Over recent years there has been an explosion in the availability of on-line historical sources. This is perhaps best exemplified by the availability of newspapers for local and academic historians alike. Sometimes referred to as the ‘silent century’, local news items like those included herein for Athenry help illuminate the eighteenth century in particular. Here we have picked one news report per decade on the events and people of Athenry…
Recommended to those who would like to do their own research are www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk, www.irishnewsarchive.com, www.newspaperarchive.com, and www.newspapers.com.
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