Language Revival In the 1890s a group of educated men came together to form a new organisation aimed at promoting the Irish language. The two leaders ...
Gaelic League newspaper To promote the Irish language the Gaelic League launched its own newspaper in 1899. An Claidheamh Soluis (The Sword of Light) contained ...
Gaelic League Teacher Those who taught the Irish language to Gaelic League newcomers were often national schoolmasters. They could use the local schoolhouse ...
Irish speaking school In 1908 Patrick Pearse, who was editor of An Claidheamh Soluis, founded St Enda’s a new bilingual secondary school in Dublin. The ...
The Leader In 1900 D P. Moran, a gifted journalist and Gaelic League enthusiast, founded a Dublin weekly paper, the Leader. It was a great success ...
Literary revival The two decades before the 1st World War saw a literary revival in Ireland as a group of brilliant writers, poets and playwrights ...
Literature One of the most prolific Ulster-born writers of this period was Canon James Hannay who served as rector in Westport, Co. Mayo. Hannay ...
Spoken Irish This poem was written in 1890. Like much of the Irish literature of the period, it drew its inspiration from the land and from the ...
Irish speakers By the end of the 19th century the number of people who spoke Irish as their only language was very small. As the graphs show the ...
Sending Letters Letters were the main method of communication between wealthy people. In 1789 the Irish mail coach began its runs between the main ...
