Saoirse Irish Freedom Explained

Saoirse Irish Freedom
Type:	Monthly political newspaper
Foundation:	November 1986
Publisher:	Republican Sinn Féin
Circulation:	Several hundred
Language:	English, Irish
Website:	http://www.rsf.ie/saoirse/

Saoirse Irish Freedom is the monthly organ of Republican Sinn Féin (RSF).^[1] It replaced Republican Bulletin^[2] the first issue of which appeared in November, 1986 to explain the reasons for the split in Sinn Féin.^[3]

Its format was eight A4 pages, continuing monthly until, in May 1987. In November of that year, Saoirse became an eight-page tabloid. Since then, the paper has been produced as a 16-page monthly magazine. In June 1996 RSF first published an issue via the Internet.^[4]

The name Saoirse Irish Freedom is taken from the 1910 - 1914 publication, Irish Freedom.^[1]

See also

• An Phoblacht - newspaper of Sinn Féin
• The Socialist (Irish newspaper) - newspaper of the Socialist Party
• Socialist Voice (Ireland) - newspaper of the Communist Party of Ireland
• The Starry Plough (newspaper) - newspaper of the Irish Republican Socialist Party

External links

• Official siteincludes archives back to 1987
• Online and searchable copies of Saoirse are available at http://ulib.iupui.edu/digitalscholarship/collections/IrishRepublicanMovement

Notes and References

1. http://www.rsf.ie/saoirse.htm Saoirse – Irish Freedom
2. http://indiamond6.ulib.iupui.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/IrishNews&CISOPTR=2150&REC=1 Republican Bulletin
3. http://indiamond6.ulib.iupui.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/IrishNews&CISOPTR=2150&REC=1 Republican Bulletin November 1986
4. http://www.rsf.ie/saoirse/1987/may87.pdf First issue of Saoirse Irish Freedom