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BELFAST NEWS LETTER

A short history of the Belfast News-Letter which has the longest history of any English language newspaper in the world.

article by Ruth Johnston

ML 1030

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David Callaghan - Nov '06
Dear sirs in response to your recent programme myself and a few other people at work believe that the worlds oldest newspaper still in circulation is in fact Berrows Journal that dates from 1690.

Scott Hamilton - Aug '06
FAO Ruth Jonston
May seem a bit strange...My grandmother about 10years ago passed away but before had mentioned that her grandfather was a James Henderson who was once Lord Mayor of Belfast...is this the only James Henderson...or was there another and do you anything of the family now or how I would trace them.

Josephine Patten - March '06
Excellent - my daughter used it to help research her homework and found it a very good source of information.

Raymond O'Reagan - August '05
The MCKAY family plot can be found in Clifton Street graveyard also members of the Joy and McCracken family. Francis Joy started up his paper at the Sign of the Peacock in Bridge Street in1737 using printing equipment he had obtained in payment of a debt .
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