The ''Galway Vindicator'' was a

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport ...

which operated in

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, and is the sixth most populous city ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

from 10 July 1841 to 4 November 1899. It was one of several newspapers founded to help advance the agenda of

Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (I) ( ga, Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilizat ...

and was noted for its daily coverage of the effects of the Great Famine. The full title was 'The Galway Vindicator, and Connaught Advertiser', and a full run of the newspaper from 1841 to 1899 is available in the

British Library The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and is one of the largest libraries in the world. It is estimated to contain between 170 and 200 million items from many countries. As a legal deposit library, the Briti ...

Newspaper Collection, with some issues digitised in the British Newspaper Archive.

References

British Newspaper Archive

at Gale Group. Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland Mass media in County Galway Newspapers established in 1841 Publications disestablished in 1899 Defunct newspapers published in Ireland 1841 establishments in Ireland 1899 disestablishments in Ireland {{italic title