (See also Hibernian Chronicle), M
Cork Morning Intelligencer, 1812, M
Cork Morning Intelligencer, 5 March 1816 (single issue), B
Cork Penny Magazine, 6 - 27 Sept 1862, M (No. 11)
Cork Weekly Examiner, 9 May – 24 Dec 1896,  1897–1978, M
Corkman, 1967 -, B
Daily Bulletin,1922 - 1923, M
Daily Sheet, The, 25 Oct - 22 Dec 1923, M
Dalcassian, The, 1 Nov 1919, M
Dublin Journal, 1773-1774, B
Dublin Labour Bulletin, May 1926, M
Dublin News, 23 Nov - 16 Dec 1922, M
Dublin News, 6 Apr - 4 May 1929, M
Dublin Strike News, Aug - Sept 1929, M
Dublin Trades Journal / Irish Trades and Labour Journal, May - 25 Sept 1909, M
Eire: Ireland, 26 Oct - 4 Dec 1914, M
Eire : The Irish Nation, 20 Jan 1923 - 25 Oct 1924, M
Eireannach, An t-, See Irishman, The, July 1910 - Oct 1913, M
Election Bulletin, 17 Feb - 5 March 1925, M
Evening Echo, May 1896 - Dec 1929 (incomplete), M
Evening Echo, 1930-1960, M
Evening Echo, 1961-, B
Examiner (See: Irish Examiner) M  
Eye Opener, The, 19 Feb - 18 Mar 1916, M
Factionist, The, 17 Jan - 6 Sept 1917, M
Felon Setter, The, 1916, M
Fenian, The, 29 July - 3 Oct 1922, M
Fianna, Feb 1915 - Jan 1916, M
Fianna Fail Bulletin, Mar 1935 - July 1939, M
Flyn's Hibernian Chronicle, 9 Nov - 18 Dec 1769, M (No. 11)
Forum, 20 Nov 1819-1 Jan 1820, M (No. 11)
Free State, The, 25 Feb - 11 Nov 1922, M
Freedom, 29 August - 12 Nov 1922, M
Freeholder, 1806-1838 (incomplete); 1823-1831 (excl. 1829), STR
Freeholder (Also contains Murphy's Freeholder No. 62-82), 30 Jan 1813-15 Dec 1831, M (No. 10)
Freeholder ( Cork), 31 May 1716, M (No.10)
Freeholder (Murphy's), 28 June - 24 Dec 1814, M (No. 11)
Freeholder and Cork Magazine, 21 Dec 1833-10 Aug 1840 (incomplete), M (No.10)
Freeman, The, 11 Aug 1927 - 13 Oct 1928, M
Freeman's Journal, Sept. 1763 - Dec. 1924, M
Gaedheal, An, 29 Jan - 18 Mar 1916, M
Gleaner, 1812, M (No. 11)
Harp, The, Jan 1908 - Jun 1910, M
Harp, The, 24 Mar - 7 July 1917, M
Hibernian Chronicle, 1769-1802 (excl. 1771), M
Hibernian, The, 26 June 1915 - 22 Apr 1916, M
Honesty, 16 Oct 1915 - 22 Apr 1916, M
Hue and Cry, Nov 1866-Dec 1896, B
Imokilly People, 1991-, B
Inside Cork, Sep. 1999 - 8 Sep. 2005, B
Ireland Over All, 7 April 1922, M
Iris an Airm, 25 Sept - 23 Dec 1922, M
Irish Bulletin, The, 12 July 1919 - 13 Dec 1921, M
Irish Citizen Army Bulletin, The, 13 Dec1934 - 15 May 1935, M
Irish Citizen, The, 25 May 1912 - Aug 1920, M
Irish Democrat, The, Mar - Dec 1937, M
Irish Examiner (previously Examiner, previously Cork Examiner), 1841-1924; 1955-, M
Irish Exile, The, Mar - Dec 1921, M
Irish Freedom, Nov 1910 - Dec 1914; Nov 1926 - Dec 1937, M
