Cambridge University Library now makes available newspaper archives online for the study of the history of Ireland and the Irish.
The Irish Times, founded in 1859, is a key newspaper in the study of Irish history, and of unionism in Ireland in particular, and access is now online from the first issue up to the most recent at this link:
https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://www.irishtimes.com/archive
Only the last week to two weeks’ issues are not available at any given time.
The Irish Newspaper Archive comprises many newspapers, from national broadsheets to regional papers, some dating back to the eighteenth century, and is the largest such database available online. Titles include the Irish Independent (1905-current), the Irish Examiner (1841-current), The Freeman’s Journal (1763-1924), the Connacht Tribune (1909-current), the Meath Chronicle (1897-current) and the Southern Star (1892-current). A full list of coverage is available here.
Access the Irish Newspaper Archive via this link:
https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.irishnewsarchive.com
A poster for promoting the archive in libraries can be found here.
Contributors to the Irish Times: Brian O’Nolan (right), aka Flann O’Brien and Myles na gCopaleen, with the writer, playwright and National Gallery of Ireland registrar John Weldon, aka Brinsley MacNamara.