Conradh na Gaeilge (The Gaelic League) is an organization "for the purpose of keeping the Irish language spoken in Ireland." The league was founded in Dublin on July 31, 1893 by Douglas Hyde, a Protestant from Frenchpark, County Roscommon with the aid of Eugene O'Growney, Eoin MacNeill, Luke K. Walsh and others. The league developed from the earlier Gaelic Union and became the leading institution promoting the Gaelic Revival. The league's first newspaper was An Claidheamh Soluis ("The Sword of Light") and its most noted editor was Patrick Pearse.

Though apolitical, the league attracted many Irish nationalists of different persuasions, much like the Gaelic Athletic Association before it. It was through the league that many future political leaders and rebels first met, laying the foundation for groups such as the Irish Volunteers. Most of the signatories of the Easter Proclamation were members.

External links

• Conradh na Gaeilge official site (in Irish)
• 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)

Irish language

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