The Shan Van Vocht
A copy of ‘The Shan Van Vocht’ Vol. 1, No. 9 (4 September 1896).
Details
- Level of description
- Item
- Date
- 4 Sept. 1896
- Reference
- 156
- Extent and medium
- pp 161-180; printed
- Scope and content
- A copy of ‘The Shan Van Vocht’ Vol. 1, No. 9 (4 September 1896).
- General note
- ‘The Shan Van Vocht’ literary magazine was first published in Belfast in 1896 and was founded by two feminist writers, Alice Milligan (1866-1953) and Anna Johnston (1866-1902), the latter better known by her pseudonym ‘Ethna Carbery’. The journal published a wide-ranging mix of poetry, serialized fiction, articles on Irish history, and political treatises. The magazine was also notable for publishing the early writings of James Connolly. Milligan and Carbery also edited, managed, and contributed to the publication, which remained in circulation until April 1899. The magazine’s title is a phonetical rendering of ‘An tSean Bhean Bhocht’ (‘the Poor Old Woman’), a traditional Irish song dating to the period leading up to the 1798 Rebellion. The original song specifically refers to the abortive French expedition to Bantry Bay in County Cork led by Theobald Wolfe Tone in December 1796. The ‘Sean-Bhean Bhocht’ was later extensively used as a female personification of Ireland by many cultural nationalists.
- Repository
- Irish Capuchin Archives
- Context
- Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of 'The Capuchin Annual' and the Irish Capuchin Publications Office > Papers of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. > Loose Pamphlet Collection
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Sample passages
- By the late R. R. Madden, M.D.
- By M. Barry Delany
- By John J. Burke
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The Shan Van Vocht Yes Ireland shall be free From the centre to the sea. And hurrah for liberty Says the Shan Van Vocht. Vol. I.—No. 9. BELFAST, 4TH SEPTEMBER, 1896. PRICE TWOPENCE. CONTENTS. Poetry—"Glen Moylena " ... ... By Ethna Carbery Complete Story—"Irriel O'Hara; or, The Stepping-Stones of Sessue " ... ... By P. J. M'Donnell Poetry—"Emmet's Tomb " ... ... By M. Barry Delany Article—"Our Political Prisoners " ... ... By J. P. Coughlan Musings on Slievenamon—No. III. ... ... By a Drangan Boy Poetry—"Treacy of Kilcurl " ... ... By "Ned of the Hill " "Mina and Maclausa "—A Mayo Legend ... ... By "Croaghpatrick " "Molly Ward's in '98 " ... ... By "B " Poetry—"Captives Still " ... ... Editorial Article—"Amnesty: An Unfair Exchange " ... ... Poem in Irish—"An Chraoibhin Aoibhinn Cecinib " ... ... By Douglas Hyde "An Irish Chatterton " ... ... By Kathleen S. Knox Memoir of Henry Joy M'Cracken—Chap. I. (continued) By the late R. R. Madden, M.D. Poetry—"A Rallying Call " ... ... By M. F. Among the Claddagh Fishermen ... ... By John J. Burke Poem in Irish—"Na h-abair liom go bhfuil Eire marbh " ... ... By T.O.R. Poetry—"A Transient Love " ... ... By Dillon Brabazon St. Columcille and the Horse ... ... Notes and News ... ... For the Old Land—Reports of the National and Literary Societies, &c.