Talk:Henry Joy McCracken

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Aughavey 2 July 2005 14:50 (UTC)

Francis Joy a realtive, founded the Belfast News Letter in 1737 which is still published to this day and is a staunchly Unionist newspaper, refelcting the Presbyterian change of perspective after the Act of Union and the relaxation of the Penal Laws.



If it was founded in 1737 as a staunchly Unionist newspaper and remained so post 1801 it didn't reflect a change of perspective.--213.94.205.109 11:09, 3 May 2006 (UTC)