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Origins

Launched in 1823 it proved to be the longest lasting evening paper in Ireland. The paper was an instant success, with first editor Joseph Timothy Haydn from Limerick seeing its readership hit 2,500 in a month, making it at that stage (when few could read, and the only people who bought papers where the gentry and aristocracy) the city's top seller. Its readership ebbed and flowed during the century. Though it easily outsold rivals like the Dublin Evening Standard, its readership in 1900 was small compared with the Evening Telegraph, had 26,000 readers, The Irish Times which had 45,000 and the Freeman's Journal which had 40,000. 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... Logo of The Irish Times The Irish Times is Irelands newspaper of record, launched in the late 1850s. ... The Freemans Journal (1750s?-1924) was the oldest nationalist newspaper in Ireland. ...

20th century challenges

Nevertheless it managed to outlast both the Telegraph and the Freeman's Journal, but faced a far stiffer challenge in the mid 20th century from the nationwide-selling Evening Herald and Evening Press though as late as the early 1950s it remained Dublin’s biggest selling evening newspaper. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... The Evening Herald is a tabloid evening newspaper published in Dublin, Ireland by Independent News & Media. ... The Evening Press was the Newspaper originally set up by Eamon De Valeras Irish Press group, and edited by Douglas Gageby. ...

Bought, then closed, by the Irish Times

The mail was bought by The Irish Times in its final few years. Having failed to turn the newspaper around (it had hoped to turn it into its own evening paper to rival the Irish Independent/Evening Herald and the Irish Press/Evening Press relationships, the Irish Times controversially closed the paper on 10 July 1962. Some of its staff and columns transferred directly over to the Irish Times. Logo of The Irish Times The Irish Times is Irelands newspaper of record, launched in the late 1850s. ... The Irish Independents header consists of its name and a green harp The Irish Independent is Irelands best-selling broadsheet newspaper. ... The Irish Press was an Irish newspaper published by Irish Press plc between 1931 and 1995. ... July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Printed on buff paper

The paper was published on distinctive buff (brownish yellow) paper in contrast to the pink paper of its rival, the Evening Telegraph.

Links with Joyce, Stoker, Le Fanu

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Competition to select a national anthem

In June 1923, the Mail ran a competition to select an Irish national anthem (though Amhrán na bhFiann (The Soldiers Song) was used informally, it had not been adopted, and the W.T. Cosgrave's Executive Council was coming under pressure to choose an anthem to end confusion over whether to play Amhrán an BhFiann or God Save the King for the Irish Free State abroad. The paper appointed W.B. Yeats, Lennox Robinson and James Stephens to be the adjudicators, with a prize of fifty guineas on offer for the winning offer. However the adjudicators decided that none of the new compositions were of sufficient standard to win the fifty guineas. In 1928 the Free State finally adopted Amhrán na bhFiann as its anthem. Amhrán na bhFiann1 is the national anthem of the Republic of Ireland. ... William Thomas Cosgrave, (June 6, 1880 - November 16, 1965) served as the first President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932. ... The Executive Council (Irish: Ard-Chomhairle) was the cabinet and de facto executive branch of government of the 1922-1937 Irish Free State. ... God Save the Queen is a patriotic song whose origin remains a matter of speculation. ... The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British... A 1907 engraving of Yeats. ... Lenox Robinson (October 4, 1886 - October 15, 1958) was an Irish dramatist, poet and theatre producer and director who was involved with the Abbey Theatre. ... James Stephens (February 9, 1882–December 26, 1950) was an Irish novelist and poet. ...

Publication dates

• 3 February 1823 — 1 February 1928 as the Dublin Evening Mail
• 2 February 1928 — 10 July 1962 as the Evening Mail.

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Trivia

Famed Irish-American Brigadier General Charles Graham Halpine (1829-1868), known usually by his pseudonym Private Myles O' Reilly was the son of a longtime editor of the Dublin Evening Mail (who while editing was also serving as a Church of Ireland priest). Halpine was among other things the private secretary to P.T. Barnum, became a prominent journalist with the New York Times, a decorated soldier in the 69th New York Volunteer Infantry and in the Irish Brigade (where his letters, sent as "Private Myles O'Reilly", to the media defending the union became famous), and a key figure in the creation of the United States Army's first African-American regiment. He finished his career as a crusader against local government corruption in New York, before accidently chloroforming himself to death while trying to cure a severe headache. Irish population density in the United States, 1872. ... The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating seamlessly across the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ... Roman Catholic priest LCDR Allen R. Kuss (USN) aboard USS Enterprise A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ... Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891), American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. ... US Army Seal HHC, US Army Distinctive Unit Insignia The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces that has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... State nickname: The Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² or 54,556 square miles (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water...

Footnotes

1. ^  Some sources record the Dublin Evening Mail as having been founded in 1821. However as the National Library of Ireland records the date as 1823 that date is being used in this article.

External links

• National Library of Ireland catalogues of back issues of the Dublin Evening Mail/Evening Mail
• Some correspondence in the Dublin Evening Mail letters page about corporal punishment - August 1937
• Dublin Evening Mail correspondent report from 1847 of seeing a strange sea serpent in a lake in Ireland

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