Tag: Midland Tribune

• The Tribune generations: from broadsheet to compact edition. Blog No 37, 08 July 2017.

  The Midland Tribune and Tullamore Tribune went to a new compact edition in June 2017 after a broadsheet format in the case of the Midland since 1881 and that of Tullamore since 1978. A few whimsical reflections are ‘posted’ here on happenings since 1881, derived from many hours spent looking at the old files of both newspapers. (more…)

  July 8, 2017

  D. E. Williams, Durrow High Cross, Michael Scott, Midland Tribune, Tullamore DEW, Tullamore Regional Hospital, Tullamore Tribune

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• James I. Fanning, editor of the Midland Tribune, 1947-89. Blog No 36, 01 July 2017.

  ‘Father of Slieve Bloom’ and ‘Patron of the Tullamore Regional Hospital’

  This blog is published to mark the new compact edition of the Midland Tribune and Tullamore Tribune (from 15 June 2017) and to reflect on the history of the Tribune since 1881. One who contributed much to the newspaper and to County Offaly was editor proprietor James I. Fanning of Birr who died in 1990. (more…)

  July 1, 2017

  James I. Fanning, Midland Tribune, Slieve Bloom, Tullamore Regional Hospital, Tullamore Tribune

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