''The Southern Cross'' is an Argentine newspaper founded on January 16, 1875, by Patrick Joseph Dillon (1842–1889), a Roman Catholic priest, editor and politician, born in

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, east Co. Galway,

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. Fr. Dillon was appointed a deputy for Buenos Aires Province and president of the Presidential Affairs Commission amongst other positions. He was one of the legislators who proposed

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as the federal capital. ''The Southern Cross'' was the first entirely

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publication in Buenos Aires, and continues in print to this day on a monthly basis. A downloadable version can be obtained a
''The Southern Cross'' website
Published by Editorial Irlandesa S.A., the paper provides readers with a beginners' guide to the

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, helping

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s keep in touch with their cultural heritage.

External links

The Southern Cross

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Newspapers published in Argentina Publications established in 1875 Mass media in Buenos Aires Monthly newspapers {{Argentina-newspaper-stub