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O'Connell and the Irish press 1800-42
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2016
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During the lord lieutenancy of Camden the executive had taken action against newspapers friendly to, or suspected of leanings towards, the United Irishmen, and by the time of the '98 rising all newspapers which it had been unable to purchase had been suppressed. Although a few newspaper owners roused themselves to oppose the union, they reverted to sycophancy, or at best extreme circumspection, in 1803 and for some years afterwards. That O'Connell should have grown up with a distrust of the power of the press, seeing it daily perverted to the Castle's purposes, goes some way to explain his attitude towards it in later years. During the time when he was beginning to make his name at the Bar and in catholic counsels, no Dublin newspaper could be relied upon to present, let alone to advocate, the causes with which he was concerned. Of the old established newspapers Giffard's Dublin Journal showed the most independence of the government—but it was bigotedly anti-catholic and tory. The Freeman's Journal had not recovered from the Sham Squire's ownership—Higgins lived on until 1802 : and Saunders's News-Letter avoided trouble by printing no home news at all of a controversial character.
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1 P.R.O.I., Official Papers, 534/240/10.
2 Dublin Evening Post, 25 Jan. 1812.
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24 Circulation figures throughout are taken from the returns made annually (with a few exceptions) after 1826 to the house of commons, and published in the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers : cf. 1826 (235) xxiii. 383, etc.
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29 O’Connell corresp., i. 357
30 19 Feb. 1834. The paper came out under the heading ‘The Morning Register. THE PILOT is suppressed’.
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33 Prudence true patriotism, Dublin, 1815.
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36a ’ Since the prorogation they have had another tiff in the cabinet. Duncannon prevailed upon Ld. Grey to make O’Connell Atty. Geni, for Ireland ! tho’ it is but a few months since he was himself convicted of breaking the laws. However, Stanley said if this appointment took place, he shd resign … we understand Lord Grey has given up this O’Connell scheme, as he dare not quarrel with Mr Stanley ’. Journal of Mrs Arbuthnot, 23 Oct. 1831.
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48a Dublin Morning Post, 10 Dec. 1825.
49 Dublin Evening Mail, 2 Jan. 1828.
50 Ibid., 21 Jan. 1828.
51 Ibid., 17 Jan., 16 Feb. 1827: O’Connell corresp., i. 295.
52 Freeman, 20 Jan. 1831.
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55 D.E. Mail, 11 Feb. 1839.
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57 D.E. Post, 7–10 Feb. 1826.
58 Pari, deb., 20 June 1832; 12 Sept. 1831.
59 Freeman, 26 Nov- 1832.
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61 Pilot, D.E. Mail, 15 July 1836.
61a I have felt it advisable to omit discussion of O’Connell and the Nation, a subject which brings up so many new problems that it demands separate treatment.
62 Register, 29 Mar.; 8 Apr. 1825.
63 Pilot, 14 Mar. 1834.
64 Ibid., 20 May 1833.
65 D.E. Mail, 19 Apr. 1830.
66 Pilot, 23 Jan. 1839.
67 23 Jan. 1839.
68 Pilot, 25 Jan. 1839.
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