Item 49 - Banba / A magazine of fiction and general interest

pp 93-180; printed

Copies of ‘Banba’ / A magazine of fiction and general interest’, Vol. III, No. 2 (June 1922). The periodical was printed by Manusel and Lecky and published by the Gael Publishing & Trading Society in Dublin. The Gael Co-operative Society was established by the leading administrators, publicists, educationalists, and writers of Ireland to develop national thought and energy through the medium of ‘Banba’, their monthly magazine of fiction and general interest. In general, the monthly periodical included articles of Irish fiction, poetry, and miscellanea. With contributions by Brinsley MacNamara, Aodh de Blacam, Edward Martin, Daniel Corkery, F.R. Higgins, Padraic Ó Conaire, George Shields, W.J. Lawrence, Eithne Ní Pheadair, and P.J. Tuohy. The editions also carried occasional illustrations by George Monks, Mícheal MacLiaimmhóir, Kathleen Ennis, Seán Murchadha, and Caitlín Nic Aonghusa.

The item is lacking covers and is badly torn. The binding has also disintegrated and many of the pages are loose.