James Duffy (Irish publisher)

James Duffy (1809 – 4 July 1871) was a prominent Irish author and publisher. Duffy's business would become one of the major publishers of Irish nationalist books, bibles, magazines, Missals and religious texts throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. He was also a major publisher of Irish fiction.[1] He was described as having "invented a new kind of cosy family Catholicism."[2]

  1. ^ Foster, John Wilson (2006). The Cambridge Companion to the Irish Novel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 79. ISBN 9781139827881.
  2. ^ Historical Irish Journals. Archived 9 June 2007 at archive.today