Westmeath Examiner

The Westmeath Examiner was founded in September of 1882 by John P. Hayden, the Examiner circulates in the North of the county and is based in Mullinagar. In 2004 the Westmeath Examiner along with its sister paper the Westmeath Independent was sold to Celtic News.

The Westmeath Examiner archives are a wonderful resource for all those interested in family genealogical research with their detailed births, deaths (obituaries) and marriages. The provincial press was also far less censored by the British authorities than their national equivalent. As a result they give both the professional and amateur historian a unique perspective of Ireland’s turbulent past as well as the local impact of major national and international events.

The archives are now available online at www.irishnewsarchive.com. Fully word searchable and completely indexed Irish Newspaper Archives offers individual researchers and institutes / universities alike unprecedented access to a wealth of local history.

Date Range available:

1882 to 2008

Counties Served: Westmeath

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