George Freeman (newspaper Editor)
George Freeman, born George Fitzgerald, an Irish-American, was editor of the '' Gaelic American'' newspaper. He also worked for the Free Hindustan newspaper and was involved in attempts to incite a revolt in British-ruled India.Stephen HartleyThe Irish question as a problem in British foreign policy, 1914-18 1987 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Freeman, George American people of Irish descent ...
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Gaelic American
''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. It was re-launched as an online news publication in 2021. 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. 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. In its early years, the paper ...
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