Robert Maire Smyllie (1893 – 11 September 1954), known as Bertie Smyllie, was editor of The Irish Times from 1934 until his death in 1954. Smyllie was born in Glasgow where his father was a Scottish journalist, who later moved to Sligo as editor of the Sligo Times. Smyllie was educated at Sligo Grammar School and entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1912. Working as a vacation tutor to an American boy in Germany at the start of World War I, he was detained in Ruhleben internment camp, near Berlin, during the war. As an internee, he was involved in drama productions with other internees.
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| - Robert Maire Smyllie (geboren am 20. März 1893 in Glasgow; gestorben am 11. September 1954 in Dublin) war ein irischer Journalist. Von 1934 bis zu seinem Tod 1954 war er Herausgeber der Irish Times. (de)
- Robert Maire Smyllie (1893 – 11 September 1954), known as Bertie Smyllie, was editor of The Irish Times from 1934 until his death in 1954. Smyllie was born in Glasgow where his father was a Scottish journalist, who later moved to Sligo as editor of the Sligo Times. Smyllie was educated at Sligo Grammar School and entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1912. Working as a vacation tutor to an American boy in Germany at the start of World War I, he was detained in Ruhleben internment camp, near Berlin, during the war. As an internee, he was involved in drama productions with other internees. (en)
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| - Robert Maire Smyllie (geboren am 20. März 1893 in Glasgow; gestorben am 11. September 1954 in Dublin) war ein irischer Journalist. Von 1934 bis zu seinem Tod 1954 war er Herausgeber der Irish Times. (de)
- Robert Maire Smyllie (1893 – 11 September 1954), known as Bertie Smyllie, was editor of The Irish Times from 1934 until his death in 1954. Smyllie was born in Glasgow where his father was a Scottish journalist, who later moved to Sligo as editor of the Sligo Times. Smyllie was educated at Sligo Grammar School and entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1912. Working as a vacation tutor to an American boy in Germany at the start of World War I, he was detained in Ruhleben internment camp, near Berlin, during the war. As an internee, he was involved in drama productions with other internees. On returning to Ireland, he reported on the Versailles Treaty for The Irish Times, then edited by . He contributed to the still ongoing "Irishman's Diary" column of the paper from 1927. In 1934, he was appointed editor of the paper, in succession to Healy. He established a non-partisan profile and a modern Irish character for the erstwhile ascendancy paper; for example, he dropped "Kingstown Harbour" for "Dún Laoghaire". He was assisted by Alec Newman and , recruited Patrick Campbell and enlisted Flann O'Brien to write his thrice-weekly column "Cruiskeen Lawn" as Myles na gCopaleen. (en)
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