The Gaelic American
The Gaelic American was an Irish Catholic newspaper published in the United States from 1903 to 1951 that was, along with the Irish Nation, owned by John Devoy.[1][2]
History
A weekly publication of Sinn Féin, it was amongst the foremost Irish ethnic newspapers until the Great Depression when its readership declined. It had at various times as its editor George Freeman and John Devoy.[3] In its early years, the paper collaborated extensively with the Indian nationalist organisations in Britain and the United States, most notably the India House in London and its sister organisations in New York City.
It reprinted articles from The Indian Sociologist and editor George Freeman was a close associate of Shyamji Krishna Varma.<[4] The paper in 1910s also developed close cooperation with Taraknath Das and its facilities were used for printing Das's nationalist politician journal, Free Hindustan.[5]
References
Footnotes
- Rodechko, James Paul (1976). Patrick Ford and His Search for America. Ayer Publishing. p. 292. ISBN 0-405-09354-3.
- O'Reilly, Michael, ed. (1951). The Gaelic American. Gaelic American Pub. Co.
- Rodechko, James P. (December 1970). "An Irish-American Journalist and Catholicism: Patrick Ford of the Irish World". Church History. 39 (4): 524–540. doi:10.2307/3162930.
- Fischer-Tinē 2007, p. 334.
- Fischer-Tinē 2007, p. 335.
Bibliography
- Cole, Robert (2006). Propaganda, Censorship and Irish Neutrality in the Second World War. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748622771.
- Fischer-Tinē, Harald (2007). "Indian Nationalism and the 'world forces': Transnational and diasporic dimensions of the Indian freedom movement on the eve of the First World War". Journal of Global History. Cambridge University Press. 2 (3): 325–344. doi:10.1017/S1740022807002318. ISSN 1740-0228.
- O'Brien, Matthew (2005). "Hibernians on the March: Irish America and Ethnic Patriotism in the Mid-Twentieth Century". Éire-Ireland. 40 (1&2): 170–182. doi:10.1353/eir.2005.0009.
- "GAELIC-AMERICAN ASKS AID.; Wants Funds to Prevent Paper "Being Crushed"--List Under Inspection" (pdf). The New York Times. 19 July 1918. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
- Silvestri, Michael (October 2000). "'The Sinn Féin of India': Irish Nationalism and the Policing of Revolutionary Terrorism in Bengal". Journal of British Studies. 39 (4): 454–486. doi:10.1086/386228.
External links
- Advertisements from The Gaelic American
- The Gaelic American at Villanova University's Digital Library
