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bloggorah.com, also known as blogorrah, was an award-winning[1] New York City-based Irish website owned by the publishing "empire" of John Ryan. The site was edited by Derek O'Connor in New York. It was known for satirising well-known social figures in Irish life such as politicians, models, actors and the media. Blogorrah regularly featured in Irish national newspapers and received radio coverage, with the Sunday Independent referring to it as "frankly disgusting",[2] and it was described by the Irish Independent as "a sort of Phoenix without portfolio".[3] Its end came when Ryan's publishing empire collapsed in 2007. A new blog The Chancer was launched in its place[4] after Jim Carroll of The Irish Times questioned what Irish bloggers had written about before blogorrah.[5]

Background

Ryan's publishing company initially owned the publishing venture

his 2009 television return
.

Downfall

Blogorrah failed to update for a number of weeks, with their last normal post before its disappearance being 12 June 2007. On 21 June 2007 Blogorrah claimed the website was undergoing a redesign. But in July 2007 it left a claim that they were to return “very soon”, after a month of no usual updates whatsoever. This was followed by a post in the website's traditional style with the headline “Blogorrah Will Return (Very Soon). In The Meantime...” with a list of “Ten reasons why Blogorrah took July off”. This proved to be the last post before it shut down.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Guest Editors: Nicky Gogan, Derek O'Connor and Paul Rowley" Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine. Film Ireland. Accessed 13 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Blogorrah.com update/roundup". Blurred Keys. 6 February 2007. Archived from the original on 13 February 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Andrea gives Ryan some dog's abuse". Irish Independent. 29 October 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  4. ^ "The Chancer, Blogorrah cloned". Blurred Keys. 5 November 2007. Archived from the original on 19 June 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  5. ^ "This thing about Blogorrah". The Irish Times. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Publisher John Ryan 'missing'". Random Mostly Irish News. 25 November 2007. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Blogorrah will return "very soon"". Blurred Keys. 23 July 2007. Archived from the original on 19 June 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
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