Waterford Newspapers

Aged 22 years old Edmund Downey moved to London from Waterford where he worked as a journalist and as a publisher. For the next 28 years he wrote 20 books himself and also published almost 300 titles many of them important Irish novels. At fifty years of age he returned home to Waterford and took over The Waterford News and was its editor until his demise in 1937. Of his own books some were novels, and two books were on Waterford – a history book and a tourist guide and several of his books are classified as Gothic and Science Fiction.

– A short biog. on one of Waterford’s colourful newspaper editors Edmund Downey (1856 – 1937)

Film Notes

Learn about Joseph Fisher former editor of the Munster Express – View PDF

The Psychology of Waterford an excerpt from Edmund Downey’s Book ‘Waterford: An Illustrated Guide to the City by the Suir (1915) – View PDF

All old Waterford Newspapers are available to view on https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/libraries (for subscription) and some old Waterford Newspapers are available free at the Waterford Room at City Library, Lady Lane.

About Waterford Cultural Quarter

Created and produced by Waterford Youth Arts in 2021 with support from Waterford Council Arts Office, Waterford Cultural Quarter and Creative Waterford. All Film and Audio by Keith Currams. Website by Thomas Fitzgerald. Producer and Interviewer Ollie Breslin. Special thanks to Michael O’Sullivan and all the members of Waterford History Group (Facebook) and to the National Library Ireland .

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