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Warre B. Wells
Warre Bradley Wells was an Irish writer, journalist, translator and newspaper editor, born 13 May 1892, died 16 July 1958. From 1919 to 1921 he edited the Irish Statesman, which promoted the views of the Irish Dominion League. A member of the Church of Ireland, he also edited The Church of Ireland Gazette from 1906 to 1918, and served as wartime correspondent for the paper, writing ''The War this Week'' weekly column. He wrote a biography of the Irish politician John Redmond. Born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of a retired naval officer, he worked for the ''Liverpool Daily Post'' and ''Liverpool Echo'' in England, where his family were from. For some time he served as assistant editor and leader writer of ''The Irish Times'' from 1911 to 1918.'The Irish Times: 150 Years of Influence' By Terence Brown Publications * ''The Life of John Redmond'' by Warre B. Wells (1919) * ''An Irish Apologia; Some Thoughts on Anglo-Irish Relations and the War'' by Warre B. Wells (1917) * ''A History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Statesman
The ''Irish Statesman'' was a weekly journal promoting the views of the Irish Dominion League. It ran from 27 June 1919 to June 1930, edited by Warre B. Wells, assisted by James Winder Good, and with contributions from W. B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, and George Russell ('AE'). The League's manifesto was first published in the journal's first issue. The title was revived in 1922, after the League was defunct, and it was merged with the '' Irish Homestead''. George Russell was appointed editor, and he was supplied with good staff and contributors. A major contributor was Russell's friend and confidante, Susan L. Mitchell, who died in 1926. In 1927 Maighréad Ní Annagáin and her husband, Seamus Clandillon, authors of a song collection called ''Londubh an Chairn'', sued the Irish Statesman Publishing Company Ltd. and a reviewer, for libel. They claimed that the defendants published an article on 19 November 1927, in the course of which it was stated that in the collection, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Dominion League
The Irish Dominion League was an Irish political party and movement in Britain and Ireland which advocated Dominion status for Ireland within the British Empire, and opposed partition of Ireland into separate southern and northern jurisdictions. It attracted modest support from middle-class Dubliners of moderate Unionism in Ireland, unionist and Irish nationalism, nationalist backgrounds, anxious to achieve a compromise in the face of Irish War of Independence, the escalating conflict between the Irish Republican Army and the British. It operated between 1919 and 1921. History of the League The League was launched in June 1919 by Horace Plunkett, Sir Horace Plunkett, with a 12-point manifesto signed by Plunkett and 43 others, including many who had participated in the Irish Convention of 1917–18 and several Anglo-Irish members of the House of Lords. Plunkett had founded the Irish Reconstruction Association at the time of the 1918 Irish general election, November 1918 election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Ireland
The Church of Ireland (, ; , ) is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autonomy, autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the Christianity in Ireland, second-largest Christian church on the island after the Catholic Church in Ireland, Roman Catholic Church. Like other Anglican churches, it has retained elements of pre-Reformation practice, notably its episcopal polity, while rejecting the papal primacy, primacy of the pope. In theological and liturgical matters, it incorporates many principles of the Reformation, particularly those of the English Reformation, but self-identifies as being both Protestantism, Reformed and Catholicity, Catholic, in that it sees itself as the inheritor of a continuous tradition going back to the founding of Celtic Christianity, Christianity in Ireland. As with other members of the global Anglican communion, individual parishes accommodate differing approaches to the level of ritual and formality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Church Of Ireland Gazette
''The Church of Ireland Gazette'' is a monthly magazine promoting the Christian faith, and covers the activities of the Church of Ireland across all its dioceses in Ireland (North and South). Although associated with the Church of Ireland (Anglican) the Gazette's 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 monthly in January 2019. The Gazette was published from 61 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin, (where James Charles & Sons Printers, were based, until 1897 when a new company was formed ''Church of Ireland P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Redmond
