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The newspaper is managed by a Private Limited Company and is independent of the Catholic hierarchy in Ireland.

The Irish Catholic was founded in 1888 by Timothy Daniel Sullivan, a former Lord Mayor of Dublin and an Irish Parliamentary Party MP at Westminster. A number of the paper's early staff, including Patrick Fogarty, had worked at The Nation newspaper. Timothy Daniel Sullivan (1827-31 March 1914) wrote the Irish national hymn God Save Ireland, in 1867. ... The Mansion House The Lord Mayor of Dublin is the symbolic head of the city government in the capital of Ireland. ... The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) (commonly called the Irish Party) was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons at Westminster within the... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... The Nation was an Irish nationalist newspaper, published in the 19th century, co-founded by Thomas Davis and Charles Gavan Duffy, its first editor. ...

Leo Fogarty, Patrick’s son, was managing director of The Irish Catholic from 1936 until 1977.

John Ryan was editor from 1936 until 1981, the longest-serving editor in the history of the publication.

Recent events

When David Quinn resigned in 2003 to work for the Irish Independent, Simon Rowe, a member of Opus Dei, was appointed as editor. Simon Rowe resigned after only nine months with the newspaper, over the publication of an article that criticised the Irish bishops' conference.^[1] Following Rowe's departure, Hermann Kelly edited the paper from June 2004 to January 1, 2005, and during this time weekly cirulation increased from an average of 26,128 to 27,177 copies -Irish Catholic, December 2, 2004, page 24-. As someone who had previously written for "The Sunday Business Post" and "Magill" Magazine, before he came to The Irish Catholic, Kelly entered into public debate with prominent national figures, and took a different stance from the Irish bishops on the matter of the EU and the Citizenship referendum. The Board of Directors then appointed Garry O'Sullivan as editor, and he took up his post in January 2005. He is a former reporter with the paper and communications manager with the Jesuits in Ireland^[2] The Irish Independent is Irelands best-selling daily newspaper. ... Simon Rowe is an Irish journalist. ... Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei Opus Dei, formally known as The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, is an organization of the Catholic Church that emphasizes the Catholic belief that everyone is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity. ...

Polish content

In July 2006 the newspaper added a section in Polish to cater for the massive influx of Polish migrants into Ireland.^[3]

Sale

According to a report in The Irish Independent' on Friday March 2, 2007, The Irish Farmers' Journal is about to buy The Irish Catholic. http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=184&si=1786588&issue_id=15321 is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

According to The Irish Independent of March 29, 2007, The takeover of The Irish Catholic by the Irish Farmers Journal is complete. http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1801640&issue_id=15420

Trivia

The Irish Catholic has only failed to appear on one occasion, during the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland during which Dublin was in chaos. 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Combatants Irish Volunteers, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Republican Brotherhood British Army Royal Irish Constabulary Commanders Patrick Pearse, James Connolly Brigadier-General Lowe General Sir John Maxwell Strength 1250 in Dublin, c. ...

References

John Dunne, Headlines and Haloes, (Dublin 1988)

1. ^ Church property row forces editor to quit — The Sunday Times, 27 June 2004
2. ^ http://www.sacredspace.ie/latestspace/latestspace14.htm
3. ^ http://www.polish-chaplaincy.ie/index.php?lang=en&site=ogloszenia

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ExternalLink

• Irish Catholic Website