Rann

Rann was the first poetry journal ever produced in Northern Ireland. It was founded and edited by Lisburn based writers Roy McFadden and Barbara Hunter in 1948, aiming to provide a platform for young, aspiring poets. The editorial policy was unapologetically regionalist. The title of the periodical means "verse" in Irish. The magazine was published quarterly and ran for five years, with some twenty issues published between 1948 and 1953. The first edition stated that Rann aimed to give, "this region an opportunity to find its voice and to express itself in genuine accents in these pages." The subtitle to the first edition was A Quarterly of Ulster Poetry, however by the second issue this had changed to An Ulster Quarterly of Poetry exposing editorial concerns that there may not have been enough Ulster verse to fill its pages.

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Rann ceased publication in 1953. Back issues are often held by research libraries and digital archives.