Edited by Eoin MacNeill

There was no doubt what message the new paper, The Irish Volunteer, was selling, or what its advertisers were selling either. In the issue dated July 4, 1914, on page 11, there is an advertisement addressed to ‘Comrades!’, in which are offered: Mauser automatic pistols, sighted 1,000 yards, 4 pounds ten shillings; a .22 German target rifle at twenty-five shillings; or a Bull Dog revolver at seven shillings and sixpence. Bandoliers, belts, and haversacks are also on offer. The July 18th issue sees Hearne and Co. of Waterford selling approved uniforms at twenty-five shillings, and L Deegan of 3 Inn’s Quay offering .22 rifles priced from twelve shillings to four pounds three and six each.

Editor up to December 1914 was a man called Laurence de Lacey who printed The Volunteer on presses in Enniscorthy. De Lacey fled to America in 1915....

Edition Count	Page Count	Years
		1914 - 1916
1,792	7,141	*Out of print