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IE LMOD 389
Title
1972 Sunday Independent
Date(s)
- Twentieth Century (Creation)
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Paper, ink. 60 x 41 cm
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25/07/2011
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Pages 11 and 12 from the Sunday Independent, 9 July 1972.
The Irish Independent was launched in 1905, successor to the Daily Irish Independent. The paper was owned by William Martin Murphy, and stayed in his family until it was purchased by Tony O’Reilly in a protracted coup between February 1972 and March 1973. This issue from July 1972 features a short, sycophantic profile of the new boss – no more, really, than a snapshot of his rapid rise. O’Reilly made his first million that year, and the Independent would soon become the cornerstone of his media empire.
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Discoloured from age, some staining and creases from folding.
