| Evidence: | "In Holywood at the time of the peninsular war 'several would join to buy a number of the Belfast News-letter or of the Commercial Chronicle; or, through the kindness of a richer neighbout, a sight of one of these papers would be obtained, and one would read while many would attentively listen.'" |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reading Group: | people of Holywood, Ulster |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Unknown |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Ireland |
| Country of experience: | Ireland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | newspapers |
| Genre: | Politics, Reference / General works |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6083 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | J. R. R. Adams | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1700-1900 | |
| Place of Publication: | Belfast | |
| Date of Publication: | 1987 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 131-32 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | J. R. R. Adams, The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1700-1900 (Belfast, 1987), p. 131-32, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6083, accessed: 02 May 2024 | |
| Quotation from C. M'Alester, A sketch of the life and literary labours of the late Robert Sullivan (Belfast, 1870) 6-7. |
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