John Edward Redmond (1 September 1856 – 6 March 1918) was an Irish nationalism, Irish nationalist politician, barrister, and Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He was best known as leader of the moderate Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) from 1900 until his death in 1918. He was also the leader of the paramilitary organisation the Irish National Volunteers (INV). He was born to an old prominent Catholic Church, Catholic family in rural Ireland; several relatives were politicians. He took over control of the minority IPP faction loyal to Charles Stewart Parnell when that leader died in 1891. Redmond was a conciliatory politician who achieved the two main objectives of his political life: party unity and, in September 1914, the passing of the Government of Ireland Act 1914. The Act granted limited self-government to Ireland, within the United Kingdom. However, implementation of Home Rule was Suspensory Act 1914, suspended on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Daily Post
The ''Liverpool Post'' was a newspaper published by Reach plc, Trinity Mirror in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The newspaper and its website ceased publication on 19 December 2013. Until 13 January 2012 it was a daily morning newspaper, with the title ''The Liverpool Daily Post''. It retained the name ''Liverpool Daily Post'' for its website, which continued to offer a daily service of news, business and sport to the people of Merseyside until the closure of the publication. The ''Liverpool Daily Post'' split from its sister North Wales title, ''North Wales Daily Post, The Daily Post'', which still publishes six days a week, in 2003. The newspaper has been published since 1855. Historically the newspaper was published by the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Ltd. The ''Liverpool Daily Post'' was first published in 1855 by Michael James Whitty. Whitty, a former Chief Constable for Liverpool, had campaigned for the abolition of the Stamp Act under which newspapers were taxed. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Echo
The ''Liverpool Echo'' is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales – a subsidiary company of Reach plc and is based in St. Paul's Square, Liverpool, England. It is published Monday through Sunday, and is Liverpool's daily newspaper. Until January 13, 2012 , it had a sister morning paper, the ''Liverpool Daily Post''. Between July and December 2022, it had an average daily circulation of 15,395. Historically, the newspaper was published by the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Ltd. Its office is in St Paul's Square, Liverpool, having downsized from Old Hall Street in March 2018. History In 1879, the ''Liverpool Echo'' was published as a cheaper sister paper to the ''Liverpool Daily Post''. From its inception until 1917 the newspaper cost a halfpenny. It is now £1.40p Monday to Friday, £1.80p on Saturday and £1.40p on Sunday. The limited company expanded internationally and underwent restructuring in 1985, becoming Trinity International Holdings Plc. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irish Times
''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is Ireland's leading newspaper. It is considered a newspaper of record for Ireland. Though formed as a Protestant Irish nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners, it became a supporter of unionism in Ireland. In the 21st century, it presents itself politically as "liberal and progressive", as well as being centre-right on economic issues. The editorship of the newspaper from 1859 until 1986 was controlled by the Anglo-Irish Protestant minority, only gaining its first nominal Irish Catholic editor 127 years into its existence. The paper's notable columnists have included writer and arts commentator Fintan O'Toole and satirist Miriam Lord. The late Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald was once a columnist. Michael O'Regan was the Leinster Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Fayard
Jean Fayard (1902 in Paris – 1978) was a French writer and journalist, winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1931. Fayard was also director of the Editions Fayard. Jean Fayard was the grandson of the founder of Fayard. At the death of his father, Joseph Artheme Fayard, 1936, he took the helm of the publishing family. His papers are held at Institut Mémoires de l'édition contemporaine, 25, , 7th arrondissement of Paris. Work * ''Deux ans à Oxford?'' Impr. F. Paillart, 1924 * ''Dans le monde où l'on s'abuse'', Arthème Fayard, 1925 * ''Journal d'un colonel'', Éditions de la nouvelle revue française, 1925 * ''Trois quarts de monde: roman'', Artheme Fayard, 1926 * ''Oxford et Margaret'', A. Fayard, 1928 * ''Madeleine et Madeleine'', Gallimard, 1928 * ''Bruxelles'', Émile-Paul frères, 1928 * ''Mal d'amour'', Éditions de l'imprimerie nationale, 1931 * ''Liebesleid: Roman'', R. Piper, 1933 * ''La féérie de la rue: roman'', Henri Duvernois, Jean Fayard, B. Grasset, 1937 * ''Mes Mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers From County Dublin
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short stories, monographs, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as reports, educational material, and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' works are nowadays published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
