John Mulcahy (17 May 1932 – 7 September 2018) was an Irish journalist, magazine and newspaper editor, who founded The Sunday Tribune newspaper and The Phoenix .
24-484: Inactive Defunct The Phoenix is an Irish political and current affairs magazine, established in 1983 by John Mulcahy . Inspired by the British magazine Private Eye , the magazine has been edited by Paddy Prendeville since 1984. The publication is generally fortnightly, with a larger annual issue each December. The Phoenix "produces a fortnightly diet, humour, financial analysis, and news with an insider slant from
48-656: A first set of back-to-back titles with wins in 2010 and 2011 before being awarded a joint title in the 2020 season which was cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The school featured prominently in James Joyce 's semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man . A documentary depicting a year in the life in the school was screened in 2001 as part of RTÉ 's True Lives series. The popular fictional series of Ross O'Carroll Kelly has mentioned Clongowes Wood on
72-452: A fortnightly schedule. Following the closure of The Hibernia in 1980 due to a lawsuit, he co-founded The Sunday Tribune . After the turmoil in the Tribune, from which he exited early, in 1983 he founded the political, current affairs and business magazine, The Phoenix . In 2002 he became the proprietor of The Irish Arts Review . Another effort at launching a magazine in the early 1980s
96-514: A large pipe organ in the gallery, and a sequence of Stations of the Cross painted by Sean Keating . School tradition has it that the portrait of Pontius Pilate in the 12th station was based on the school rector, who had refused to pay the artist his asking price. The moat that outlines the nearby forest of the college is the old border of The Pale , with the Wogan-Browne castle (now the residence of
120-582: A libel action, and the Sunday Tribune newspaper, which first collapsed financially in 1982. Published by a company named Penfield Enterprises Ltd., and based on Baggot Street , the magazine had an ABC -audited circulation of 19,014 for 2004 and 18,268 in 2007. The primary editor of the magazine is Paddy Prendiville, who took the role about a year after the magazine was started The magazine secures much of its material from "insider" sources, and promotes contact with its Goldhawk phone line. Features in
144-600: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Clongowes Wood College Clongowes Wood College SJ is a Catholic voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane , County Kildare , Ireland , founded by the Jesuits in 1814. It features prominently in James Joyce 's semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man . One of five Jesuit secondary schools in Ireland , it had 450 students in 2019. The school's current headmaster, Christopher Lumb,
168-511: Is known for its strong pedigree in rugby union . Despite a relatively small size, Clongowes has won the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup nine times, winning its first final in 1926. Following this, there was a gap of 52 years until the next title in 1978. Beginning with a 3rd title in 1988 and up until 2011, Clongowes has appeared in 13 finals, more than any other school in the competition during this period. Clongowes secured
192-507: Is the first lay headmaster in its history. The school is also a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference being one of only three members based in the Republic of Ireland. The school is a secondary boarding school for boys from Ireland and other parts of the world. The school is divided into three groups, known as "lines". The Third Line is for first and second year students,
216-492: The Gaza flotilla raid . The magazine was highly critical of the 2007–2011 Fianna Fáil – Green Party coalition. It called for the 2011 Irish budget to be defeated and pointed out that the money loaned as part of the EU stability fund would come at the cost of a crippling rate of interest. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , The Phoenix was highly critical of Ukraine, and accused
240-697: The Official IRA . In the late 2000s, it was highly critical of the Corrib gas pipeline and supported the Shell to Sea and Pobal Chill Chomáin campaigns against the laying of the pipeline. It published a supplementary summary and commentary on the Goldstone Report on the siege of Gaza and attacked the actions of the Israeli government over the illegal use of Irish passports in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh , and
264-674: The 1970s. Leonard Moloney was the headmaster from 2004 to 2015. Michael Sheil retired as rector in 2006 and Bruce Bradley (headmaster 1992–2000) was his successor. In September 2011 Michael Sheil returned as rector. As of 2021, there are four Jesuits living at the school, two priests and two brothers. Clongowes is also part of an initiative to ease religious tensions in Turkey, currently being headed by Alan McGuckian (former teacher in Clongowes now Bishop of Raphoe) in Istanbul. One early history of
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#1733093503606288-593: The Christmas Gift lists, where implausible gifts with ridiculous features are offered for sale. In contrast to Private Eye , the Phoenix is printed on magazine stock rather than newsprint, and uses colour, including photography, quite extensively. In the 1980s, the Workers' Party was a frequent target of satire and investigation over its funding methods, which resulted in Phoenix founder John Mulcahy receiving threats from
