This post marks my 13th blogiversary. Thanks to email subscribers as well as regular and occasional visitors. I’m taking off most of July. … Below are four freelance pieces about American journalists in Ireland, all published this year. Also linked below is my ongoing exploration of William Brayden’s 1925 series on partitioned Ireland for the Chicago Daily News. Enjoy. MH
Ireland Beautiful–How A 1925 American Photobook Boosted Irish Tourism
History Ireland (Dublin)
The US Press and the American Commission on Irish Independence, 1919
New Hibernia Review
When three American journalists visited ‘Paddy the Cope’ in Dungloe, 1919-1922
The Irish Story (Dublin)
Richard Lee Strout: A Young American Reporter In Revolutionary Ireland
American Journalism
Revisiting William Brayden’s 1925 ‘survey’ of Ireland
From the blog. More posts coming later this year.
A 1920s map of partitioned Ireland from a US newspaper. Note that Queenstown has not be changed to Cobh, Kings county has not be changed to Offaly.