This article is about the Irish publisher Hugh McLaughlin. For the 19th century US politician see Hugh McLaughlin (politician)

Hugh McLaughlin (politician)

Hugh McLaughlin was an American politician and for many years the "boss" of the Democratic Party in Brooklyn.-Life:Hugh McLaughlin was born in Brooklyn as son of Irish immigrants. He learned the trade of a rope maker. In 1855 he became master mechanic in the Brooklyn Navy Yard...

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Hugh McLaughlin(October, 1918 – January 1, 2006) was an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 publisher and inventor. He was married to Nuala Ryan.

McLaughlin was born at Killygordan, Co. Donegal

Donegal

Donegal or Donegal Town is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. Its name, which was historically written in English as Dunnagall or Dunagall, translates from Irish as "stronghold of the foreigners" ....

, the youngest child of a stationmaster

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

. At 16, be became a barman's apprentice in Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

. In 1935 he an established a tailoring business with his sister Anne Beggs. By 1950 he was involved with a printing

Printing

Printing is a process for reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing....

 company called Fleet and began publishing magazine

Magazine

Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

s for greyhound owners. He printed Kavanagh's Weekly in 1952, which featured Patrick Kavanagh

Patrick Kavanagh

Patrick Kavanagh was an Irish poet and novelist. Regarded as one of the foremost poets of the 20th century, his best known works include the novel Tarry Flynn and the poems Raglan Road and The Great Hunger...

. Due the success, Hugh McLaughlin decided to continue to publish indigenous Irish magazines. These would compete with British magazines. Titles included Creation, Irish Farmers Journal, Woman's Way, Woman's Choice, Business & Finance

Business & Finance

Business & Finance is an Irish business magazine that was established by Hugh McLaughlin in September 1964.. It provides news, comment and analysis on Irish and international news stories...

, This Week (1969-1972) and Nikki. These magazines were published by his company the Creation group. Business & Finance is a business magazine that was established by McLaughlin in September 1964.

In 1973 McLaughlin founded the Sunday World

Sunday World

The Sunday World is an Irish newspaper published by Sunday Newspapers Limited, a division of Independent News and Media. It is the largest selling "popular" newspaper in the Republic of Ireland and is also sold in Northern Ireland .-Origins:The Sunday World was Ireland's first tabloid newspaper...

 with his business partner Gerry McGuinness. By 1977, Creation went into liquidation, which resulted in magazine titles being sold and in 1978 Independent Newspapers

Independent News & Media

Independent News & Media plc , is a media organisation based in Dublin, Ireland, with interests in 22 countries on 4 continents worldwide. The company owns over 200 print titles, more than 130 radio stations, over 100 commercial websites and many billboard locations, and is a leading press player...

 took control of 54 per-cent in the Sunday World. Hugh McLaughlin went on to established another Sunday newspaper, the Sunday Tribune

Sunday Tribune

The Sunday Tribune was an Irish Sunday broadsheet newspaper published by Tribune Newspapers plc. It was edited in its final years by Nóirín Hegarty, who changed both the tone and the physical format of the newspaper from broadsheet to tabloid. Former editors include Conor Brady, Vincent Browne,...

, with business partner John Mulcahy. In 1982, he unsuccessfully launched a daily newspaper the Daily News

Daily News (Ireland)

The Daily News was a short-lived Irish tabloid newspaper launched in 1982 by Dublin businessman Hugh McLaughlin, the owner of the Sunday Tribune...

. This was to be his last publishing venture.

In retirement McLaughlin invented a machine, the water hog

Water hog

A water hog is a machine that removes water from sports grounds. The water hog was invented by Hugh McLaughlin.Driven by a rider, it has a wide, front roller that absorbs the water, transfers it to a storage tank, and allows it to be discharged in a safe location...

, that removed water from cricket pitches and putting greens.