''Republican News'' was a longstanding newspaper/magazine published by

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( ; ; ) is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The History of Sinn Féin, original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffit ...

. Following the split in physical force Irish republicanism 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'', a new magazine launched by Provisional Sinn Féin in 1970. "An Phoblacht" came first and then in early 1970, Joe Graham 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 :1973: Leo Martin :1974: Sean Caughey :1975: Danny Morrison

References

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External Links

Archived issues
at the Irish Republican Digital Archive History of Sinn Féin Political newspapers published in Ireland Irish republican newspapers