Abstract

This chapter examines Ireland’s reading history and reading habits in the years between 1891 and 1922, focusing on best-sellers and popular fiction, newspapers, priestly homily, and other works. It analyses the impact of the cultural revival and the devotional revolution on book buying in Ireland during the period, citing the sales of Gaelic League and Catholic Truth Society pamphlets. It also considers the sale of books imported from Britain, the expansion of libraries, and the rise of the cultural conservatism associated with the ‘Vigilance’ committees that first appeared in 1911.

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