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The Gaelic American was an Irish nationalist newspaper published in the United States from 1903 to 1951 that was, along with the Irish Nation, owned by John Devoy.^[1]^[2] It was re-launched as an online news publication in 2021.^[3]

History

A weekly publication of the organization that eventually came to be known as 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.^[4] Between its establishment in 1903 and the early 1920s, the paper vehemently supported Irish republicanism and the use of physical force to achieve independence. In contrast to other Irish-American papers such as the Irish World, the Gaelic American supported the pro-Republic Clan na Gael organization and denounced the American wing of John Redmond's more moderate Irish Parliamentary Party, which advocated for Home Rule within the British Empire.^[5] In its early years, the paper also 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.^[6] 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.^[7]

In 1951 the paper was acquired by The Irish World and American Industrial Liberator.^[8]

On July 4, 2021, The Gaelic American was re-launched as “An Online News Publication Dedicated to the Cause of Irish Unity, the Irish Language, and the Interests of Irish-America.” The website link is www.gaelicamerican.com

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.
^ "About Us - the Gaelic American". August 28, 2017.
^ 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. JSTOR 3162930. S2CID 154703487.
^ Ward, Alan J. “America and the Irish Problem 1899-1921.” Irish Historical Studies, Vol. 16, No. 61, 1968, pp. 67–75.
^ Fischer-Tinē 2007, p. 334.
^ Fischer-Tinē 2007, p. 335.
^ "The Irish World and American Industrial Liberator and the Gaelic American (New York, N.Y.) 1951-Current". Library of Congress.

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. 2 (3). Cambridge University Press.: 325–344. doi:10.1017/S1740022807002318. ISSN 1740-0228. S2CID 145323846.
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. S2CID 162337494.
"GAELIC-AMERICAN ASKS AID.; Wants Funds to Prevent Paper "Being Crushed"--List Under Inspection" (PDF). The New York Times. July 19, 1918. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
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. S2CID 145196544.

External links

Advertisements from The Gaelic American
The Gaelic American at Villanova University's Digital Library

[1] Rodechko, James Paul (1976). Patrick Ford and His Search for America. Ayer Publishing. p. 292. ISBN 0-405-09354-3.

[2] O'Reilly, Michael, ed. (1951). The Gaelic American. Gaelic American Pub. Co.

[3] "About Us - the Gaelic American". August 28, 2017.

[4] 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. JSTOR 3162930. S2CID 154703487.

[5] Ward, Alan J. “America and the Irish Problem 1899-1921.” Irish Historical Studies, Vol. 16, No. 61, 1968, pp. 67–75.

[FOOTNOTEFischer-Tinē2007334-6] Fischer-Tinē 2007, p. 334.

[FOOTNOTEFischer-Tinē2007335-7] Fischer-Tinē 2007, p. 335.

[8] "The Irish World and American Industrial Liberator and the Gaelic American (New York, N.Y.) 1951-Current". Library of Congress.

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