The Limerick Reporter of September 6, 1850 contains a prospectus for Stephen Meany's new paper: The North Munster Advocate
and Clare Sentinel.
It is headed with a quotation from Thomas Davis and begins 'The want of a Liberal Newspaper in Clare has
long been felt and deplored'
At a preparatory meeting held in Carmody's hotel Ennis early in October of 1850 to organize a Clare Tenant Right Demonstration,
Stephen Meany was appointed one of the secretaries. [Limerick Reporter, October 18]
A second preparatory meeting took place in Carmody's Hotel on October 28,
and the public meeting took place the on 'the large square opposite the Old Court House' on the following day.
Very Rev Dean Kenny was a central figure in all this.
[source Limerick Reporter]
Stephen J. Meany
Moderators: Clare Support, Clare Past Mod