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Digitised

The Kildare Observer (1880-1935)

Freely available online via Irish Newspaper Archives.

Irish Newspaper Archive (including the Radical Newspaper Archive)

Freely available in all Co. Kildare branch libraries and in Kildare County Archives and Local Studies, Harbour View, Naas. It includes a range of national and regional newspapers, including The Kildare Nationalist (formerly Nationalist & Leinster Times), The Leinster Express, The Irish Independent, The Freeman's Journal and The Irish Press. The Leinster Leader has been digitised from 1880-2026. This Radical Newspaper Archives includes a wide range of specialist papers including nationalist, republican, labour and suffragette publications.

Irish Times Digital Archive

Includes all issues of the newspaper from its foundation in 1859 to the present is accessible on the public PCs in all branch libraries in Kildare Library Service. It is also available to consult in Kildare County Archives and Local Studies, Harbour View, Naas.

British Newspaper Archive

Available in Kildare County Archives and Local Studies, Harbour View, Naas by prior appointment. It includes a large selection of Irish, English, Welsh and Scottish newspapers, and The Leinster Leader from 1882-1959; 1980-2002 with some small gaps.

Microfilmed

• Leinster Leader 1881/82 – 2019 (1881/82 – 1884 holdings are incomplete; many issues missing)
• Kildare Observer 1880 – 1935. [complete - paper discontinued in 1935]
• Nationalist and Leinster Times 1880-2019
• Freeman’s Journal 1763 – 1860
• Finn's Leinster Journal 1767-1828 [missing - 1777; 1784-85; 1800; 1804; 1809-1817; 1825-26]
• Leinster Express 24 September 1831 – 1884
• Irish Times 1859 - 1923; January 1997 – 2003
• Dublin Penny Journal 1832-1836

Hardcopy

• Liffey Champion 1990 onwards. Some issues missing, particularly in the early years. (Please note that the Liffey Champion is currently only available in original hard copy format, by prior appointment).
• Leinster Leader Most issues from 1900 onwards. Condition varies from good to extremely poor. All years up to 2019 on microfilm.
• Kildare Nationalist 1983 - present.
• Curragh News (bound photocopy) February – September 1891
• Ballitore Magazine (bound photocopy) 2nd series 1821
• Leixlip Life (bound volumes) April 1973 – March 1982
• Celbridge Charter
• New Link Magazine (Newbridge) 1973-1976
• Maynooth Newsletter 1975 onwards
• Lucan Times
• The Dublin Penny Journal 1832-33; 1834-35