This developed into a career selling patented medicines and cod liver oil around the coasts of Newfoundland and the Caribbean.
He began publishing the Old-Time Songs and Poetry of Newfoundland in 1927, giving them away free of charge in outport communities and including advertisements for his business endeavors.
[4] The year before, he established a newsletter titled The Family Fireside, which published community news, local folklore legends, and traditional music submissions by readers.
[3][4] In addition to this, he debuted the Gerald S. Doyle News Bulletin on the radio station VONF in 1932, which aired information of personal interest to outport fishermen.
The Gerald S. Doyle Memorial Museum was established in King's Cove in his honour, and his efforts preserving Newfoundland culture are commemorated to this day.