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Freeman's Journal
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	broadsheet
Founded by	Charles Lucas
Years in existence	1763 — 1924
Political position	moderate Irish nationalist
Headquarters	unknown
Famous Editors	unknown

The Freeman's Journal was the oldest nationalist newspaper in Ireland. It was founded in 1763 by Charles Lucas and was identified with radical 18th century Protestant politicians Henry Grattan and Henry Flood.

In the 19th century it became more nationalist and Catholic in tone.

The Journal, as it was widely known as, was the leading newspaper in Ireland throughout the nineteenth century. Contemporary sources record it being read to the largely illiterate population by priests and local teachers gathering in homes. It was mentioned in contemporary literature and was seen as symbolising Irish newspapers for most of its time. By the 1880s it had become the primary media supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell and the Irish Parliamentary Party.

It was challenged on all sides by rivals. On the nationalist side some preferred The Nation founded by Thomas Davis while others, including radical supporters of Parnell, read the United Irishman. The Anglo-Irish establishment in contrast read the then Irish unionist The Irish Times. With the split in the Irish Parliamentary Party over Parnell's relationship with Katherine O'Shea, its readership too split. While The Journal went with the majority in opposing Parnell, a minority moved to read the Daily Irish Independent.

The collapse of the IPP in 1918, and the electoral success of Sinn Féin, saw a more radical nationalism appear that was out of step with the moderation of the Journal. It found itself overshadowed by the more aggressively marketed Irish Independent, the successor to the Daily Irish Independent.

The Freeman's Journal ceased publication in 1924, when it was merged with the Irish Independent. Until the 1990s, the Irish Independent included the words 'Incorporating the Freeman's Journal' in its mast-head over its editorials.

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