Irish War News

Irish War News
PublisherGaelic Press
CityDublin
CountryIreland

Irish War News was a republican publication in Dublin during the Easter Rising.[1] The first issue of Irish War News was published by the Gaelic Press[2] on 25 April 1916, the second day of the rising. It reported on the first 24 hours of the rising.[3] 8 years later, the second and final issue was published by the Gaelic Press to commemorate the rising's 8th anniversary.[2][4] Aside from the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, it was the only printed document produced by leaders of the rising.[5]

History

The original issue of Irish War News was a bulletin written by Patrick Pearse on 25 April 1916.[6] It was printed by Charles Walker[2][7] on Halston Street, Dublin and published from the General Post Office.[8][6] The publication contained a copy of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic.[8]

Following the execution of the rising's leaders, copies of Irish War News were collected by soldiers as souvenirs and memorabilia of the rising.[9][10]

In 1916, The Western Argus referred to the publication as an "Official rebel newspaper" and the "first republican newspaper".[11] In 2006, the Irish Political Review claimed that some people think if the rising lasted three weeks, Patrick Pearse wouldn't be as famous because he "spent most of the week behind a typewriter hammering out the Irish War News".[12] In 2016, History Ireland described Irish War News as "the rebels' communiqué from the GPO" [sic].[13] RTÉ's Century Ireland project described it as "as close as newspapers came to reporting the events of Easter week faithfully and fast".[3]

Legacy

Like most publications from the rising, copies of Irish War News are considered scarce.[14][15]

A copy of Irish War News is currently in the National Museum of Ireland - Collins Barracks as part of their Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising exhibition.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Rebellion in Wartime Ireland – Easter 1916". Waterford County Museum.
  2. ^ a b c "Extra, extra! The inside story of the 'Irish War News'". Irish Independent. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b Duncan, Mark (2015). "Reporting the Rising: Press Coverage of Easter 1916". Century Ireland. RTÉ. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Irish War News Vol. 1., No. 2. The Irish Republic" (PDF). The Irish Republican Digital Archive. Dublin: Irish War News. 20 April 1924. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Part 14 - 'Irish War News' (Vol. 1, No. 1)". Catholic Archives. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  6. ^ a b c "Related Object (Irish War News)". National Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  7. ^ "Bureau of Military History, 1913-21. Statement by witness" (PDF). Bureau of Military History. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  8. ^ a b "'The Sinn Fein Revolt in Dublin. the First and Only copy of "The Irish War News" issued by the Sinn Feiners'". National Army Museum. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  9. ^ McCoole, Sinéad (2017). Mná 1916/Women of 1916 (PDF). Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-4064-2975-6. Retrieved 15 March 2026. One of the souvenirs of the rebellion kept by Thomasina was a copy of Irish War News that she got Thomas Ashe to sign on 27 April at Killeck
  10. ^ Moulton, Mo (5 July 2015). "The British Army in Ireland before 1919". Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107280717. Retrieved 15 March 2026. Within nationalist Ireland, the executed leaders quickly attained the status of martyrs, and their images and related memorabilia were very popular. Some soldiers collected this material as well ... including ... a copy of the 'Irish War News' which tells of the Irish Republic
  11. ^ "The Irish Rising (Official Rebel Newspaper)". Kalgoorlie, Western Australia: The Western Argus. 13 June 1916. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  12. ^ "A Labour 1916 Commemoration (Of Sorts)" (PDF). Irish Political Review. Athol Books. May 2006. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  13. ^ Tony, Canavan (2016). "Birth of a Nation—The evolution of Irish nationhood, 1641–1916'". History Ireland. County Museum Dundalk: Wordwell Ltd. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  14. ^ Alexander, Akin. "1916: Collecting Ireland's Easter Rising". Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  15. ^ "Irish War News". State Library of Victoria. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
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