Belfast Morning News

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The Belfast Morning News (from 1882 the Morning News and, for a brief period (1882–83) the Morning News and Examiner) was a daily newspaper in Ireland from 1855 until it merged with the Irish News in August 1892. It was published in Belfast.[http://www.nli.ie/en/NewspapersDetails.aspx?IndexNo=110 National Library of Ireland] It was owned by the family of Edmund Dwyer Gray and edited by P.J. Kelly.[https://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/a-century-of-northern-life-the-irish-news-and-100-years-of-ulster-history-1890s-1990s-eamon-phoenix-ed-ulster-historical-foundation-10-95-a-history-of-the-belfast-telegraph-malcolm-brodie/ A Century of Northern Life: The Irish News and 100 Years of Ulster History 1890s–1990s, Eamon Phoenix (ed.), (Ulster Historical Foundation, £10 .95). A History of The Belfast Telegraph, Malcolm Brodie, (Blackstaff Press, £14.99).] Book Review, History Ireland The writer and advocate for workers' rights Robert Arthur Wilson{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/where-s-that-1.160377|title= Wheres That|author=O'Riain, Flann.|newspaper=The Irish Times|date= 8 March 1999|access-date= 20 August 2020}} wrote for the paper under the pen name Barney McGlone.[https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/literature/sign-peacock At the Sign of the Peacock – Newspapers in Belfast] www.culturenorthernireland.org Wilson edited the paper from 1874 until his death in 1875.[http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/w/Wilson_RA/life.htm R A Wilson] A Life, www.ricorso.net Digitised copies of the Belfast Morning News, dating back to 1857, are available to search and view at the British Newspaper Archive.[http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?newspaperTitle=Belfast%20Morning%20News Digitised copies of the Belfast Morning News]