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Independent Newspapers: A History

A history of Independent Newspapers
Edited by Mark O'Brien and Kevin Rafter, this study of the Irish Independent was published by Four Courts Press in October 2012 and launched by Eamon Dunphy in the Royal Irish Academy. My chapter details the history of the paper during the period 1917-1923; a time when the Irish Independent established its dominance in the Irish market. For over a century, Independent Newspapers has been the most successful media organization in Ireland. From William Martin Murphy to Tony O’Reilly, the newspaper group has long been at the centre of public life, often in controversial circumstances. In this revealing volume, fifteen leading scholars examine the interaction between proprietors and the newspapers, the company’s journalists and journalism, and the relationship between the newspapers and Irish society. Conor Brady reviewed the book in The Irish Times here, while Michael Brophy wrote a review for the Irish Independent here.


Contents
• Parnellite politics and the origins of Independent Newspapers - Patrick Maume
• The life and career of William Martin Murphy - Padraig Yeates
• TR Harrington and the 'new' Irish Independent - Felix M Larkin
• The Irish Independent and the Irish revolution - Ian Kenneally
• Tom Grehan: advertising pioneer and newspaperman - Colum Kenny
• 'Irish Ireland' and the Irish Independent - Aoife Whelan
• Frank Geary, the Irish Independent and the Spanish Civil War - Mark O'Brien
• Independent Newspapers and Emergency censorship - Donal Ó Drisceoil
• Independent Newspapers and post-war Irish society - Gary Murphy
• Hector Legge at the Sunday Independent - Kevin Rafter
• The changing of the guard at Middle Abbey Street - John Horgan
• The sense of history: Working at Independent House - Ida Milne
• The editorship of Vincent Doyle - Joe Breen
• Independent Newspapers and Irish society - Mark O'Brien
• Tony O'Reilly and Independent News & Media - Gavin Ellis
• Profits, politics and personal position: the role of the proprietor - Kevin Rafter



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  • The Paper Wall
    • Propaganda, Censorship, and Newspapers
  • From the Earth, A Cry
    • JBO'Reilly - From Ireland to Australia
    • JBO'Reilly - From Australia to the United States
  • Courage & Conflict
    • John Barry
    • The San Patricios
    • The Irish Battalion of the Papal Army
    • Irish Soldiers of the American Civil War
    • John Philip Holland
    • The Irish who fought at the Little Bighorn
    • John Henry Patterson
    • Mutiny in the Connaught Rangers
    • Dublin's Bloody Sunday
  • Documentaries
  • Other Projects
    • Irish Journalism before Independence
    • Independent Newspapers: A History
    • War of Independence in the Midlands
    • Periodicals and Journalism in 20th Century Ireland
    • Irish Civil War in the Midlands
    • The Irish Regional Press, 1892–2018
    • 'Shall the punishment fall on the girl alone'
    • Atlas of the Irish Revolution
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