The paper had a fairly militant, nationalist policy, which, during the Irish War of Independence, led to it being raided on several occasions by police and British soldiers,[REF] who on one occasion announced that they were looking for a "typewriting machine".
For its first years, the paper was completely hand set, with each letter of type being placed individually; it was not surprising therefore that there were only 10 pages, measuring 9 inches by 11 inches.