Print culture in Loughrea, 1850–1900

Reading, writing and printing in an Irish provincial town

Bernadette Lally

'Ms Bernadette Lally in her informative Print Culture in Loughrea 1850–1900 tells the fascinating story of Thomas Kelly who produced The Loughrea Illustrated Journal from 1857–1884 from his printing works and shop on Main Street … An extraordinary record of the literary life in a small Irish town is contained within these pages', Ronnie O'Gorman, The Galway Advertiser (December 2008).