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Douglas Hyde

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[Wikipedia] Douglas Ross Hyde, known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn, was an Irish academic, linguist, scholar of the Irish language, politician, and diplomat who served as the first president of Ireland from June 1938 to June 1945. He was a leading figure in the Gaelic revival, and the first president of the Gaelic L

Quotes by Douglas Hyde

It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and…

Ashamed

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Youth is a period of idealism. The Communists attract young people by appealing directly to that idealism. Too often, others have failed…

Appeals

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I do not share the wish to see my language dead and decently buried

Buried

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By Anglicising ourselves we have thrown away with a light heart the best claim we have upon the world's recognition of us…

Claims

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The Gaelic League is founded not upon hatred of England, but upon love of Ireland. Hatred is a negative passion; it is…

Building

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I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked…

Celtic

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Every craggy and gnarled tree has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.

Inspirational

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As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence…

Century

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Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.

Attached

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