Honesty

Editor of the Honesty Newspaper was James W Upton who wrote under the pseudonyms Gilbert Galbraith and Ed Dalton. Upton was a celebrated socialist republican and Gaelic Games journalist who took part in the Easter Rising.

Editor of the Honesty Newspaper was James W Upton who wrote under the pseudonyms Gilbert Galbraith and Ed Dalton. Upton was a celebrated socialist republican and Gaelic Games journalist who took part in the Easter Rising. Upton’s journalism was so well regarded that in 1936 he was described by J Bouch of the National Library as being “next to Griffith the most trenchant of republican journalists”. Upton wrote and edited many publications throughout his career; Gaelic Press, providing a copy for the Gaelic Athlete, the Spark, Irish War News.

   Edition Count       Page Count          Years           
                 1915-1931  
           309        6,496     *Out of print