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The Evening Telegraph in Ireland was launched in 1871 by a former Irish nationalist Lord Mayor of Dublin Edmund Dwyer Gray. The newspaper was unavowedly Irish nationalist in its politics. It was originally a weekly newspaper but soon became daily (except Sundays).
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* '''Edmund Dwyer Gray''' (1845 –  1888): an Irish newspaper proprietor, politician and MP in the UK House of Commons. He was also Lord Mayor and later High Sheriff of the City of Dublin and became a strong supporter of Charles Stewart Parnel. He launched'the newspaper ''The Evening Telegraph'' in Dublin in 1871. The newspaper was Irish nationalist in its politics. It was originally a weekly newspaper but soon became daily (except Sundays).
  
Leopold Bloom sells advertising for the Evening Telegraph in James Joyce's famous novel Ulysses. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening_Telegraph
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** Leopold Bloom sells advertising for the ''Evening Telegraph'' in ''Ulysses.''
 
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** It is fitting that the Evening Telegraph is alluded to here (at the onset of evening) in this book of the night.
It is fitting that the Evening Telegraph is alluded to here (at the onset of evening) in this book of the night.
 

Revision as of 08:47, 11 September 2012

  • Edmund Dwyer Gray (1845 – 1888): an Irish newspaper proprietor, politician and MP in the UK House of Commons. He was also Lord Mayor and later High Sheriff of the City of Dublin and became a strong supporter of Charles Stewart Parnel. He launched'the newspaper The Evening Telegraph in Dublin in 1871. The newspaper was Irish nationalist in its politics. It was originally a weekly newspaper but soon became daily (except Sundays).
    • Leopold Bloom sells advertising for the Evening Telegraph in Ulysses.
    • It is fitting that the Evening Telegraph is alluded to here (at the onset of evening) in this book of the night.