Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde, known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn, was an Irish academic, linguist, and scholar of the Irish languagewho served as the first President of Ireland from 1938-45. He was a leading figure in the Gaelic revival, and first president of the Gaelic League, one of the most influential cultural organisations in Ireland at the time...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth17 January 1860
CountryIreland
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Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.
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In order to de-Anglicize ourselves, we must at once arrest the decay of the language. We must teach ourselves not to be ashamed of ourselves.
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For the first time in Ireland within my recollection, Catholic and Protestant, Unionist and Nationalist, landlord and tenant, priest and parson, all work hand in hand in the interest of Ireland's life and intellectuality.
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What I advocate brings with it no substantial or material advantage at all. It will neither make money nor help to make money.