Irish Front, The, 11 May 1935, M
Irish Hammer & Plough, The, 22 May - 16 Oct 1926, M
Irish Nation, The, 2 Jan 1909 - 24 Dec 1910; 24 June - 11 Jan 1919, M
Irish Opinion, 17 June 1916 - 28 Apr 1917, M
Irish Opinion: Voice of Labour   [See also: The Watchword of Labour     and The Voice of Labour], 1 Dec 1917 - 20 Sept 1919 [27 Sept 1919-4 Dec 1920 22 Oct 1921 - 4 Dec 1920], M
Irish Peasant, The     [See also: The Peasant, 28 Feb 1903 - 29 Dec 1906 [9 Feb 1907 - 26 Dec 1908], M
Irish People, The, 16 Sept 1899 - 27 Mar 1909, M
Irish People: War Special, The, 16 July - 20 Aug 1922, M
Irish Statesman, The, 28 Jun 1919 - 12 Apr 1930, M
Irish Times, March 1859-, M
Irish Volunteer, The, 7 Feb 1914 - 22 Apr 1916, M
Irish War News, 22 Apr 1916, M
Irish Work, 19 Dec 1914, M
Irish Worker, The, 27 May 1911 - 5 Dec 1914, M
Irish Worker, The, 16 Jun 1923 - 9 May 1925, M
Irish Worker, The, 11 Oct 1930 - 12 Mar 1932, M
Irish Workers' Voice, The, 9 Apr 1932 - 13 Jun 1936, M
Irish Workers' Weekly, The, 22 Apr 1939 - 1 Nov 1941, M
Irishman, The, July 1910 - Oct 1913; 15 Jan 1916 - 16 Aug 1919; 14 May 1927 - 25 Oct 1930, M
Labour News, 28 Nov 1936 - 2 Apr 1938, M
Labour Opposition of Northern Ireland, Mar 1925 - Jun 1926, M
Land and National Democrat, The, 28 Apr - 9 Aug 1923, M
Liberator and Irish Trade Unionist, The, 23 Aug - 22 Nov 1913, M
Literary and Political Examiner, Feb-May 1818, M (No. 11)
Long, An, 4 Oct 1922, M
Lord's Cork Weekly Magazine, 27 Nov 1790, M (No. 11)
Medley, 20 April -15 Jul 1738, M (No. 11)
Munster Olive Branch, Aug 1814, M (No. 11)
Nation, The, 12 Aug -18 Nov 1922, M
Nation, The, 16 Oct 1924 - 23 Apr 1925; 26 Mar 1927 - 12 Sept 1931; 22 Jun - 3 Aug 1935, M
National Democrat, The, Feb-Aug 1907; 2-9 Aug 1923; 17 Oct 1914 - 22 April 1916, M
Nationalist, The, 21 Sept 1905 - 29 Mar 1906, M
Nationality, 19 June 1915 - 20 Sept 1919; 7 Mar 1931 - 6 Aug 1932, M
Needle, The, 1932, M
Nettle, 9 March 1810, M (No. 11)
New Cork Evening Post, 1797, B
New Ireland / Old Ireland, 15 May 1915 - 15 Oct 1921 22 Apr 1922, M
New Way, The, Oct 1917, M
Northern Patriot, The, 15 Oct 1895 - 15 Nov 1897, M
Notes from Ireland, 25 Sept 1886 - 1 Aug 1918, M
Oglach, An t-, 15 Aug 1918 - 29 Dec 1923, M
Patriotic Magazine, 17 Mar & 14 Apr 1810, M (No. 11)
Peasant, The   [See also: The Irish Peasant], 7 Feb 1907 - 26 Dec 1908, M
Phoblacht, An, 20 Jun 1925 - 4 Jul 1936; (copies since 1980s in Reference department), M
Phoenix , The, 9 Dec 1916 - 24 Feb 1917; (copies since 1983 in Reference department), M
Pioneer, The, Feb 1924 - Mar 1925, M
