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Masthead decoration for first issue of 2009. |
If you would like to sponsor this page please contact us. The Roscommon Herald Newspaper. 150th. Anniversary. 1859 - 2009.
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Billhead from 1923.
Billhead from the 1930's.
Billhead from 1946.
Billhead from 1957. The Roscommon Herald has always produced souvenir supplements. Some samples below.
Weekly sports supplement.
For the death of Jimmy Murray in 2007.
IFA celebrations in 2005.
Schools 2008.
New Offices 2007.
Compliment Slip
In 2009 the Herald celebrates it's 150 Anniversary. This is the masthead decoration for the first issue of 2009.
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The first Roscommon Herald newspaper
hit the streets of Boyle, Co. Roscommon on
30th. April 1859. It's
title was "The Roscommon Herald and Boyle and Leitrim News". It
consisted of eight pages of six columns per page. The proprietor was
George M Tully and the paper was produced from offices at The
Crescent in Boyle. When George M. Tully died the paper was taken
over by his widow who ran it for a number of years until her on her
death, her son, Jasper, returned from the US and took over. Jasper Tully was born in 1858 and was a larger than life figure in Boyle, Roscommon and further afield. He used his newspaper to drive local issues, including the development of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), Irish nationalism and politics. He was MP for Boyle.
Billhead from the 1880's for The Roscommon Herald" with H. J. Tully's name and another for 1887 with Mrs. H. J. Tully on it.
Following Jasper Tully's death in 1938 the paper was purchased by a partnership of P. J. Nerney, C. E. Callan and J. T. O'Hanrahan.
Headline poster from 1938 announcing the death of Jasper Tully. These would have been fixed inside a wire "cage" on the front of the newsstand, and similar posters are still used in some places today.
The paper expanded and developed until 1965 when a fire at the premises in St. Patrick's Street almost destroyed it and this was compounded by the sudden death of one of the Directors, Paddy Nerney. Paddy Nerney's wife Lillie took over the day to day running of the paper after her husbands death and the paper continued to develop and expand. In March 2004 the paper was sold to Thomas Crosbie Holdings, a major newspaper producer in Ireland.
Masthead and newspaper from 1930.
Masthead and newspaper from 1962.
Masthead and newspaper from 1968.
Recent masthead and paper.
Newspapers from the 21st. century, including the first Mid/South Edition.
As would be expected from any newspaper The Roscommon Herald has been to the forefront when it comes to history. But this paper has also been prolific in it's historic publications.
The Roscommon Herald 1859 - 1959. Produced to celebrate the first hundred years. Tabloid newspaper style. Monochrome illustrations.
Roscommon Herald Special Millennium Edition. December 1999. Large tabloid newspaper style. 72 pages. Colour & monochrome illustrations.
Book produced for the move back into refurbished offices on St. Patrick's Street in 2007. 104 pages. Monochrome and colour illustrations.
The Herald website is at www.roscommonherald.com We have a small collection of The Roscommon Herald newspaper in our archive. Though we don't systematically collect new editions we do collect old issues that we find and we keep special editions and masthead changes. We would love to have some early issue examples for our archive.
We have a small number of bound year volumes. These are for: 1960, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1996 and an unbound volume of loose papers for 1993.
We also have the following single issues: 23 August 1930, 2 March 1957, 1 March 1958, 8 August 1959, 24 December 1960, 13 January 1962, 16 June 1962, 25 August 1962, 1 September 1962, 16 September 1962, 22 September 1962, 29 September 1962, 13 October 1962, 19 October 1963, 6 September 1968, 25 July 1975, 7 May 1976, 8 June 2005, 14 December 2005, 26 September 2006 & 30 January 2007.
Invitation and ephemera from Roscommon Herald "Thank You Night" held on 5th. January 2006 in "River Island Nite Club" in Castlerea.
We would welcome additional information or photographs and all types of documents and ephemera, including single issues of this newspaper. If you can help please contact us.
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