''The United Irishman'' was an Irish nationalist newspaper co-founded by
Arthur Griffith
Arthur Joseph Griffith ( ga, Art Seosamh Ó Gríobhtha; 31 March 1871 – 12 August 1922) was an Irish writer, newspaper editor and politician who founded the political party Sinn Féin. He led the Irish delegation at the negotiations that prod ...
and
William Rooney
William Rooney ( ga, Liam Ó Ruanaidh; 29 September 1873–6 May 1901), also known as Fear na Muintire, was an Irish nationalist, journalist, poet and Gaelic revivalist. Along with Arthur Griffith and Denis Devereux he founded the Celtic Lit ...
.
Arthur Griffith
Contributors Tomás A. O'Riordan, www.ucc.ie It was first published on the 4th of March 1899 and ran from 1899 to 1906. Contributors included Oliver St. John Gogarty
Oliver Joseph St. John Gogarty (17 August 1878 – 22 September 1957) was an Irish poet, author, otolaryngologist, athlete, politician, and well-known conversationalist. He served as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce's novel ...
, Pádraig Pearse, Maud Gonne
Maud Gonne MacBride ( ga, Maud Nic Ghoinn Bean Mhic Giolla Bhríghde; 21 December 1866 – 27 April 1953) was an English-born Irish republican revolutionary, suffragette and actress. Of Anglo-Irish descent, she was won over to Irish nationalism ...
and Roger Casement
Roger David Casement ( ga, Ruairí Dáithí Mac Easmainn; 1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916), known as Sir Roger Casement, CMG, between 1911 and 1916, was a diplomat and Irish nationalist executed by the United Kingdom for treason during Worl ...
. The writer James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...
is quoted as saying that the ''United Irishman'' was "the only newspaper of pretensions in Ireland".[Rafter, Kevin. ''Sinn Fein 1905-2005: In the Shadow of the Gunmen''. Gill & Macmillan, 2005.] In 1906 the ''United Irishman'' collapsed under a libel suit and was refounded as ''Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Gri ...
'', which ran until 1914 when it was suppressed by the British government
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Further reading
A Most Seditious Lot: The Militant-Separatist Press 1896-1916
The Irish Republic website
References
1899 establishments in Ireland
1906 disestablishments in Ireland
Defunct newspapers published in Ireland
Newspapers established in 1899
Publications disestablished in 1906
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