312-895: The Eustace family and became part of the fortified border of the Pale in 1494. The Eustaces lost their estates during the Restoration (1660) . The estate was sold by the Wogan-Brownes to the Jesuits in March 1814 for £16,000. The school accepted its first pupil, James McLornan, on 18 May 1814. In 1886, the Jesuit-run St Stanislaus College in Tullabeg, County Offaly, was amalgamated with Clongowes Wood College. Joseph Dargan served as rector in
336-606: The Irish media of seeking to undermine Irish neutrality by exploiting " Ukrainian misery ". John Mulcahy (journalist) Born in Australia in 1932, Mulcahy was educated at Clongowes Wood College and Trinity College Dublin . He worked in the financial sector before becoming a full-time journalist. He was writing for monthly The Hibernia Magazine before 1968. When he became the owner and editor of The Hibernia , he changed its ethos to be more left-wing and republican and moved it to
360-552: The Jesuit community) landmarking its edge. The school traces its history back to a 799-acre (3.23 km ) estate owned by the Wogan family in 1418 under the reign of Henry IV. The name "Clongowes" comes from the Irish for "meadow" ( cluain ) and for "blacksmith" ( gobha ). The estate was originally known as "Clongowes de Silva" ( de Silva meaning "of the wood" in Latin). The estate later passed to
384-692: The Lower Line for third and fourth years, and the Higher Line for fifth and sixth years. Each year is known by a name, drawn from the Jesuit Ratio Studiorum : Elements (first year), Rudiments (second), Grammar (third), Syntax (fourth), Poetry (fifth), and Rhetoric (sixth). The medieval castle was originally built in the 13th century by John de Hereford, an early Anglo-Norman warrior and landowner in North Kildare. He had been given extensive lands in
408-496: The area of Kill, Celbridge and Mainham by his brother, Adam de Hereford, who had come to Ireland with ' Strongbow ', the Earl of Pembroke. The castle is the residence of the religious community and was improved by a " chocolate box " type restoration in the 18th century. It was rebuilt in 1718 by Stephen Fitzwilliam Browne and extended in 1788 by Thomas Wogan Browne. It is situated beside a ditch and wall—known as ramparts —constructed for
432-454: The cover features a photo montage with a speech bubble , putting ironic or humorous comments into the mouths of the famous in response to topical events. Other features include an "Apology" section (where the magazine offers an ersatz apology for the failings or success of some person or event), "That Menu in Full", the use of ("That's enough of this. -Ed" type interjections) and their derivatives, and
456-472: The defence of the Pale in the 14th century. The building was completely refurbished in 2004 and the reception area was moved back there from the "1999 building." The castle is connected to the modern buildings by an elevated corridor hung with portraits, the Serpentine Gallery referred to by James Joyce . This gallery was completely demolished and rebuilt in 2004 as part of a redevelopment programme for
480-522: The magazine include a news column; detailed profiles ("Pillars of Society" and "The Young Bloods"); "Affairs of the Nation", which looks at political scandals; "Bog Cuttings" which consists of humorous and unusual events outside Dublin (often bizarre court cases), "Hush Hush" and "On the beat", which deals with security and intelligence matters; and a satirical section, "Craic and Codology". It also has an extensive financial column, "Moneybags". Like Private Eye ,
504-541: The school buildings. In 1929, another wing was built at a cost of £135,000, presenting the rear façade of the school. It houses the main classrooms and the Elements, Rudiments, Grammar and Syntax dormitories. An expansion and modernisation was completed in 2000; the €4.8m project added another residential wing that included a 500-seat dining hall, kitchen, entrance hall, offices, and study/bedrooms for sixth year ("Rhetoric") students. The Boys' Chapel has an elaborate reredos,
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#1733093503606528-459: The school is The Clongowes Record 1814–1932 by Timothy Corcoran (Browne and Nolan, Dublin, 1932). A half-century later, a history was written by Roland Burke Savage and published in The Clongownian school magazine during the 1980s; that same decade, Peter Costello wrote Clongowes Wood: a History of Clongowes Wood College 1814–1989 , published by Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 1989). Clongowes
552-463: The worlds of security, politics, media, arts, and law." The magazine was launched in January 1983. It was established by journalist and publisher John Mulcahy , who oversaw its operations until 2007. The name Phoenix is a reference to its "emergence from the ashes" of two of Mulcahy's previous publications. These were the republican political magazine Hibernia , which ceased publishing in 1980 after
576-472: Was Digger , his father's nickname since he was involved in the mining industry in Australia. He was married to Nuala, who worked alongside him at The Hibernia and The Phoenix . His son Aengus worked for The Phoenix , his daughter Brigid is also a journalist, and his son Michael Mulcahy was a Councillor, TD and former Lord Mayor of Dublin . He retired from The Phoenix in 2007 and died aged 86 in 2018. This article about an Irish journalist
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