The Cork Gazette and General Advertiser 

The Cork Gazette and General Advertiser was published between 1790 and 1797, initially by John and James Jones, though the latter died in December 1790, printing being carried on by "Jones & Co."  The printing of the paper was taken over in 1795 by John Swiney (1773-1844), who appended the banner "Magna est Veritas et Praevalebit" (Great is Truth, and It Must Prevail), a reflection of the radical sympathies of the proprietor. 

From its inception, the paper was edited by Denis Driscol (1762-1811), a former priest who returned from the continent and converted to Protestantism, becoming a curate at the French Reformed Church in Cork.  Dismissed from his position, he steered the paper towards an outspoken advocacy of the values of the French Revolution, while also reflecting his links with the United Irishmen. In April 1794 he was convicted of seditious libel, being unsuccessfully defended by the Sheares Brothers and Thomas Addis Emmet.  Though he returned to the editorship of the paper after his release from prison, an impending prosecution led to him accepting a deal to close the paper, and he subsequently emigrated to the United States.

The Cork Gazette and General Advertiser was published twice-weekly, on Wednesday and Saturday.

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Edition Count	Page Count	Years
		1792
56	224	*Out of print