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641: 193:, as it was widely known as, was the leading newspaper in Ireland throughout the 19th century. Contemporary sources record it being read to the largely illiterate population by priests and local teachers gathering in homes. It was mentioned in contemporary literature and was seen as symbolising 376:
having supplanted it as the most popular daily newspaper in Dublin." Its decline is reflected in "the anxious question posed in Aeolus about the Freeman’s editor, WH Brayden: 'But can he save the circulation?'"
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After its destruction, the newspaper refurbished buildings at 6-8 Townsend Street incorporating the former Dublin Coffee Palace however these were ultimately ransacked by anti-treaty forces in March 1922.
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The newspaper's head office was located at 4-6 Prince Street North until its destruction during the Easter Rising of 1916.
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becoming Chairman of the Board of Directors (1893–1911), the Journal languished under his spartanic management.
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In the 19th century it became more nationalist in tone, particularly under the control and inspiration of
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For the newspaper published in Sydney from 1850–1932 and now published as The Catholic Weekly, see
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drew on his recollection of his visits to the Freeman’s office in 1909 in his novel
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It was challenged on all sides by rivals. On the nationalist side some preferred
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for most of its time. By the 1880s it had become the primary media supporter of
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in March 1922, the Freeman's Journal printing machinery was destroyed by
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4-6 Princes Street North, Dublin 1 (Destroyed during the Easter Rising)
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in 1917 while carrying out extensive renovations there in 1921-22.
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from 1763 to 1924, was in the nineteenth century Ireland's leading
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while others, including radical supporters of Parnell, read the
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The collapse of the IPP in 1918, and the electoral success of
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ceased publication in 1924, when it was merged with the
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Coleraine Constitution and Northern Counties Advertiser
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in September 1891 eventually went with the majority in
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North West of Ireland Printing and Publishing Company
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Index

The Freeman's Journal (Sydney)
James McMaster

Broadsheet
Charles Lucas
Dublin
nationalist
Charles Lucas
Protestant
patriot
Henry Grattan
Henry Flood
Francis Higgins
Lord Edward FitzGerald
Sir John Gray
Irish newspapers
Charles Stewart Parnell
Irish Parliamentary Party
The Nation
Thomas Davis
United Irishman
Anglo-Irish establishment
Irish unionist
The Irish Times
Katherine O'Shea
opposing Parnell
Daily Irish Independent
William O'Brien
Cork Free Press
Thomas Sexton

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