The Sunday papers

A history of Ireland’s weekly press


Joe Breen & Mark O'Brien, editors

Hardback €49.50
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ISBN: 978-1-84682-727-3
September 2018. 256pp;ills

The Irish Sunday newspaper: its role, character and history
Joe Breen & Mark O'Brien

'The Sham Squire's youngest child': the Sunday Freeman, 1913–16
Felix M. Larkin

'A weekly newspaper unequalled in the annals of Irish journalism': the Sunday Independent, 1905–84
Mark O’Brien

The Sunday Press: de Valera's 'Irish-Ireland' weekly
Ray Burke

The people's paper: the Sunday Review
Joe Breen

'Are you getting it?' – the Sunday World
Siún Ní Dhuinn & Regina Uí Chollatáin

The short and troubled life of the Sunday Journal
Mary Muldowney

The Tribune's turbulent times
Pat Brennan & Brian Trench

'A lightning rod for the anger and frustration that is out there': the Sunday Independent, 1984–2012
Kevin Rafter

The business start-up: the Sunday Business Post, 1989–2001
Ed Mulhall

'The English just don't get it': the Sunday Times in Ireland
Michael Foley

Appendix 1: Circulations of Sunday papers

Appendix 2: Editors of Sunday newspapers