Type Political Newspaper Language English | Founded 1912 Ceased publication 1920 | |
Publisher Irish Women's Franchise League | ||
The Irish Citizen was founded in 1912 as the newspaper by the Irish Women's Franchise League. Francis Sheehy-Skeffington the writer, pacifist and suffragist was one of the founders, and also co-edited the publication with James H. Cousins, their wives were members of the IWFL. Other contributors included Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, the cartoonist Ernest Kavanagh, Margaret Connery, Cissie Cahalan, and Louie Bennett. The paper ceased publication in 1920.
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