Ireland

Erskine’s magazines published a substantial amount of content concerning Irish culture, politics, and history, in both English and Irish. Some of these contributions were supplied by Erskine himself and his Scottish associates while others by writers based in Ireland. Read more about the topic in the article ‘Irish Content and Contributors in Ruaraidh Erskine’s Gaelic Magazines,’ Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies 12:1 (2025).

CONTRIBUTORS WITH CONNECTIONS TO IRELAND

• James Bryce (1838–1922)
• Claude Chavasse | C. A. Cheabhasa (1886–1971)
• Patrick S. Dinneen | Pádraig Ua Duinnín (1860–1934)
• Bernard FitzPatrick, Lord Castletown (1848–1937)
  
• Dermot Foley | Diarmuid Ó Foghludha (1864–1934)
• Edmund Edward Fournier d’Albe (1868–1933)
• Douglas Hyde | Dubhghlas de hÍde (1860–1949)
• Thomas P. Kane (1849–1918)
• William Henry Kent | Uilleam Eanraig Ceannt (1857–1935)
• Patrick Eric Mac Fhinn | Pàdraig E. Mac Fhinn (1895–1987)
• Eoin MacNeill (1867–1945) 
• Maurice Moore (1854–1939)
• Liam Ó Briain (1888–1974)
• Colm Ó Murchú (1889–1939)
• Liam Ó Rinn (1886–1943)
• Patrick J O’Shea, ‘Conán Maol’ (1855–1928?)
• Patrick Pearse | Pádraig Mac Piarais (1879–1916)
• Herbert Moore Pim (1883–1950)
• George Sigerson (1836–1925)
• Peter Toner McGinley | Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, ‘Cú Uladh’ (1856–1942)
• Paul Walsh | Pól Breathnach (1885–1941)

CONTENT RELATED TO IRELAND

Am Bàrd

• Lord Castletown: ‘The Celtic Movement’ [essay, ENG], Volume I, Issue 1 (May 1901)
• ‘Mac Albann’: ‘Gaedhilge na h-Èireann’ [essay, IR], Volume I, Issue 1 (May 1901)
• James Bryce: [the value of Gaelic] [letter, ENG], Volume I, Issue 1 (May 1901)
• Peadar Toner MacFhionnlaoich: The Pan-Celtic Congress [letter, ENG], Volume I, Issue 4 (August 1901)
• Edmund Fournier d’Albe: ‘The Pan-Celtic Congress and the Gaelic League’ [letter, ENG], Volume I, Issue 5 (September 1901)

