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<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ie"><FONT FACE="Arial">The Glucksman Library is pleased to announce that the earliest copies of the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><I></I></SPAN><I><SPAN LANG="en-ie"> <FONT FACE="Arial">Limerick Chronicle</FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ie"><FONT FACE="Arial">, the oldest surviving newspaper in the State, are now available to read online from the University of Limerick Institutional Repository (ULIR).</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ie"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">The</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><I></I></SPAN><I><SPAN LANG="en-ie"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">Limerick Chronicle</FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ie"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial"> of 1768 was printed and edited by John Ferrar who was a prominent bookseller and printer in Limerick.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ie"><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-ie"><FONT FACE="Arial">The digitisation process took many months to complete and was made possible by means of the sophisticated scanning equipment in our Digitisation Unit. The printed version of the Chronicle is housed in our Special Collections department.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-ie"><FONT FACE="Arial">Online accessibility to this unique digital resource has been welcomed by scholars, researchers, academics, and those with a keen interest in the history and heritage of 18</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ie"><SUP><FONT FACE="Arial">th</FONT></SUP></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ie"><FONT FACE="Arial"> century Limerick. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="en-ie"><FONT FACE="Arial">You can read</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ie"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">some</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ie"><FONT FACE="Arial"> fascinating tales of old Limerick at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://ulir.ul.ie/"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en-ie"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">http://ulir.ul.ie/</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ie"><FONT FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ie"> </SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ie"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">Best wishes,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ie"></SPAN></P>
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