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Douglas Ross Hyde MRIA (Irish: Dubhghlas de hÍde; 17 January 1860 – 12 July 1949), known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn (lit. transl. the pleasant little branch), 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.
1943 stamp Douglas Hyde commemorating the Gaelic League. With the foundation of the Irish Free State many members believed that the Gaelic League had taken language revival as far as it could and that the task now fell to the new Irish Government. They ceased their League activities and were absorbed into the new political parties and into ...
Douglas Hyde (1860–1949) Senator (1922–1925, 1938) 25 June 1938 24 June 1945 Fianna Fáil: 1938: Fine Gael: 2 Seán T. O'Kelly (1882–1966) Tánaiste (1932–1945) 25 June 1945 24 June 1959 Fianna Fáil: 1945: Independent 1952: 3 Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) Taoiseach (1932–1948, 1951–1954, 1957–1959) 25 June 1959 24 June 1973 ...
He had been assisted by Douglas Hyde, whose Beside the Fire, a collection of folklore in Irish, was published in 1890. In London in 1892, along with T. W. Rolleston, and Charles Gavan Duffy, he set up the Irish Literary Society. Back in Dublin he founded the National Literary Society in the same year, with Douglas Hyde as first
When Douglas Hyde was invited to the planned Pan-Celtic Congress of 1900—to be held in Dublin—as a delegate of the League, the Coiste Gnótha (executive committee) refused to send any representative, though Hyde might attend as an individual if he wished. Hyde reluctantly declined to attend. [39]
Here are 10 things you need to know about Gabby Douglas: 1. She was four years old when she did her first tumbling pass. Douglas got her start in gymnastics by way of a cartwheel at four years old ...
The Douglas Hyde Gallery is a publicly funded contemporary art gallery situated within the historical setting of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. [ 1 ] The Gallery was co-founded by the Arts Council and Trinity College Dublin.
Verdict: False Sam Hyde is a comedian and internet personality. He has been the subject of a long-running meme falsely linking him to numerous incidents. Fact Check: Brian Thompson, CEO of ...