The Anglo-Celt was founded in February 1846 by Sir John Young as The Anglo-Celt and Weekly Intelligencer for the North and West of Ireland, and was later published by William Johnson, serving Cavan, Meath, Louth and Armagh. It ran as a broadsheet until 2015 and has been a tabloid since. Scottish publisher Dunfermline Press bought the title for around €15 million in 2004 and folded it into Celtic Media Group, a group assembled for roughly €65 million in the early 2000s. Following financial trouble at the Scottish parent, senior management bought the group out of receivership in June 2012 for €5.5 million, led by chief executive Frank Mulrennan. Independent News & Media bid in late 2016 and won clearance from the CCPC and the Department, but both sides walked away over employment undertakings. Linda O'Reilly is editor and Damian McCarney deputy editor. Today, The Anglo-Celt is mainly focused on Cavan County Council and local representatives, courts, planning applications, farming, GAA and community life across Cavan and Monaghan, from their base in Cavan, Ireland. One interesting fact: it was founded to serve a British parliamentary purpose, set up in 1846 to help Sir Robert Peel sway Irish MPs' votes toward repealing the Corn Laws, and only later became the county paper it is now.