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''Foinse'' (; Irish for "''Source''") was an
Irish-language Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenou ...
newspaper in
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. It was first published October 1996 and had both print and online editions until September 2013 when its publisher, Móinéar Teo, announced that it would become online only from that month. The ''Foinse'' website continued to be active until 2015 when it was shut down.


History

''Foinse'' was first published in October 1996 as a weekly Saturday newspaper. It was published in
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, County Galway, and printed in
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, County Kerry. The newspaper closed temporarily in June 2009 because of falling revenue. The owner,
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, announced that he and the funding body,
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, could not agree on the terms of a new contract. Publishing resumed in 2009, however, with a new distribution model which was independent of Foras na Gaeilge. This consisted of free distribution with the ''Irish Independent'' every Wednesday. In February 2011, the paper had a reported readership of 195,000 in the Republic of Ireland.


Content

''Foinse'' content included stories about the
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and the Irish language, coverage of current affairs, sport, travel, business and education, reviews, editorial pieces and sections for
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students (Foinse sa Rang) and children (Foinse Óg). Among those who wrote for Foinse were
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, Evanne Ní Chuilinn,
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, Mícheál Ó Conaola and Bláthnaid Ní Dhonnchadha. The paper also had a page for adult learners in conjunction with
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and carried
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listings each week.


See also

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List of Celtic-language media The list below contains information on the different types of media available in the Celtic languages. All languages Only a handful of media contain all the Celtic languages. An example is ''Carn'' magazine, which has contained columns in all ...


References


External links


Official website (Internet Archive)
{{Gaeltacht 2015 disestablishments in Ireland Defunct newspapers published in Ireland Defunct websites Internet properties disestablished in 2015 Irish-language newspapers Irish news websites Mass media in County Galway Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland Newspapers established in 1996 Newspapers disestablished in 2013 Online newspapers with defunct print editions Publications disestablished in 2015