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free archive for local Irish papers

  • 08-02-2021 8:49pm
    #1
    rhc2s4lj5p0xu9
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    Is there any free archive for local Irish papers going back to 1970 and 1980s? INA is at the library but covid has it closed


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  • #2
    L1011
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    Basically, no. Most INA hosted regional titles are INA-exclusive as they have done the OCR of the microfilms themselves - and I believe they have an exclusive licence to the Independent News & Media regional archive that INM did themselves.

    There are more local papers not archived anywhere than there are on the INA/BNA/ProQuest, remember - you'd need to hit up county libraries or the National Library for those. Where I live there's a still extant independent local going back to the 80s that would probably do 10x the local coverage of the main county big boy that's on the INA for instance.


  • #3
    rhc2s4lj5p0xu9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 82 ✭✭rhc2s4lj5p0xu9


    L1011 wrote: »
    Basically, no. Most INA hosted regional titles are INA-exclusive as they have done the OCR of the microfilms themselves - and I believe they have an exclusive licence to the Independent News & Media regional archive that INM did themselves.

    There are more local papers not archived anywhere than there are on the INA/BNA/ProQuest, remember - you'd need to hit up county libraries or the National Library for those. Where I live there's a still extant independent local going back to the 80s that would probably do 10x the local coverage of the main county big boy that's on the INA for instance.
    I know but the libraries are closed now. Thanks


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