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- John Francis Maguire (1815 – 1 November 1872) was an Irish writer and politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dungarvan in 1852. He was subsequently an MP for Cork City, serving between 1865 and his death in 1872. He wrote for his Newspaper, the Cork Examiner and wrote several books, including "The Irish in America" in 1867.
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Maguire, John Francis (1815–72), politician and newspaper proprietor, was born 20 February 1815 in Cork city, eldest son of John Maguire, a prosperous Cork merchant, and his wife Ellen Jackson.
John Francis Maguire. Maguire, John Francis, politician and writer, the son of a merchant in Cork, was born about 1815. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1843, sat member for Dungarvan from 1852 to 1865, and for Cork from that date till his death.
These Irish immigrants, who by 1860 composed the largest foreign-born group in America, faced perhaps the greatest prejudice. John Francis Maguire, looking back on decades of Irish migration, tried to explain why to both Irish and American readers in his book, The Irish in America. * * *
Aug 7, 2024 · The Cork Examiner was founded in 1841 by John Francis Maguire (1815-1872), Mayor of Cork in 1853, and later MP for the city from 1865 until his death. It was established as an organ to promote the actions of Daniel O'Connell and the Repeal Movement, and also strongly supported the work of Fr Theobald Mathew (1790-1856), the temperance reformer.
- The Skibbereen Eagle
- The Southern Star
- The Cork Constitution
- The Cork Examiner
- The Cork Free Press
The Skibbereen Eagle was the older of the two West Cork papers, having been founded in May 1857 by the Potter family. Originally it was a four-sheet paper containing mainly advertisements and snippets of local news, but would become renowned for its sharp acerbic witticisms throughout its lifespan. The paper’s opinions were even more numerable than...
Launched in opposition to the Eagle, the Southern Starwas founded by John and Florence O’Sullivan in 1889, with the paper becoming noted for its support of the Catholic Church following its sale by the O’Sullivan brothers to a consortium fronted by Monsignor O’Leary in 1891.[iii] Advertised as “the recognised Nationalist organ of South and West Cor...
In the City, the Cork Constitution was not content to merely be an avid supporter of the British Empire. “The good old Tory organ” as Liam De Róiste called it, embodied the British Empire to such an extent that its windows were smashed and its offices stoned during the Rising.[v] Founded in 1825, the printing works and newspaper offices of the Cork...
The Constitution’s immediate counter-part, and sparring partner for close to a century, was the Cork Examiner. The paper was founded by John Francis Maguire, a close friend of the Apostle of Temperance, Father Matthew, before being taken over by the Crosbie family.[vii] At the time of the Rising, the paper remained a committed, but unofficial, Redm...
By way of contrast, the Cork Free Press served as the organ of the All-for-Ireland League since it’s foundation in 1909. In the oft-repeated tale, William O’Brien and his supporters were prevented from approaching the platform at the United Irish League’s ill-tempered, to put it mildly, ‘Baton Convention’ of 1909, being informed that no one with a ...
John Francis Maguire (1815 – 1 November 1872) was an Irish writer and politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dungarvan in 1852. He was subsequently an MP for Cork City, serving between 1865 and his death in 1872.
MAGUIRE, JOHN FRANCIS (1815–1872), Irish politician, was eldest son of John Maguire, merchant, of Cork, where he was born in 1815. He was called to the Irish bar in 1843, but adopted the profession of a journalist.
