Irish journalism before independence : more a disease than a profession / edited by Kevin Rafter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rafter, Kevin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--Ireland--History--19th century.

Journalism.

Journalism--Ireland--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2011.

Summary:

This book illuminates the history of Irish journalism and enhances the idea of journalism as a scholarly exercise rooted in the historical evolution of the profession. The most curious episodes in the history of Irish journalism was the world-wide fame attained by the Skibbereen Eagle, a small provincial newspaper which declared that it was keeping an eye on the Tsar of Russia. William Howard Russell is probably the best known of the Irish-born correspondents who captured dramatic events from far-flung locations for newspaper readers. The book then examines the careers of four prominent Irish or Irish-American journalists, editors and newspaper proprietors based in Chicago, who struggled to tread the fine line between assimilation and identity. The four Chicago journalists previously mentioned are listed here: Melville E. Stone, John F. Finerty, Margaret Sullivan and Finley Peter Dunne. The book further focuses on Sinn Fein and its influence in altering the vision for Ireland's future. It considers the role of Irish newspapers in the peace process which ended the Irish War of Independence and led to the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921. The book concentrates on the three most popular Irish daily newspapers at the time, the Freeman's Journal, Irish Independent and The Irish Times. Finally, the book explores the work of Irish journalists abroad and shows how the great political debates about Ireland's place in the United Kingdom served as a backdrop to newspaper publication in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Contents:

14. 'The prose of logic and of scorn': Arthur Griffith and Sinn Fein,1906-1914: Ciara Meehan15. From the 'Freeman's General' to the 'dully expressed': James Joyce and journalism: Terence Killeen; 16. Truce to Treaty: Irish journalists and the 1920-21 peace process: Ian Kenneally; Index.

7. E.J. Dillon:from our special correspondent: Kevin Rafter8. The Irishness of Francis McCullagh: John Horgan ; 9. Patriotism, professionalism and the press: the Chicago press and Irish journalists, 1875-1900: Gillian O'Brien; 10. O'Brennan abroad: an Irish editor in London and America: Anthony McNicholas; 11. Newspapers, journalists and the early years of the Gaelic Athletic Association: Paul Rouse; 12. Newspapers, journals and the Irish revival: Regina Uí Chollatáin; 13. Arthur Griffith and the Freeman's Journal: Felix M. Larkin.

Irish journalism before independence: More a disease than a profession; Half Title Page ; Title Page ; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface: James Curran ; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Kevin Rafter; 1. Journalism in Ireland: the evolution of a discipline: Mark O'Brien; 2. How journalism became a profession: Michael Foley; 3. Loyalty and Repeal: the Nation, 1842-46: M.L. Brillman ; 4. Keeping an eye on the Tsar: Frederick Potter and the Skibbereen Eagle: Matthew Potter; 5. The leader writer: James Woulfe Flanagan: Maurice Walsh; 6. Mr Russell of The Times: Peter Murtagh.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7190-9494-1

OCLC:

960165774