Republican News was a longstanding newspaper/magazine published by

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 Gr ...

. Following the split in

physical force Irish republicanism Irish republicanism ( ga, poblachtánachas Éireannach) is the political movement for the unity and independence of Ireland under a republic. Irish republicans view British rule in any part of Ireland as inherently illegitimate. The developm ...

in the late 1960s between the ''Officials'' (Official Sinn Féin — also known as Sinn Féin Gardiner Place — and the Official IRA) and the ''Provisionals'' (Provisional Sinn Féin — also known as Sinn Féin Kevin Street and now most commonly simply as

— and the Provisional IRA) ''Republican News'' was eclipsed by ''

An Phoblacht ''An Phoblacht'' (Irish pronunciation: ; en, "The Republic") is a formerly weekly, and currently monthly newspaper published by Sinn Féin in Ireland. From early 2018 onwards, ''An Phoblacht'' has moved to a magazine format while remaining an ...

'', a new magazine launched by Provisional Sinn Féin in 1970. "An Phoblacht" came first and then in early 1970,

Joe Graham Anthony Joseph "Joe" Graham (30 January 1944 - 9 December 2021), was a Belfast-based Irish writer and historian. He founded ''Rushlight: The Belfast Magazine'' in 1972. Joseph Graham was born in Belfast, the eighth of twelve children born to Ji ...

and Proinsias Mac Airt put together "The Republican News" and it functioned independently for quite a while. Graham worked on only three issues of it before starting "The Vindicator". The magazines merged under the name ''An Phoblacht/Republican News'' in 1979.

Editors

:1970: Jimmy SteeleYonah Alexander and Alan O'Day, ''The Irish Terrorism Experience'', p.50 :1970:

Proinsias Mac Airt Proinsias Mac Airt (English: Frank Card) (18 April 1922 – 8 January 1992) was an Irish republican activist and long-serving member of the Irish Republican Army. Early years Mac Airt was born in Belfast in April 1922. He first became involve ...

:1973:

Leo Martin Leo Martin ( sr-cyr, Лео Мартин, born on 6 March 1942) is a Serbian and former Yugoslav pop singer. He started his career in the early 1960s in jazz bands as an instrumentalist and vocalist. In 1964, he moved with his band to West Germa ...

:1974:

Sean Caughey Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Irish English, is a male given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name '' Yohanan'' (), Seán (anglicized as ''Shaun/Shawn/ Shon'') and Séan ( Ulster variant; anglic ...

:1975: Danny Morrison

References

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