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Many English-language newspapers have Irish-language columns, including: An Phoblacht; Irish Independent – on Wednesdays includes the newspaper Seachtain; Connaught Telegraph; Evening Echo – weekly Irish-language segment; Irish Echo; Irish Daily Star (column on Saturdays) Irish News; The Irish Times
Monaghan (/ ˈ m ɒ n ə h ən / MON-ə-hən; [2] Irish: Muineachán [3] [ˈmˠɪnʲəxaːnˠ]) is the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland. It also provides the name of its civil parish and Monaghan barony. The population of the town as of the 2022 census was 7,894. [1] The town is on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Letterkenny. [4 ...
The Dundalk Democrat is a regional newspaper printed in Dundalk, Ireland. Established in 1849, [1] [2] it primarily serves County Louth as well as County Monaghan and parts of County Armagh, County Down, County Cavan and County Meath. It comes out every Tuesday with three editions: The Town Edition, The County Edition and The Monaghan Democrat.
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County Monaghan is the birthplace of the poet and writer Patrick Kavanagh, who based much of his work in the county. Kavanagh is one of the most significant figures in 20th-century Irish poetry. The poems "Stony Grey Soil" and "Shancoduff" refer to the county. Castle Leslie. County Monaghan has produced several successful artists.
The publication of an Irish newspaper that reflected and disseminated liberal views was an early goal of Irish republicans in the late 18th century. By the founding of the Society of United Irishmen in October 1791, the project was well underway and the first edition of the Northern Star appeared in Belfast on 1 January 1792.
Billy Fox (3 January 1939 – 12 March 1974) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel from 1973 to 1974 and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Monaghan constituency from 1969 to 1973.
The Irish News is the only independently owned daily newspaper based in Northern Ireland, and has been so since its launch on 15 August 1891 as an anti-Parnell newspaper by Patrick MacAlister. [4] It merged with the Belfast Morning News in August 1892, and the full title of the paper has since been The Irish News and Belfast Morning News.