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- 16 Mar. 1912-11 May 1912 (Creation)
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9 items; newspaper
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Scope and content
A file containing loose copies of ‘An Barr Buadh’ (‘The Trumpet of Freedom’) from 16 March 1912 (Vol. 1, No. 1) to 11 May 1912 (Vol. 1, No. 9).
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Language of material
- Irish
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
A few of the editions have suffered prior water damage. Several pages are also frayed at the edges. Careful handling is required.
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Pádraig Pearse founded this weekly Irish language political journal in March 1912. Its purpose was to ‘advocate the political independence of Ireland’. With a limited circulation, ‘An Barr Buadh’ only ran to eleven issues and had only four pages. Regular contributors included Pearse himself, Brian O’Higgins, Éamonn Ceannt, Thomas Mac Donnell, Desmond Ryan, Cathal Brugha, The O’Rahilly and Peadar Kearney. The articles focused almost exclusively on political issues and paper rarely dealt with social or economic matters.