Guth na Bliadhna

• [without attribution, assumed Ruaraidh Erskine]: ‘Ireland and Scotland’ [essay, ENG], Volume I, Issue 2 (Spring 1904)
• ‘An Craoibhín Aoibhinn’ [Douglas Hyde]: ‘A Connaght Love-Song’ (Da mbeith ‘aitreabh agam fein) [song, IR; with English translation], Volume I, Issue 1 (Winter 1904)
• ‘An Craoibhín Aoibhinn’ [Douglas Hyde]: ‘Mallachd’ [nineteenth-century Irish curse with English translation], Volume I, Issue 2 (Spring 1904)
• ‘An Craoibhín Aoibhinn’ [Douglas Hyde]: ‘Dàin Naomha Eireannaich’ [religious poetry], Volume II, Issue 2 (Spring 1905)
• Pádraig Ua Duinnín: ‘Eire agus Alba’ [essay, IR], Volume II, Issue 3 (Summer 1905)
• ‘Conan Maol’ [Patrick J O’Shea]: ‘Focailín’ [essay, IR], Volume II, Issue 4 (Autumn 1905)
• Padraic Mac Piarais: ‘“Education” in the West of Ireland’ [essay, ENG], Volume II, Issue 4 (Autumn 1905)
• [without attribution, assumed Ruaraidh Erskine]: ‘Gaelic Confederation’ [essay, ENG], Volume III, Issue 1 (Winter 1906)
• [without attribution, assumed Ruaraidh Erskine]: ‘De-Anglicisation’ [essay, ENG], Volume III, Issue 2 (Spring 1906)
• W. H. Kent, O.S.C.: ‘The Greater Gàidhealtachd, A Plea for Literary Confederation’ [essay, ENG], Volume VII, Issue 4 (Autumn 1910)
• ‘Faloisg’: ‘Dùthaich nan Gàidheal’ [essay, GD], Volume VII, Issue 4 (Autumn 1910)
• [without attribution, assumed Ruaraidh Erskine]: ‘Eirinn is Albainn’ [essay, GD], Volume VIII, Issue 1 (Winter 1911)
• [without attribution, assumed Ruaraidh Erskine]: “Home Rule” [essay, GD], Volume IX, Issue 1 (Winter 1912)
• [without attribution, assumed Ruaraidh Erskine]: ‘Glas-lamh na h-Eireann’ [article, GD], Volume IX, Issue 2 (Spring 1912)
• ‘Cu-Uladh’ [Peter Toner McGinley]: ‘An t-Albanach in Eirinn’ [essay, IR], Volume IX, Issue 3 (Summer 1912)
• Uilleam Eanraig Ceannt: ‘Bratach na h-Èireann’ [song, IR], Volume XIII, Issue 4 (Winter 1916)
• D. M. N. C. [Dòmhnall Mac na Ceàrdaich]: ‘Danta Gradha’ [review, GD], Volume XIV, Issue 1 (Spring 1917)
• H. C. MacNeacail: ‘Connradh na Gaedhilge agus Sluagh-Iul’ [essay, GD], Volume XV, Issue 1 (Spring 1918)

Alba

• [Bho ar Fear-Ionaidh Fhèin]: ‘Cùisean Èireannach’ [article, GD], Issue 4 (29 February 1908)
• [without attribution]: ‘“Sinn Fein agus an “Làmh Làidir”’ [article, GD], Issue 17 (30 May 1908)
• [without attribution]: ‘Ireland United’ [article, ENG; reprint from Sinn Fein], Issue 31 (5 September 1908)
• [without attribution]: ‘Na h-Èireannaich an Alba’ [article, GD], Issue 32 (12 September 1908)

Alba II

• [without attribution]: ‘Sgeala o Eirinn’ [article, GD], Issue 1 (3 January 1920)
• [without attribution]: ‘Sgeala o Bhaile-atha-Cliath’ [article, IR], Issue 2 (10 January 1920)
• ‘C. U.’ [Cù Uladh, Peter Toner McGinley]: ‘Sgeala o Eirinn’ [article, IR], Issue 3 (17 January 1920)
• [without attribution]: ‘Trì Còraicheann Èirinn’ [article, GD], Issue 11 (13 March 1920)
• Tadhg O Cianain: ‘Mion-Sceula o Eirinn (An Clò Ròmanach) [article, IR], Issue 15 (8 May 1920)
• [without attribution]: ‘Eirinn agus Sasuinn’ [article, GD], Issue 16 (5 June 1920)
• [without attribution]: ‘Mion-sceula o Eirinn’ [article, IR], Issue 16 (5 June 1920)
• [without attribution]: ‘An Cogadh an Èirinn’ [article, GD], Issue 17 (10 July 1920)
• [without attribution]: ‘Sgeula a Eirinn’ [article, IR], Issue 17 (10 July 1920)
• [without attribution]: ‘Sgeula à Eirinn’ [article, GD], Issue 18 (7 August 1920)
• [without attribution]: ‘Sgeula à Eirinn’ [article, GD], Issue 20 (9 October 1920)
• [without attribution]: ‘Sgeula à Èirinn’ [article, GD], Issue 21 (13 November 1920)
• Liam MacGillIòsa: ‘Eire’ [article, GD], Issue 24 (June 1921)
• [without attribution]: ‘Uladh agus Beul Feirste’ [article, GD], Issue 26 (August 1921)
• ‘Righealtas Èirinn’ [article, GD], Issue 28 (October 1921)