Record Number: 6083

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"In Holywood at the time of the peninsular war 'several would join to buy a number of the Belfast News-letter or of the Commercial Chronicle; or, through the kindness of a richer neighbout, a sight of one of these papers would be obtained, and one would read while many would attentively listen.'"

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

Ireland

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

people of Holywood, Ulster

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Ireland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

newspapers

Genre:

Politics, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6083

Source:

Print

Author:

J. R. R. Adams

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1700-1900

Place of Publication:

Belfast

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

n/a

Page:

131-32

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

J. R. R. Adams, The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1700-1900, (Belfast, 1987), p. 131-32, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6083, accessed: 03 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

Quotation from C. M'Alester, A sketch of the life and literary labours of the late Robert Sullivan (Belfast, 1870) 6-7.