170,000 New Pages of Content:
Over 170,000 new pages of content ready to explore. We have filled in many missing periods to existing titles and we are thrilled to announce the release of 3 new publications. All though short runs of each they make for fascinating reading.
New Titles: Irish Echo, Mayoman, Northern Whig
Read below to get some background on each new title and browse the available years.
In 1928 Charles Connolly founded the Irish Echo, born in County Monaghan. Charles Connolly ran the newspaper until 1955 when it was bought by Patrick J. Grimes. The Grimes family successfully ran the paper from 1955 to 2002 when it was purchased by the Irish businessman Sean Finlay. The paper was once again sold in 2007 to the Belfast Media Group. Máirtin Ó Muilleoir is the current CEO and publisher.
The Irish Echo has a national circulation around the United States of America & Ireland. Published weekly from New York City. The paper covers political, social, entertainment, and sporting news from both Ireland and Irish America, with a robust classified section targeted at domestic help, legal notices, and construction employment. News stories featured in most daily newspapers also often received coverage, from the perspective of the Irish American community.
Sources:
Claire Grimes, "History of the Irish Echo," New York Irish History 8 (1993-1994)
The Northern Whig (from 1919 the Northern Whig and Belfast Post) was founded in 1824 in Belfast Ireland by Francis Dalzell Finlay. Published twice a week form 1824 – 1848 and increasing its print to three days 1849. The newspaper passed to Francis’s youngest son also called Francis Dalzell Finlay. Francis seniors youngest son drove the paper forward and turned it into a daily newspaper. In 1874 the paper became a limited company and was sold to John Arnott for £17,000.00 who also owned the Irish Times.
In its early years the paper as its editor and owner Finlay was in favour of Catholic Emancipation and supported the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland.
Its editorial line was liberal, and unionist and it was seen as reflecting a Presbyterian slant on the news. Among its most notable editors was Joseph R. Fisher, B.L., from 1891 to 1913, who was in 1924 appointed Unionist commissioner of the Irish Boundary Commission.
The Mayoman (1919-1921) was a Nationalist newspaper founded by John J. Collins, Davitts Terrace, Castlebar, who was an auctioneer/estate agent like his grandson Thomas Collins of Castle Street. His uncle was the Archbishop of Tuam, Thomas Gilmartin (1861–1939). Collins served on the local UDC with his brother T.R. (Thomas Richard) and was a noted musician – he regularly broadcast on Radio Éireann. The newspaper existed at the height of the War of Independence but after his printer (Athlone Printing Works) was burned down by the Black & Tans, it ceased publication in 1921.
List of latest newspaper content:
Title | Year | Page Count |
Irish Echo | 1935 - 1939 | 250 |
Mayoman | 1919 - 1921 | 354 |
Northern Whig | 1927 | 644 |
Limerick Leader | 2005 - 2017 | 110,868 |
Limerick Leader | Aug - Dec 1907 | 740 |
Evening Herald | Jun-74 | 480 |
Bray People | 2011-2012 | 9,724 |
Connaught Telegraph | Jan - Aug 1989 | 740 |
Sunday Journal | Jan - Sep 2010 | 2,215 |
Southern Star | 1926 | 396 |
Finn Leinster Journal | 1784-1785 | 286 |
Belfast Newsletter | 2007 | 32,827 |
Western People | 2011-2015 | 19,968 |