From 1905 until at least 1921, the Irish-American organziation Clan-na-Gael held fundraisers, picnics and athletic events at Celtic Park in Long Island City. Clan-na-Gael publicly advocated armed resistance to the British occupation of Ireland at Celtic Park more than a decade before the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. At a Clan-na-Gael convention held in Atlantic City in 1900, a circular declared: "We pledge ourselves to the principle that physical force is the only engine a revolutionary orgainiztion can consistently and successfully use to realise the hopes of lovers of freedom in lands subject to the bonds of oppression." While these journals do not directly pertain to the Irish-American Athletic Club, they do indicate the significant role that Celtic Park served as a fund raising venue for the cause of Irish Independence. These journals come from the Joseph McGarrity Collection, Villanova University Digital Library.