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Leitrim Observer ePaper

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Leitrim Observer Newspaper Information

The Leitrim Observer is the oldest newspaper in Leitrim and in Ireland. It is a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday and once competed with another newspaper called the Leitrim Post which has since closed down due to poor sales.

The Leitrim Observer is celebrating its 120th birthday this year. It was originally founded by the Mulvey family from Ballinaglera in 1889 and was bought by Pat Dunne, for a rumoured sum of £150 in 1904.The paper has experienced a very varied and colourful history. The Black and Tans made the paper their first stop when they came to Carrick-on-Shannon during the Civil War and badly burned the premises, destroying a lot of the early files of the paper.