Plain People, The, 9 Apr - 2 Jul 1922, M
Poblacht na h-Éireann War News, 28 Jun 1922 - 7 Mar 1923, M
Poblacht na h-Éireann, Scottish edition, 26 Aug 1922 - 13 Jan 1923, M
Poblacht na h-Éireann, Southern edition, 14 Aug - 25 Oct 1922, M
Prison Bars, May 1937 - Dec 1938, M
Psalter of Cashel (or Irish Cyclopaedia), July 1814, M (No. 11)
Red Flag, The, 20 - 27 Nov 1919, M
Red Hand Magazine, The, Sept - Dec 1920, M
Republic, The, 13 Dec 1906 - 16 May 1907, M
Republic, The, 21 Jun 20 Sept 1919, M
Republican Congress, 5 May 1934 - 21 Dec 1935, M
Republican File, 28 Nov 1931 - 5 Mar 1932, M
Republican Review, Sept 1938 - Jun 1939, M
Republican War Bulletin, 10 Aug - 23 Dec 1922, M
Rover, 10 October 1795, M (No. 11)
Rover, 5 Feb 1796, M (No. 11)
Saoghal Gaedhealach, An, 7 Sep 1918 - 20 Sep 1919, M
Scissors and Paste, 12 Dec 1914 - 27 Feb 1915, M
Separatist, The, 18 Feb 1922 - 9 Sept 1922, M
Shandon Bells, 22- 26 October 1889, H
Shan Van Vocht, The, 15 Jan 1896 - 6 Mar 1899, M
Sharp Shooter, 29 June 1809, M (No. 11)
Sinn Fein, 7 Aug 1923 - 13 Jun 1925, M
Sinn Fein (Daily), 23 Aug 1909 - 21 Jan 1910, M
Sinn Fein (Weekly), 5 May 1906 - 28 Nov 1914, M
Sinn Feiner, The, 12 Jun 1920 - 10 Dec 1921, M
Sligo-Leitrim Liberator, The, 30 Apr 1927 - 11 Jun 1927, M
Something New, 1820 (2 issues), M (No. 11)
Southern Bulletin, 6 Jan 1923 - 24 Feb 1923, M
Southern Star, 1967-, B
Spark, The, n7 Feb 1915 - 23 Apr 1916, M
Spirit of the Freeholder, 14 June 1833-10 Aug 1833, M (No. 10)
Sprig of Shillelah, 11 July 1813, M (No. 11)
Star, The, 5 Jan 1929 - Dec 1930, M
Straight Talk, 8 Nov - 28 Dec 1922, M
Student, The, July 1919, M
Sunday Tribune, Apr 1983-2001; (recent paper copies in Reference department), M
Tickler, 27 June 1795, M (No. 11)
Toiler, The, 4 Oct 1913 - 10 Dec 1914, M
Torch, The, 1 Oct - 26 Nov 1921, M
Tribune, The, 12 Mar 1926 - 31 Dec 1926, M
Truth that is News, 1932, M
Truth: War Issue, 5 Jul - 22 Aug 1922, M
Unionist, The, 7 May - 24 May 1921, M
United Ireland, 16 Sep 1933 - 25 Jul 1936, M
United Irishman, The, 15 Feb 1923 - 24 Nov 1923; 21 May 1932 - 9 Sep 1933, M
Vale Star, 1986 -, B
[Various Cork and Dublin newspapers] (single volume), 18 century, B
[Various Cork newspapers] (single volume), 18th and early 19th centuries, B
[Various pieces from Cork newspapers] (single sheets), c.1800-1815, U
Voice of Labour, The   [See also: Irish Opinion: Voice of Labour, 22 Oct 1921 - 7 May 1927, M
Watchword of Labour, The, 27 Sep1919 - 4 Dec 1920, M (No. 352)
Watchword, The, 1 Nov 1930 - 24 Dec 1932, M (No. 359)

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