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Explore the First Weekly Irish Times Published After the Rising

By Irish America Staff
April 29, 2016

April 29, 2016 by Leave a Comment

The first issue of The Weekly Irish Times published following the Easter Rising has been digitized for free by Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University.

The issue, covering the weeks of April 29, May 6, and May 13, calls the Rising “The Darkest Week in the History of Dublin.” A subheading on page one reads “An Orgie [sic] of Fire and Slaughter.” The 12-page issue offers first impressions of the Rising following the executions, as well as what it calls a “complete illustrated record,” with images of the leaders, the ruined city, and landmarks comprising much of the issue.

Page 1 of the Weekly Irish Times following the Rising.
Page 1 of the Weekly Irish Times following the Rising. Click to enlarge.

Christine Kinealy, director of the institute, worked with Mary Glynn, information analytics manager at Quinnipiac, to make all 12 pages of the newspaper available for viewing and research.

“Newspapers provide a fascinating window into the past,” Kinealy said. “This edition is particularly poignant as it brings the first news of the men executed for taking part in the Rising. We are delighted to make it freely available to anybody interested in learning more about the Rising and its immediate aftermath.”

Page 4 of the Weekly Irish Times following the Rising. Click to enlarge.
Page 4 of the Weekly Irish Times following the Rising. Click to enlarge.

The first issue was featured in the institute’s 2016 exhibit, “The Seed of the People: 1916 Remembered,”

The exhibit also features both a full Proclamation of the Irish Republic, which is being loaned to the institute by Jim Callery of Strokestown House in County Roscommon, Ireland and a rare half copy of the Proclamation, considered to be one of the most important documents in Irish history, which is on loan from Todd Allen of New Jersey.

Page 7 of the Weekly Irish Times following the Rising. Click to enlarge.
Page 7 of the Weekly Irish Times following the Rising. Click to enlarge.

The complete issue can be viewed online here. ♦

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  1. Don Browne says

    May 11, 2016 at 11:19 pm

    I travel to Dublin every month for work and have picked up special editions of the Irish Times that include re-publicatoin of original issues from the Rising, not just from the Irish Times, but other papers around the country during the time, including the Clare Champion.

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