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Newspapers

All Sligo newspapers dating from the late 18th century to the present are represented in the collection. Only one – the Sligo Champion – has an unbroken run from the 19th century (1836) to the present. Many of the newspapers are in hard copy bound format, most others are on microfilm.

front page of Sligo Independent 1855

Newspaper Holdings
Newspaper Holdings Years  Format 
The Sligo Champion 1836 - 1969  Microfilm
1970 - 2009 Bound
2010 Loose
1983 Microfilm
1986-1990 (September-December in 1990) Microfilm
1991 - 2005 Microfilm
The Sligo Post  2007 - 2009 Bound
2010 Loose
1989 - 1997  Loose
The Sligo Weekender 1997 - 2009 Bound
2010 Loose
The Sligo Independent  1855-1856  Bound
1856 Microfilm
1857-1859  Bound
1860-1870 Microfilm
1875-1900 Microfilm
1901-1903  Bound
1904-1906  Microfilm
1907-1919  Bound
1920-1923  Microfilm
1924-1959 Bound
Sligo Chronicle 1850-1887 Bound
1888  Microfilm
1888-1890 Bound
1891-1893  Microfilm
Sligo Guardian 1849-1850 Microfilm
Sligo Observer  1828-1831 Microfilm
Sligo Journal  1822 and 1825  Bound
1828-1866  Microfilm
Sligo Star 1899-1902 Microfilm
Sligo Times 1909-1914 Microfilm
Sligo Nationalist 1913-1920 Microfilm
The Connachtman  1920-1922 Bound
1924-1925 Bound
Western Journal / Sligo Journal 1979-1983 Bound

 

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