''The Irish People'' was the title of a number of mostly political newspapers in

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. * *'' The Irish People'' (1863–1865) was an

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of the Fenian movement founded in 1863 by James Stephens. Nationalists

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and John O’Leary were editors of this paper. The paper was suppressed by the authorities in 1865 the offices were raided and Luby and

Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa ( ga, Diarmaid Ó Donnabháin Rosa; baptised 4 September 1831, died 29 June 1915)Con O'Callaghan Reenascreena Community Online (dead link archived at archive.org, 29 September 2014) was an Irish Fenian leader and member ...

(who was manager of the paper) were arrested. * *''The Irish People'' (Sept. 1899 - Nov. 1903 and 30 September 1905 – 27 March 1909) was a newspaper published in Cork by

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, MP (not to be confused with

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). The paper supported the

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and land reform. The paper was edited by Tim McCarthy, and later by John Herlihy. Other contributors were Nationalist MP

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. O'Brien went on to publish the ''

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'', with Herlihy as editor. * *''The Irish People'', was the name of a paper published by the Irish Labour Party in Dublin from 1944 (its predecessor was ''The Torch'') until 1948 when it was replaced by ''The Citizen''. * *''The Irish People'', was a weekly paper published by Sinn Fein the Workers Party initially in mid 1973 named after the earlier Fenian paper and edited by Seamus Ó Tuathail'The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers'Party' By Brian Hanley, Scott Millar, Penguin, 2009. but later in 1980 replacing ''

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''. The paper was edited by Padraig Yeates from 1977–82, other editors included Peigin Doyle and

Des O'Hagan Des O'Hagan (29 March 1934 – 5 May 2015) was a prominent member of the Workers' Party of Ireland and was a founding member of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association.''The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Part ...

. * *''The Irish People'' was the name of a New York newspaper published and edited by Irish Republican sympathisers, including

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and John McDonagh, under the aegis of

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, between 1972 and 2004.Indiana University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship
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Defunct newspapers published in Ireland {{Ireland-newspaper-stub