Phoenix Magazine - Uncovered - Top 100 , 1983-2005

Condition: New

As New Unmarked Softcover from 2005. 114 pages of Hilarious Covers from the Phoenix magazine, 1983-2005. Postage €3.50.
We Irish love to laugh and never more heartily than at ourselves.
For over twenty years The Phoenix has been charting the troubles and affairs of the nation. The witty and irreverent covers capture everything from social faux pas to political blunders. The covers have given new perspectives on the likes of C.J. Haughey, Liam Lawlor, Ray Burke and the O'Flynns. On the business front the covers have followed the rise of Tony O'Reilly, the political donations of Ben Dunne and various tribunals. The Catholic Church does not escape the critical eye, with 1985's moving statues appearing, along with the Church's handling of clerical sexual abuse.

When The Phoenix first appeared divorce was still years away, contraception only by prescription, homosexual acts a criminal offence and the Irish hadn't even met Jack Charlton! The covers have charted Anglo-Irish affairs, as well as witnessing the collapse of the Iron Curtain and 2 Gulf Wars.

This selection of 100 covers jogs our memory and provides a humorous lo
social, political and economic events since 1983,