- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations and Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes on Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Industrialization of Irish Book Production, 1790–1900
- 3 The Dublin Book Trade
- 4 Provincial Publishing
- 5 Belfast Publishing
- 6 Limerick Publishing
- 7 Workers in Printing and Bookbinding
- 8 Irish-American Publishing
- 9 James Duffy and Catholic Nationalism
- 10 The Webb Family and Quaker Printing
- 11 Marcus Ward & Co. of Belfast
- 12 Pamphlets
- 13 Periodicals
- 14 Oral Culture, Literacy, and Reading, 1800–50
- 15 Pedlars and Book Distribution
- 16 Almanacs
- 17 Women Readers in Limerick, 1830–40
- 18 Popular Reading Practice
- 19 Libraries
- 20 The <i>Nation</i> Reading Rooms
- 21 Reading Spaces in Dublin
- 22 Institutional Libraries and Private Collections
- 23 Irish-American Book Collections
- 24 Varieties of Religious Publishing, 1800–50
- 25 Selina Bunbury, Religion, and the Woman Writer
- 26 Catholic Devotional Literature in Dublin, 1800–30
- 27 Religion and Illustrated Periodicals in the 1830s
- 28 The Religious Tract Society
- 29 The Ulster Revival, 1859
- 30 Catholic Religious Publishing, 1800–91
- 31 Women Readers and Catholic Magazines
- 32 Travel Writing
- 33 The National Tale, 1800–30
- 34 Novelists, Publishers, and Readers, 1830–91
- 35 Ulster-Scots Literature
- 36 James Clarence Mangan
- 37 Samuel Ferguson’s <i>Hibernian Nights’ Entertainments</i>
- 38 The Anthology and the <i>Duanaire</i>
- 39 The Royal Irish Academy and Antiquarianism
- 40 John O’Donovan’s Edition of <i>The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters</i>
- 41 Margaret Cusack and Catholic-Nationalist History
- 42 The National Curriculum
- 43 Children’s Literature
- 44 Science
- 45 <i>The Industrial Resources of Ireland</i> by Robert Kane
- 46 Ordnance Survey Maps and Official Reports
- 47 The <i>Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland</i>
- 48 Medicine
- 49 Theatre
- 50 Music
- 51 Popular Songs
- Bibliography
- Index
Periodicals
Periodicals
- Chapter:
- (p.144) 13 Periodicals
- Source:
- The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume IV
- Author(s):
Elizabeth Tilley
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter discusses the history of the periodical press in nineteenth-century Ireland. Periodical publishing was particularly scanty in the first decade of the nineteenth century. The most interesting element of the periodical publishing industry is journals. The journals publishing sector picked up the political issues of the 1790s from the radical newspaper press and applied them to the altered climate of post-union Ireland. Of these, the most entertaining was Watty Cox’s Irish Magazine and Monthly Asylum for Neglected Biography (1807–15). By the 1830s, antiquarian zeal had penetrated Ireland, and the decade was particularly rich in scientific and what might broadly be considered learned journals. The 1830s also saw an increase in the establishment of mechanics’ institutes in Ireland, and the reforming, educating function of various societies, such as the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in England. The favoured format for publications from these bodies was the penny magazine.
Keywords: periodical press, printing industry, publishing industry, Ireland, Watty Cox, scientific journals, mechanics’ institutes, penny magazine
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations and Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes on Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Industrialization of Irish Book Production, 1790–1900
- 3 The Dublin Book Trade
- 4 Provincial Publishing
- 5 Belfast Publishing
- 6 Limerick Publishing
- 7 Workers in Printing and Bookbinding
- 8 Irish-American Publishing
- 9 James Duffy and Catholic Nationalism
- 10 The Webb Family and Quaker Printing
- 11 Marcus Ward & Co. of Belfast
- 12 Pamphlets
- 13 Periodicals
- 14 Oral Culture, Literacy, and Reading, 1800–50
- 15 Pedlars and Book Distribution
- 16 Almanacs
- 17 Women Readers in Limerick, 1830–40
- 18 Popular Reading Practice
- 19 Libraries
- 20 The <i>Nation</i> Reading Rooms
- 21 Reading Spaces in Dublin
- 22 Institutional Libraries and Private Collections
- 23 Irish-American Book Collections
- 24 Varieties of Religious Publishing, 1800–50
- 25 Selina Bunbury, Religion, and the Woman Writer
- 26 Catholic Devotional Literature in Dublin, 1800–30
- 27 Religion and Illustrated Periodicals in the 1830s
- 28 The Religious Tract Society
- 29 The Ulster Revival, 1859
- 30 Catholic Religious Publishing, 1800–91
- 31 Women Readers and Catholic Magazines
- 32 Travel Writing
- 33 The National Tale, 1800–30
- 34 Novelists, Publishers, and Readers, 1830–91
- 35 Ulster-Scots Literature
- 36 James Clarence Mangan
- 37 Samuel Ferguson’s <i>Hibernian Nights’ Entertainments</i>
- 38 The Anthology and the <i>Duanaire</i>
- 39 The Royal Irish Academy and Antiquarianism
- 40 John O’Donovan’s Edition of <i>The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters</i>
- 41 Margaret Cusack and Catholic-Nationalist History
- 42 The National Curriculum
- 43 Children’s Literature
- 44 Science
- 45 <i>The Industrial Resources of Ireland</i> by Robert Kane
- 46 Ordnance Survey Maps and Official Reports
- 47 The <i>Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland</i>
- 48 Medicine
- 49 Theatre
- 50 Music
- 51 Popular Songs
- Bibliography
- Index
