Newspaper Collections
The Cork County Library Newspaper Archive is located in the Local Studies Library on Floor 2 of the County Library Building on the Carrigrohane Road. The bulk of the collection is stored on microfilm. To access items held on microfilm, it is advisable to pre-book a microfilm reader. Bookings can be made well in advance of an anticipated visit.
For a list of the newspaper titles held in our Newspaper Archive, see Newspaper Archive Holdings below:
Newspaper Title |
Dates of Holdings |
Format |
Avondhu |
From 1995 (ongoing). |
Bound |
Carrigdhoun Weekly |
March 1993 to March 1995; January 1996 to December 1997. |
Bound |
Celtic Times (copy) |
February to December 1887. |
Bound |
Constitution or Cork Morning Post |
Jan 1912 - July 1922 13th December 1822 to 30th June 1823; 2nd July 1823 to 31st December 1823; 2nd January 1824 to 31st December 1824. |
Microfilm and bound |
Cork Daily Advertiser |
October 1836 to 21st January 1837. |
Microfilm |
Cork Evening Herald |
9th September 1833 to 7th October 1836. |
Microfilm |
Cork Examiner (now Irish Examiner) |
From 30th August 1841 (ongoing). |
Microfilm |
Cork Gazette and General Advertiser |
1795. |
Microfilm |
The Corkman |
From 1995 (ongoing). |
Bound |
Cork Merchantile Chronicle |
1801 to 1818; 1823; 1825 to 1828; 1832 to 1835. |
Microfilm |
Cork Sentinel |
19th January 1831 to 3rd September 1831. |
Microfilm |
Cork Sportsman |
30th May 1908 to 9th October 1911. |
Microfilm |
Cork Standard |
1837. |
Microfilm |
Cork Sun |
18th April 1903 to 1905. |
Microfilm |
Cork Total Abstainer |
1841. |
Book/Cork Coll. |
Cork Weekly Times |
4th October 1833 to 26th September 1834. |
Microfilm |
Dublin Evening Post |
1828 to 1830; 1851 to 1853. |
Bound |
Fáinne an Lae |
1898 to 1899. |
Bound |
Freeman's Journal |
4th December 1792 to 3rd April 1798; 1st January 1848 to 17th March 1851; 20th December 1890 to 17th February 1892; 17th December 1919 to 7th January 1922. |
Microfilm |
The Guardian (London) |
1878. |
Bound |
Hibernian Chronicle (Cork |
1769 to 1800. |
Microfilm |
Illustrated London News |
January to June 1848; 1849; July 1850 to June 1851; January to June 1853; July 1855 to June 1856; 1858 to 1859; January to June 1877. |
Bound |
Imokilly People |
January 1993 to April 1995; February 1998 to October 1999; From September 2002 (ongoing) |
Bound |
Inside Cork |
1999. |
Bound |
Irish Freedom |
November 1910 to December 1914 (incomplete). |
Bound |
Irishman |
July 1859 to June 1864; 1877. |
Bound |
The Irish Times |
From 30th march 1859 (ongoing). |
Microfilm |
Limerick Chronicle |
1831. |
Bound |
Morning Register (Dublin) |
23rd January 1833 to 31st December 1833. |
Bound |
Munster Advertiser |
20th April 1839 to 8th May 1841. |
Microfilm |
Muskerry Leader |
September 1987 to 3rd February 1989; May 1992 to 2000. |
Bound |
The Nation
|
October 1843 to 1847 (incomplete); 1849 to 1850; 31st August 1850 to 23rd August 1851; 1854 to 1856 (incomplete); September 1857 to August 1858; 1858 to 1859; November 1865 to August 1867; 1875; 1879. |
Bound |
The New Era |
1899. |
Bound |
The Patriot (Dublin) |
August 1821 to July 1822. |
Bound |
People's Press and Cork Weekly |
20th September 1834 to 10th February 1836. |
Microfilm |
Province of Munster |
27th January 1849 to 29th December 1849. |
Microfilm |
Sinn Féin |
22 June 1912 to 29 November 1913. |
Microfilm |
Skibbereen and West Carbery Eagle; later West Cork Eagle and County Advertiser; later Eagle and Cork County Advertiser; later Cork County Eagle and Munster Advertiser |
7th September 1861 to 8th July 1922; August 1927 to December 1928. |
Microfilm |
Southern Cross (Buenos Aires) |
1997 to 1998. |
Bound |
Southern Patriot (Mallow) |
10th February 1844 to 13th March 1844. |
Microfilm |
Southside News (Cork) |
1996 to 1998. |
Bound |
Southern Reporter (Cork) |
1817 to 1819; 1823 (bound vol.); 1824; 1826 to 1827; 1830 to 1836; 1847. |
Microfilm |
Southern Star (Skibbereen) |
June 1921 to 1935; From 1978 (ongoing). |
Microfilm |
United Ireland (Ireland) |
August 1893 to July 1895. |
Bound |
Vale Star (Mallow) |
From 26th September 1991 (ongoing). |
Bound |
Weekly Freeman (Dublin) |
October 1883 to February 1884. |
Microfilm |
The West Cork People |
29 Jul-30 Dec 1905, 1906, 1907, 4 Jan–25 Jul 1908 |
Microfilm |
The Youghal Tribune |
1940 - 1957 |
Microfilm |