The Belfast Morning News (from 1882 the Morning News and, for a brief period (1882–83) the Morning News and Examiner) was a daily newspaper in Ireland from 1855 until it merged with the Irish News in August 1892. It was published in Belfast.[1] It was owned by the family of Edmund Dwyer Gray and edited by P.J. Kelly.[2] The writer and advocate for worker's rights Robert Arthur Wilson[3] wrote for the paper under the pen name Barney McGlone.[4] Wilson edited the paper from 1874 until his death in 1875.[5] Digitised copies of the Belfast Morning News, dating back to 1857, are available to search and view at the British Newspaper Archive.[6]

References

  1. ^ National Library of Ireland
  2. ^ A Century of Northern Life: The Irish News and 100 Years of Ulster History 1890s–1990s, Eamon Phoenix (ed.), (Ulster Historical Foundation, £10 .95). A History of The Belfast Telegraph, Malcolm Brodie, (Blackstaff Press, £14.99). Book Review, History Ireland
  3. ^ O'Riain, Flann. (8 March 1999). "Wheres That". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  4. ^ At the Sign of the Peacock – Newspapers in Belfast www.culturenorthernireland.org
  5. ^ R A Wilson A Life, www.ricorso.net
  6. ^ Digitised copies of the Belfast Morning News


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