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Douglas Hyde

Douglas Hyde

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 League, one of the most influential cultural organisations in Ireland at the time.

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A Literary History of Ireland, from Earliest Times to the Present Day

Douglas Hyde

Beside the Fire: A collection of Irish Gaelic folk stories

Douglas Hyde · Alfred Trübner Nutt

Legends of Saints & Sinners. Collected and Translated from the Irish

Douglas Hyde · Noel L. (Noel Laura) Nisbet

Samhain, Issue 1, October 1901

W. B. (William Butler) Yeats · Douglas Hyde +3