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Researching the Irish Famine

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Newspapers

A set of resources for researching the Irish Famine, selected for the use of students in Deanna Malvesti Danforth's Food for Thought LitCore courses.

19th-Century British Newspapers

Contains full runs of 48 newspapers specially selected by the British Library that best represent nineteenth century Britain. Collection includes national and regional newspapers, as well as those from both established country or university towns and the new industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands, as well as Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

Boston Pilot

Bishop Benedict J. Fenwick, a Jesuit priest and the second bishop of Boston, founded the newspaper that is now known as The Pilot in September 1829. The Pilot served as an information vehicle for Irish immigrants in many place within and outside of the United States.

Ireland's Great Hunger Museum Database

The mission of Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University is to collect, preserve, exhibit and study its collection of art, artifacts and literature relating to the Irish Famine/Great Hunger that occurred from 1845–52. In doing so, it seeks to educate audiences of all ages about the underlying political, social, economic and historic causes to the Great Hunger, and the magnitude of the disaster on Ireland and its people.

The Irish Newspaper Archives

This online resource offers access to fourteen national and regional Irish newspapers, covering dates from 1763 to the present. Search, retrieve and view pages from the newspapers as they originally appeared. Papers include The Freeman's Journal, 1763-1924 and the Irish Independent, 1905-present.

Irish Times & Weekly Irish Times

Issues of these important newspapers are available starting from 1859 and ending in 2018.

The Scotsman

Available from 1817-1950.

The Times Digital Archive

Over 200 years of the Times of London. Searchable full text, including news articles, editorials, obituaries, and advertising.

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Subjects: History, Irish Studies

Last Updated: Apr 20, 2023 12:35 PM

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