Researching an 1850's murder

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

Have you tried looking in newspaper archives to see if you can find any information on this murder? Leitrim County Library have a newspaper archive. Here is the local studies department?s webpage:

http://www.leitrimcoco.ie/eng/Services_A-Z/Library/Archives/Local_Studies.html

You can also search some of their newspaper archives online:

http://comres.leitrimcoco.ie/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1370354T0U515.101006&profile=main&menu=search&submenu=basic_search&ts=1370354200156

There is also a large Irish newspaper archive database available at http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ You can carry out searches for free but have to pay a small fee to view actual articles.

The National Library of Ireland also have a huge newspaper archive. Here is their website:

http://www.nli.ie/en/catalogues-and-databases-printed-newspapers.aspx

You could also try looking on www.findmypast.ie to see if you can find any record oin their histricl records or newspaper archives. I did a quick search for James Gallagher and a result came back dating to 1855 which could be relevant. However you have to pay to view these records:

http://search.findmypast.ie/search/british-newspapers?firstname=james&lastname=gallagher&keyword=leitrim&date=1850-01-01&date_offsetdate=1899-12-31

I hope this is helpful. Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.

Kind regards,    

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