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Alan McCarthy

Cork Newspapers were “Actors and Reporters” Following the Rising

By R. Bryan Willits, Editorial Assistant
February / March 2016

February 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment

An article written by Alan McCarthy, a first-year Ph.D. student in the School of History at University College Cork (UCC), reveals the unique importance of County Cork newspapers following the 1916 Easter Rising and the difficulties they faced under the strict and sometimes violent censorship campaigns of both British forces and the IRA. The article has been published in the … [Read more...] about Cork Newspapers were “Actors and Reporters” Following the Rising

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