To book an appointment on a microfilm reader please phone Wicklow Local Studies Library on 087 2683724 or email gmaniglia@wicklowcoco.ie

Microfilm viewers and microfilm reels of local newspapers are also available in Arklow, Bray, Greystones, Blessington and Baltinglass Branches. Please contact each branch respectively to book a machine and request desired titles and dates.

Hard copy editions of the previous three years of the Wicklow People and Bray People are also available for consultation in Wicklow Local Studies Library, Salthouse Lane, Wicklow Town. 

Wicklow County Council Library Service subscribes to the British Newspaper Archive. This is a digital searchable database of National and local newspapers which can be accessed for free from any Wicklow County Council library branch.

A free User Guide is available from any of our branches or can be downloaded from the link below. 

Findmypast and British Newspaper Archive user guide