County Waterford, Ireland
Newspapers
Using Newspapers for Local Research
National and local newspapers provide invaluable primary sources for researchers. As well as research based on use of local 
newspapers, services like The Irish Times Digital Archive, which includes all editions from 1859, provide a national perspective on Waterford events. Users can access:
- Local newspapers on microfilm which are accessible in Dungarvan Central Library.
- Irish Times Digital Archive available online to members from any Library PC.
- Waterford County Library Digital Archive which includes selected local newspaper images and is accessible to all.
- Local newspapers in hardcopy. Recent decades that have not yet been made available on Microfilm.
New! Digital Editions Project
In late 2011 we commenced publishing easy to access historical editions of the Dungarvan 
Leader Online. Previously, only a Dungarvan based microfilm service was available, inhibiting research and use of a very valuable resource. The Digital Editions Project, in publishing historic editions Dungarvan Leader and Dungarvan Observer Online, will ensure that:
- Digital copies can be retrieved by year, month and week of publication.
- Weekly editions can be downloaded as .pdf files.
- Incomplete or missing sequences can be identified for digitisation and later re-integration, thereby providing comprehensive collection access.
If you have difficulty in accessing any of the files listed under the years provided please inform us of the nature of the problem, or any other query you may have in relation to this service, by filling out our enquiry form.
Check this page for regular updates and project news, which includes planned publication of early decades of the Dungarvan Observer from March 2012.
