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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.

External links

  • Conradh na Gaeilge official site (in Irish Gaelic)
  • Conradh na Gaeilge Shasana Nua (Gaelic League of New England)
  • Conradh na Gaeilge Craobh Bhaile Phitt (Gaelic League of Pittsburg)
  • The Gaelic League, Friendship Branch (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas)
  • Conradh na Gaeilge Craobh (Washington, D.C.)
  • The New Jersey Gaelic League
  • Craobh Thír na gCnoc (Austin, TX)



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