Who was the first nominal Irish Catholic editor of The Irish Times?
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic
Fintan O'Toole
Miriam Lord
An Irish Catholic editor after 127 years
Answer
The editorship of The Irish Times was controlled by the Anglo-Irish Protestant minority from its inception in 1859 until 1986. It was only after 127 years that the newspaper had its first nominal Irish Catholic editor.
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