A lecture read before the Irish National Literary Society, Dublin, in 1892; it triggered the language revival movement Connradh na Gaedhilge (“Gaelic League”). Hyde was later (1938) to become President of Ireland.
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Source Reference
“The Necessity for de-Anglicising Ireland”, in The revival of irish literature: Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, KCMG, Dr George Sigerson and Dr Douglas Hyde (London: T. Fischer Unwin, 1904), 117-161; SPIN copy