The ''Irish Homestead'' was the weekly publication of the
Irish Agricultural Organisation Society
The Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (IAOS) was an agricultural association in Ireland which advocated, and helped to organise, agricultural cooperativism, including mutual credit facilities. From its establishment by Sir Horace Plunkett ...
(IAOS). It was founded in 1895 by
Horace Plunkett
Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett (24 October 1854 – 26 March 1932), was an Anglo-Irish agricultural reformer, pioneer of agricultural cooperatives, Unionist MP, supporter of Home Rule, Irish Senator and author.
Plunkett, a younger brother of J ...
.
History
The aim of the paper was to publicise and propagate the objectives of the IAOS, which set up dairy co-operative societies and co-operative banks, and introduced co-operation among Irish farmers by proving the benefits obtainable through more economical and efficient management. Its headquarters were initially in the IAOS building in
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
, 84 Merrion Square. The newspaper's first editor was
Thomas A. Finlay, followed by
T. P. Gill and H. F. Norman. In 1905,
George William Russell
George William Russell (10 April 1867 – 17 July 1935), who wrote with the pseudonym Æ (often written AE or A.E.), was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist. He was also a writer on mysticism, and a cen ...
became editor. A major contributor of articles and essays was
Susan L. Mitchell, who became assistant editor.
[
] It was the first publication to publish
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influentia ...
, with his short story "
The Sisters" in 1904.
It ceased publication in 1918, but was afterwards revived in October 1921. In 1923 it was amalgamated with the ''
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 Bern ...
'', and in this format it continued, under the editorship of
George William Russell
George William Russell (10 April 1867 – 17 July 1935), who wrote with the pseudonym Æ (often written AE or A.E.), was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist. He was also a writer on mysticism, and a cen ...
, until 1930.
[Irish Times, 18 July 1935, p. 8]
Further reading
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References and sources
Notes
Sources
*Barbara Hayley and Enda McKay (ed.), ''Three Hundred Years of Irish'' Periodicals, Dublin : Lilliput Press, 1987
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Mass media in Dublin (city)
Weekly newspapers published in Ireland
Publications established in 1895
Publications disestablished in 1918
Defunct newspapers published in Ireland
1918 disestablishments in Ireland