''The Church of Ireland Gazette'' is a monthly magazine promoting the Christian faith, covers the activities of the Church of Ireland across all its dioceses in Ireland (North and South). Although associated with the
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the secon ...
(Anglican) the Gazettes editorial is formally Independent. Published in
Lisburn, County Antrim, the magazine distributes about 5,000 copies monthly. It is published on the second Friday of each month.
Established and first published in March 1856 by the Church of Ireland, as a monthly journal under the title, ''The Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette'' (The Church of England's paper was called ''The Ecclesiastical Gazette''), the Gazette became weekly in 1880. Its name was changed to ''The Church of Ireland Gazette'' in 1900. The publication reverted to a colour monthly magazine format in January 2019. The Gazette was published from 61 Middle Abbey Street,
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
, (where James Charles & Sons Printers, were based, until 1897 when a new company was formed ''Church of Ireland Printing and Publishing Ltd.'' ) up until the 1960s, while it survived the rising in 1916 it was unable to publish that week, and had a joint week the week after.
''Irish Church Directory / The Church of Ireland Directory'' was also published from the middle abbey street office from 1862 until 1966 when it moved to Mark Street, in Dublin.
Editors
Karen Bushby became the first female editor of the Gazette in June 2019. She replaced the Revd. Earl Storey who was Editor from May 2017 to June 2019.
Previous editors of the paper included Revd. Canon Ian Ellis (2001 to May 2017), Canon Cecil Cooper (1982-2001), Bishop
William Gilbert Wilson
William Gilbert Wilson (23 January 1918 – 21 June 1999) was Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh from 1981 to 1993.
Educated at Belfast Royal Academy and Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1942, his first posts were curacies at St Mary ...
(1963-1966) and Rev.
Houston McKelvey(1975-1982). The longest-serving Irish Times Editor
John Edward Healy served as editor of the Gazette for a time as did
Warre Bradley Wells (1906-1918) who served as editor during the 1916 Rising when the Gazette was based in Middle Abbey Street,
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
, also wrote the weekly column entitled ''The War Week by Week'' during the First World War. Rev. James Anderson Carr was editor from 1871 until 1893, Canon Courtenay Moore M.A., V.P.R.S.A.I. edited it from 1893 to 1897 and was succeeded by Canon Charles Irvine Graham who served until 1905.
Emma Blain was appointed editor in September 2020.
* Rev. James Anderson Carr (1871-1893)
* Canon Courtenay Moore (1893-1897)
* Canon Charles Irvine Graham (1897-1905)
* Rev. Warre B. Wells (1906-1918)
* Rev. George Ashton Chamberlain (1919-1924)
* Canon Hugh W. B. Thompson (1924-1930)
* Canon Ernest William Greening (1934-1954)
* Canon Frederick Andrew Graves (Andy) Willis (1959-1975)
* Rev. Gilbert Wilson (1963-1966) - jointly with Canon Andy Willis
* Rev.
Houston McKelvey(1975-1982)
* Canon Cecil Cooper (1982-2001)
* Canon Ian Ellis (2001-2017)
* Karen Bushby (2019-2020)
* Emma Blain (2020-present)
Contributors
First woman mayor of limerick
Frances Condell
Frances Condell (29 June 1916 – 10 November 1986) was the first woman Mayor of Limerick city. She was first elected in 1963 and was the only woman to serve two terms in the city.
Early life
Born as Frances Eades on 29 June 1916 Limerick to Jam ...
contributed to the gazette.
Archive
A full archive of back copies is held at the Church of Ireland's Library at Braemor Park, Dublin. Its website is hosted on the Irish Anglican website, and much of the archive is available online.
On the April 2nd, 2017 it was announced further funding to digitise all issues from 1856 managed by the Representative Church Body Library.
Church of Ireland to Digitise its Gazette from 1856
Irish Genealogy News, Sunday April 2nd, 2017. On 2 January 2018 all issues to 1923 were published online as part of the Decade of Commemorations.
References
External links
*
The Church of Ireland Gazette 1856 – 1923 archives
Other Church of Ireland Publications
* ''The Irish Church Advocate'', founded 1836
* ''Achill Missionary Herald and Western Witness
''Achill Missionary Herald and Western Witness'' (1837-1869) was an Irish Provincial Newspaper.
Founded by Rev. Edward Nangle as a means of furthering his Protestant evangelical views and his Achill Mission Colony on Achill Island in the predom ...
'' (1837-1869)
* ''Braemor Studies'', , published by Church of Ireland Publishing.
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