- Wolfe Tone Weekly
The "Wolfe Tone Weekly" (
1937 –1939 ) was an Irish republican newspaper, edited byBrian O'Higgins .It first appeared in September 1937. Unlike its republican predecessor, An Phoblacht (edited by
Peadar O'Donnell ), the Wolfe Tone Weekly was devoid of any radical social content. O'Higgins, who was assisted byEaster Rising veteranJoe Clarke , was a social conservative whose ideological emphasis was on Gaelic revivalism.The Wolfe Tone Weekly generally endeavoured to promote the policies of the then Republican Movement. Its contributors numbered people like
Jimmy Steele , at the time serving seven years inCrumlin Road Prison , Belfast, andBrendan Behan .After the IRA's declaration of war on Britain in January 1939, and the attacks that followed as part of the IRA's
S-Plan , the Wolfe Tone Weekly continued to appear, but was finally suppressed in September 1939, with the introduction ofinternment inÉire .
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