Felix M. Larkin is the author of ’Terror and discord: the Shemus cartoons in the Freeman’s Journal, 1923-1924’ (Dublin, 2009). Mark O’Brien is an editor of ’Periodicals and journalism in twentieth-century Ireland’ (Dublin, 2014). He is also the author of ’The Irish Times: a history (Dublin, 2008), co-editor of ’Independent Newspapers: a history (Dublin, 2012) and co-editor of ’The Sunday papers: a history of Ireland’s weekly press (Dublin, 2018).