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Donagh · March 31, 2009, 03:33:21 PM

The Irish Times are providing free access to their archives going back to 1859 all week:

http://www.irishtimes.com/search/archive.html

Fascinating stuff. Just found my namesake from the same parish on trial for murder in the 1870s.

Hardy · March 31, 2009, 04:34:48 PM

Yes brilliant - been dipping into it since O'Neill flagged it here. I hadn't realised until now they'd digitised the complete archive. Excellent resource. Some fascinating snippets. Some at random -

SITUATIONS VACANT - Junior Shorthand Typist. Protestant. (1959)

DUBLIN FREE OF FOG - Dublin was free of dense fog throughout most of yesterday. (1958)

LONDON AS IT IS TODAY (about the blitz) - In those ... streets I saw demolition squads as black as niggers ... (1940)

Galwaybhoy · March 31, 2009, 04:49:32 PM

This is the sort of thing that could keep me busy for hours which means very little work gets done

Hardy · March 31, 2009, 05:09:37 PM

(1938)

Juvenile Crime.—At Omagh Crown Sessions
yesterday, Judge Hanna said that all over
Northern Ireland there had teen a great
increase in juvenile crime, and some people
attributed it to the pictures, some to books
and some to unemployment.

Dead right - keep the kids away from books!

tyronefan · March 31, 2009, 05:54:23 PM

what you mean there was juvenile crime before tv !!!

carribbear · March 31, 2009, 06:17:50 PM

interesting to be able to search their archives, shame that I wouldnt wipe my backside with that rag.
looked at certain sections of history, their facts and reporting slants are the same now as they were then

gallsman · March 31, 2009, 07:04:59 PM

Quote from: carribbear on March 31, 2009, 06:17:50 PM
interesting to be able to search their archives, shame that I wouldnt wipe my backside with that rag.
looked at certain sections of history, their facts and reporting slants are the same now as they were then

Pray tell us what paper you read then...

carribbear · March 31, 2009, 07:08:37 PM

Quote from: gallsman on March 31, 2009, 07:04:59 PM
Quote from: carribbear on March 31, 2009, 06:17:50 PM
interesting to be able to search their archives, shame that I wouldnt wipe my backside with that rag.
looked at certain sections of history, their facts and reporting slants are the same now as they were then

Pray tell us what paper you read then...

I don't have a devotion to any particular paper.

gallsman · March 31, 2009, 07:10:13 PM

Quote from: carribbear on March 31, 2009, 07:08:37 PM
Quote from: gallsman on March 31, 2009, 07:04:59 PM
Quote from: carribbear on March 31, 2009, 06:17:50 PM
interesting to be able to search their archives, shame that I wouldnt wipe my backside with that rag.
looked at certain sections of history, their facts and reporting slants are the same now as they were then

Pray tell us what paper you read then...

I don't have a devotion to any particular paper.

Well what papers would be included in the selectio you do read?

carribbear · March 31, 2009, 07:14:32 PM

Quote from: gallsman on March 31, 2009, 07:10:13 PM
Quote from: carribbear on March 31, 2009, 07:08:37 PM
Quote from: gallsman on March 31, 2009, 07:04:59 PM
Quote from: carribbear on March 31, 2009, 06:17:50 PM
interesting to be able to search their archives, shame that I wouldnt wipe my backside with that rag.
looked at certain sections of history, their facts and reporting slants are the same now as they were then

Pray tell us what paper you read then...

I don't have a devotion to any particular paper.

Well what papers would be included in the selectio you do read?

I'd read most things I get my hands on but be very careful to decipher fact from fiction. Sports are sports etc but when it comes to politics, well, if you believed everything Sir Tony O'Reilly told you.....

My favourite publication would be The Phoenix.

gallsman · March 31, 2009, 08:57:34 PM

Quote from: carribbear on March 31, 2009, 07:14:32 PM
Quote from: gallsman on March 31, 2009, 07:10:13 PM
Quote from: carribbear on March 31, 2009, 07:08:37 PM
Quote from: gallsman on March 31, 2009, 07:04:59 PM
Quote from: carribbear on March 31, 2009, 06:17:50 PM
interesting to be able to search their archives, shame that I wouldnt wipe my backside with that rag.
looked at certain sections of history, their facts and reporting slants are the same now as they were then

Pray tell us what paper you read then...

I don't have a devotion to any particular paper.

Well what papers would be included in the selectio you do read?

I'd read most things I get my hands on but be very careful to decipher fact from fiction. Sports are sports etc but when it comes to politics, well, if you believed everything Sir Tony O'Reilly told you.....

My favourite publication would be The Phoenix.

You are aware that Tony O'Reilly doesn't own the Times, yes?

carribbear · March 31, 2009, 09:20:37 PM

Quote from: gallsman on March 31, 2009, 08:57:34 PM
Quote from: carribbear on March 31, 2009, 07:14:32 PM
Quote from: gallsman on March 31, 2009, 07:10:13 PM
Quote from: carribbear on March 31, 2009, 07:08:37 PM
Quote from: gallsman on March 31, 2009, 07:04:59 PM
Quote from: carribbear on March 31, 2009, 06:17:50 PM
interesting to be able to search their archives, shame that I wouldnt wipe my backside with that rag.
looked at certain sections of history, their facts and reporting slants are the same now as they were then

Pray tell us what paper you read then...

I don't have a devotion to any particular paper.

Well what papers would be included in the selectio you do read?

I'd read most things I get my hands on but be very careful to decipher fact from fiction. Sports are sports etc but when it comes to politics, well, if you believed everything Sir Tony O'Reilly told you.....

My favourite publication would be The Phoenix.

You are aware that Tony O'Reilly doesn't own the Times, yes?

Sorry, meant the independent. Just goes to show you how much I care about those publications.

Which one is that cun Fintan O'Toole with these days?

saffron sam2 · April 01, 2009, 12:08:32 PM

Quote from: Donagh on March 31, 2009, 03:33:21 PM
The Irish Times are providing free access to their archives going back to 1859 all week:

http://www.irishtimes.com/search/archive.html

Fascinating stuff. Just found my namesake from the same parish on trial for murder in the 1870s.

Was he stitched up by the Brits?

I see he got off with the murder, convicted of manslaughter though.

Bogball XV · April 01, 2009, 12:10:14 PM

Quote from: Hardy on March 31, 2009, 05:09:37 PM
(1938)

Juvenile Crime.—At Omagh Crown Sessions
yesterday, Judge Hanna said that all over
Northern Ireland there had teen a great
increase in juvenile crime, and some people
attributed it to the pictures, some to books
and some to unemployment.

Dead right - keep the kids away from books!

The more things change eh......