The Examiner's files begin in Aug 1841 on the eve of the Great Famine and
cover the most cataclysmic period in recent Irish history. Parts of County Cork were
among the worst affected areas in the country during the famine; the newspaper chronicles
these events.
Internationally, the Examiner was the first European newspaper to carry
news of the United States Civil War through its contacts with passing Transatlantic ships;
a contact maintained by actually rowing out to the ships for news. It was the last
newspaper to take photographs of the Titanic on its maiden voyage and these include
recognisable pictures of groups of passengers.
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