The Waterford Chronicle

The Waterford Chronicle (1804-1872) was a paper from Waterford, Ireland. The paper was founded in 1804, known as Ramsy's Waterford Chronicle. In 1825 the Irish language scholar Philip Fitzgerald Barron bought the Waterford Chronicle, and used it to advocate for Catholic emancipation. The paper passed to his brother Pierse Richard Barron, was sold to a Mr Peter Strange, before being owned by another member of the Barron family, Edward Netterville Barron. The paper struggled going through various owners, published twice weekly for a while, revived by Patrick Flyin in 1850, it then became a weekly in 1865

The paper ceased publication in 1872