From the fall of Parnell to the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger, regional newspapers have documented the story of Ireland. In this book, historians and journalists describe the newspapers, editors and personalities that have made the local press such a vital part of social and political life throughout the island. In a highly centralized country, where Dublin is the hub of political and economic activity, these newspapers provide an alternative means through which to approach modern Irish history. Contents: John Horgan (DCU), Preface; Christy Doughan (ind.), The emergence of the Irish provincial press before independence; Mark O'Brien (DCU), The Kerryman, 1904-88; Conor Curran (DCU), The provincial press and association football in pre-First World War Ulster; John Burke (ind.), Michael MacDermott-Hayes and the Westmeath Independent, 1900-20; Alan McCarthy (UCC), Cork newspapermen during the Irish revolutionary period, 1914-22; Anthony Cawley (Liverpool Hope U), Corporate perspectives on Ireland’s local newspaper industry since 2000; Mark Wehrly (ind.) , Journalism and the local newspaper industry in Sligo, 1899-1922; Elaine Callinan (TCD/Carlow College), Ireland’s response to Redmond’s call to war in 1914 as reported in the regional press; Anthony Keating (Edge Hill U), James W. Upton: activist, editor and the forgotten journalist of 1916; Ray Burke (RTE), The changing relationship of Ireland’s regional press with the national broadcaster, RTE, 1992-2012; Regina Ui Chollatain (UCD) & Aoife Whelan (UCD), The Irish language in the regional press; Donal O Drisceoil (UCC), Media control and the regional press in time of war, 1914-23; James T. O'Donnell (NUIG), Sourcing and covering international news in the Irish regional press, 1892-1949; James Curry (NUIG), The Belfast Labour Chronicle, 1904-6.
