Is there any website with N.Ireland news from 1909?

bingo_bango

It's 100, 50 and 30 years Snowy.

It's pity they don't have an archive section on the website though. It would likely be more popular than the main 'news' site.

Pretani

irishgirl62 wrote: »

I have the box made typed out articles to be printed into her book bought a 1909 penny, couldnt get an irish cent....!

You'll not get an Irish cent for 1909, the whole island was in the United Kingdom until the South if Ireland took up arms in 1916.

ballyblack

the Irish free state was formed in 1922

irishgirl62

This has been an interesting journey for me... i learnt there was no n.ireland in 1909 and wrongly assumed it was ireland but after reading your posts i remembered the film Micheal collins by liam neelson about fighting for the free state... and that answers the question that were baffling me about Irish presidents none were listed before 1926 i was searching for a full day and gave up!

leftieM

Pretani wrote: »

You'll not get an Irish cent for 1909, the whole island was in the United Kingdom until the South if Ireland took up arms in 1916.

The Anglo-Irish War began in 1919. 1916 was the year of the Easter Rising which was very unpopular at the time and had little support.
There's a great, easily readable, book by A.T.Q. Stewart called The Shape of Irish History for anyone who wants to know more.

Pretani

There's also the Irish civil war in 1921-22, that's when the public records office in Dublin got bombed and the records lost. It really is a shame some in the South thought it necessary to fight their way out of the Union, especially when most Irish men were fighting in WW1 for everyone's freedom. Those Irish who came back from WW1 didn't even support the rebels who wanted out of the Union. The Irish who fought in WW1 were fighting for home rule and an Irish parliament, not independence. Sad times indeed.

irishgirl62

I would like to say a huge thank you to all of you for making it possible for me to gather information... she loved the book and the box which I made I have added pictures here of the book and the box it went in.

SnowyOwl_2

Wow, you clever thing! That is a fantastically thoughtful present and it all looks so professional!