''Irish Rosary'' ("A monthly magazine conducted by the Dominican Fathers"), was an
Irish Catholic
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monthly magazine produced by the
Irish Dominicans
The Dominican Order (''Order of Preachers'') has been present in Ireland since 1224 when the first foundation was established in Dublin, a monastic settlement north of the River Liffey, where the Four Courts is located today. This was quickly fo ...
. The ''Irish Rosary'' was the first publication from the Dominican Publications since its foundation in April 1897, published from the Dominicans,
St. Saviour's Priory, Dublin, the monthly journal continued to appear until 1961.
Doctrine and Life was published as part of it from 1948 until 1951, when they were published independently.
''Irish Rosary'' promoted Catholic writing, publishing, poetry, and stories, and ran writing competitions. The magazine's ethos and content were against
Freemasonry
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and strongly
anti-communist
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; the paper took the nationalist, pro-
Franco
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side in the
Spanish Civil War
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.
People associated with ''Irish Rosary''
Editors of the magazine have included Ambrose Coleman OP,
Patrick Finbar Ryan
Patrick Finbar Ryan, TC, O.P., (1881–1975) was an Irish Dominican priest who served as Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad (1940–1966).
On 4 March 1881, Patrick Ryan was born in Rochestown, County Cork to Edward Ryan and Matilda Ryan. ...
OP, H. M. McInerney OP, Hugh Fenning OP and Henry Michael Gaffney OP. Among the other contributors both lay and clerical were Prof. William Stockley, Prof.
Mary Ryan, Stephen Browne SJ, Benedict O'Sullivan OP, R. F. O'Connor, Shane Leslie, Jane Martyn, S. M. Lyne, Sister Gertrude, and novelist and poet sisters,
Katharine Tynan
Katharine Tynan (23 January 1859 – 2 April 1931)Clarke, Frances (2013)"Hinkson (née Tynan), Katharine Tynan" in ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). was an Irish writer, known mainly for her novels and p ...
Hickson, and Nora Tynan O'Mahony.
The
Gaelic revival
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ist poet
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Twigg, who is mentioned in
James Joyce's ''
Ulysses'', made many contributions to the magazine.
Controversies
The
republican and
socialist
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Peadar O'Donnell
Peadar O'Donnell (; 22 February 1893 – 13 May 1986) was one of the foremost radicals of 20th-century Ireland. O'Donnell became prominent as an Irish republican, socialist politician and writer.
Early life
Peadar O'Donnell was born into an I ...
lost a
libel
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case he took against the ''Irish Rosary'', following articles in the magazine that claimed he was a
Soviet agent.
The historian
Dermot Keogh claims that, like other Catholic publications at the time, ''The Irish Rosary'' published many
antisemitic
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articles.
See also
*
Dominicans in Ireland
References
{{Catholic periodical literature of Ireland
Catholic magazines published in Ireland
Magazines established in 1897
Magazines disestablished in 1961
Defunct magazines published in Ireland
Monthly magazines published in Ireland
Defunct Catholic magazines