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Newspaper/Magazine/journal cleanup; General + punct fixes

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{{Infobox journal
| title = The Irish Sword
| cover =
| editor = Kenneth Ferguson
| discipline = [[Military history]] of [[Ireland]]
| former_names =
| abbreviation = Ir. Sword
| publisher = [[Military History Society of Ireland]]

| country = Ireland
| frequency = Biannual
| history = 1949–present
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| website = http://www.mhsi.ie/sword.htm
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| OCLC = 53989036
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| ISSN = 0021-1389
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'''''The Irish Sword''''' is the official [[academic journal|journal]] of the [[Military History Society of Ireland]]<ref name="milhistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.mhsi.ie/contactus.htm|title=The Military History Society of Ireland|access-date=2009-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116131908/http://www.mhsi.ie/contactus.htm|archive-date=2009-11-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> containing articles on the [[military history]] of [[Ireland]], book reviews, notes, notices, queries, illustrations<ref>{{cite web |title=Contents Vol. XXVI 2006- |url=http://www.mhsi.ie/Table_of_Contents_%20VolXXVI.pdf |access-date=29 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203020209/http://www.mhsi.ie/Table_of_Contents_%20VolXXVI.pdf |archive-date=2010-12-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[proceedings]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mhsi.ie/Proceedings_2009.pdf |title=MHSI Proceedings 2009 |access-date=29 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203015728/http://www.mhsi.ie/Proceedings_2009.pdf |archive-date=3 December 2010 }}</ref>

It includes information on subjects such as "[[West Cork (UK Parliament constituency)|West Cork]] and the [[Tudor conquest of Ireland|Elizabethan wars]]"<ref>{{cite journal|title=West Cork and the Elizabethan Wars, 1565-1603|url=http://www.mhsi.ie/indexes/contents_Vol24.htm|first=Edward|last=0 'Mahony|journal=The Irish Sword|volume=XXIV|page=123|year=2004|access-date=2011-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011013027/http://www.mhsi.ie/indexes/contents_Vol24.htm|archive-date=2007-10-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the experiences of Irish soldiers in Swedish service.<ref name="XXIV_95">{{cite journal |title=Irish soldiers in Swedish service 1609-1613 |first1=Alexia |last1=Grosjean |first2=Steve |last2=Murdoch |journal=The Irish Sword |volume=XXIV |issue=95 |pages=161–164 |year=2004 }}</ref>

The journal has been published since 1949, normally with two issues a year. The [[editor-in-chief]] is Kenneth Ferguson. [[Gerard Anthony Hayes-McCoy]] was founder editor, editing the journal for the first ten years to 1959.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vmserver52.nuigalway.ie/col_level.php?col=A35 |title=Guide To A35 - The Papers of Prof G.A.Hayes-McCoy |access-date=31 January 2011}}</ref> [[Kevin Danaher]] edited from 1960 to 1971.<ref name="Lysaght">{{cite journal |last=Lysaght |first=Patricia |title=Kevin Danaher, 1913-2002 - Caoimhin O Danachair - In Memoriam - Obituary |journal=Folklore
|volume=113 |issue=2 |date=October 2002 |doi=10.1080/0015587022000015356 |s2cid=162196468 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.mhsi.ie/sword.htm}}
* [http://www.mhsi.ie/ The Military History Society of Ireland]

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[[Category:Military journals]]
[[Category:English-language journals]]
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