Irish Freedom
Type | Former monthly newspaper |
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Founded | November 1910 |
Political alignment | Irish republican |
Ceased publication | 1914 |
Irish Freedom was launched in November 1910, as an Irish monthly publication of the Irish Republican Brotherhood movement. It lasted for four years until suppressed in 1914 by the British.[1]
It was founded in by Tom Clarke in 1910 with financial help from John Daly and Patrick McCartan.[2]
The newspaper Saoirse Irish Freedom which replaced the Republican Bulletin, the official paper of the Republican Sinn Féin in May 1987 takes its name from the newspaper.[3]
Notable contributors
Contributors included:[3]
- Bulmer Hobson
- P. S. O'Hegarty
- Terence MacSwiney
- Patrick Pearse
- Ernest Blythe
- Piaras Béaslaí
- Pat Devlin
- Fred Cogley
- J. W. Good
- Roger Casement
- Brian O'Higgins
References
- ^ Treasure Islands: Studies in Children's Literature By Mary Shine Thompson, Celia Keenan, Four Courts Press, 2006, ISBN 1-85182-941-5, pp.34 [1]
- ^ Helen Litton. 16 Lives:Edward Daly. p. 45.
- ^ a b Saoirse – Irish Freedom