Gaelic League
The
Gaelic League (
Conradh na Gaeilge) is an organization
"for the purpose of keeping the
Irish language spoken in
Ireland." It was founded in
Dublin on
July 31,
1893 by
Douglas Hyde along with Eugene O'Growney,
Eoin MacNeill, and others. It developed from the earlier Gaelic Union. The leagues newspaper was An Claidheamh Soluis ("The Sword of Light"), its most noted editor was
Patrick Pearse.
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