Ireland's Own A Journal of Fiction Literature and General Information Vol. 5. No. 123. March 29, 1905

Walsh, John M.

Verlag: People Newspapers, Wexford, 1905

Beschreibung

Pp.20. A magazine that is still issued in Ireland today. The magazine was designed to offer "wholesome Irish Catholic fare" to challenge the appearance of British newspapers in Ireland like the News of the World (which were denounced as "scandal-sheets" that lowered the moral tone of late 19th century/early 20th century Ireland. The magazine's appearance coincided with a broad stressing of Irish identity as a reaction to British imports. Among the other examples were the creation of the Gaelic Athletic Association to promote Gaelic games and to halt the growth of soccer and rugby (1880s), the appearance of the Gaelic League to promote the Irish language (1893), and the growth in the Irish-Ireland movement reflected in the creation of the Abbey Theatre to promote Irish arts (1904) and the creation by Arthur Griffith in 1904 of Cumann na nGaedheal to protest at the visit of King George V and his queen, Mary of Teck. Ireland's Own saw its role as projecting an image of Ireland free from "alien" influence, hence a content free from anything perceived as "scandalous" or "anti-Catholic". A critic described such magazines as offering "a formula for 'healthy fireside reading' combining patriotism, pietism and national news with a minimum of foreign coverage or intellectual speculation."[3] The concept of such a magazine is traced back to the series of pietistic family magazines launched by James Duffy in the mid 19th century. Even today it is aimed at an older and perhaps more conservative audience with a hankering for the better an older days. Early issues such as this are extremely rare. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 014791

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Ireland's Own A Journal of Fiction ...

Verlag: People Newspapers, Wexford

Erscheinungsdatum: 1905

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Poor