The Periodical Press in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

This book offers a new interpretation of the place of periodicals in nineteenth-century Ireland. Case studies of representative titles as well as maps and visual material (lithographs, wood engravings, title-pages) illustrate a thriving industry, encouraged, rather than defeated by the political and social upheaval of the century.

Titles examined include:
The Irish Magazine, and Monthly Asylum for Neglected Biography
and
The Irish Farmers Journal, and Weekly Intelligencer
;
The Dublin University Magazine
; Royal Irish Academy
Transactions
and
Proceedings
and
The Dublin Penny Journal
;
The Irish Builder
(1859-1979); domestic titles from the publishing firm of James Duffy;
Pat
and
To-Day s Woman
.

The Appendix consists of excerpts from a series entitled `The Rise and Progress of Printing and Publishing in Ireland that appeared in
The Irish Builder
from July of 1877 to June of 1878. Written in a highly entertaining, anecdotal style, the series provides contemporary information about the Irish publishing industry.

1 Introduction. -
2 Post-1800 Periodicals. -
3 The Antiquarian Journal . -
4 The National Journal . -
5 The Trade Journal . -
6 The Domestic Journal: The World of James Duffy,
publisher (1830 1864) . - 7
The New Journalism, Nationalism, and the Popular Press.