Newspapers

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.

Newspaper Holdings
Newspaper Holdings Years Format
The Sligo Champion 1836 – 2018 Microfilm
1970 – 2011 Bound
2013 to Present Loose
The Sligo Post 2007 – 2009 Bound
2010 Loose
The Sligo Weekender 1989 – 2018 Loose
1997 – 2011 Bound
2012 – to Present 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
Ballina Advertiser / Mayo and Sligo Commercial Gazette 1840 – 1843 Microfilm
Donegal Vindicator and Fermanagh, Leitrim and Sligo Observer Feb-Dec 1889, 1890-1896 Microfilm
Tyrawly Herald / Mayo and Sligo Intelligenser 1844, 1847 – 1870 Microfilm
The Irishman / Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Clare Chronicle 1835 Microfilm
Western Nationalist / Boyle, Roscommon, Mayo, Leitrim and Sligo News March 1907, 1910 – 1920 Microfilm
Enniskillen Advertiser and Northern Western Counties Gazette 1864 – 1876 Microfilm