Literary Magazines
The two Irish-language literary magazines chiefly responsible for the encouragement of poetry and short fiction are Comhar (founded in 1942) and Feasta (founded in 1948). The latter, presently edited by the poet and activist Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa, is the journal of the Gaelic League, though it has an independent editorial policy. Both magazines publish short fiction and poetry: the manifesto of Feasta also declares that one of its objects is to encourage students to write in Irish.
Feasta has enjoyed more stability than Comhar, which suffered from a declining readership and has now been reconstituted.
Both magazines have had as contributors some of the most notable figures in modern Irish-language literature, and continue to encourage new writing.
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