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353.0. "Belfast's Newspapers?" by RDGCSS::POLLARD (Campaign to Abolish Mondays) Tue Mar 29 1988 06:43

    Can anybody out there help me?  I'm researching my family background
    - especially on my father's side.  He came from Belfast, and at
    the moment I'm trying to research the circumstances surrounding
    my grandfather's death.
    
    My grandfather was a merchant seaman who died in an accident at
    sea when my father was three.  As a child I remember being shown
    a newspaper clipping of an account of the inquest from a Belfast
    paper.   My memory of the details is very vague, and I would like
    to locate that newspaper story.
    
    Does anyone out there know what local papers cover the Belfast area,
    and if so if they go back as far as 1928/29?  That was the  year of
    my grandfather's death (I've applied for a death certificate but
    haven't received it yet).
    
    Any help would be much appreciated.
    
    Val

    Val,
    
    Two papers which cover the Belfast Area are
    
    (1) NEWS LETTER
    	51, Donegall Street,
    	Belfast.
    
    (2) BELFAST TELEGRAPH
    	124, Royal Avenue,
    	Belfast.
                
    I hope that this will be of some help to you.
    
    Regards,
    Andy.

    Andy,
    
    Thanks!  This info is just what I needed.  I'm following it up.
    
    Regards,
    Val

    
    Hi Val,
    
    this is late...but another major newspaper in Belfast is.
    
    THE IRISH NEWS
    Clifton St.
    Belfast
    
    
    I think that's the address...I know where it is to see but I think
    it's on Clifton St.
    
    
    Declan

    Just so that I'm not accused of being biased. :-)
    
    IRISH NEWS LTD.,
    Newspaper Publishers,
    113, Donegall Street,
    BELFAST
    
    Andy.

    
    re. 4 
    
    that's the address I was looking for !
    
    Thanks
    
    DW