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Dublin Gazette


The Dublin Gazette was the gazette, or official newspaper, of the Irish Executive, Britain's government in Ireland based at Dublin Castle, between 1705 and 1922. It published notices of government business, including Royal Proclamations, the of Royal Assent to bills, writs of election, appointments to public offices, commissions and promotions in the Armed Forces, and awards of honours, as well as notices of insolvency, and of changes of names or of arms.

As with the parallel London Gazette, the strapline was "Published by Authority".

A Dublin Gazette was instituted in May 1689 by King James II, but after his defeat in 1690 at the Battle of the Boyne its functions were taken over by The London Gazette.

In 1705, under the Lord Lieutenancy of the 2nd Duke of Ormonde, a new Dublin Gazette was founded, although in its early days it was only two pages in length. The earliest surviving copy, dated 9 February 1706, is numbered as Issue 84 and is held in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. While the Gazette was an official publication, ownership of the title and any profits on it initially remained with the printer.


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