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- Title
GAELIC LEAGUE, WELSH METHODS, 1962-1993.
- Authors
Lindsey, Robert
- Abstract
At various points of time during the twentieth century, perceptions of Wales and the movement for the preservation of the Welsh language significantly influenced language activism in Ireland. One clear example of this was in the transformation of the Conradh na Gaeilge (sometimes called the 'Gaelic League' in English) from a conservative organisation closely associated with the Irish government, into a protest movement in the 1960s and 1970s. The precedent set by Welsh nationalist Saunders Lewis, and the civil disobedience group Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the 'Welsh Language Society') convinced a new generation of Irish-language advocates that protests and political agitation had the potential to benefit the Irish-speaking community. This article traces this development through the roles played by writer Máirtín Ó Cadhain, civil disobedience group Misneach, the Craobh na Cásca branch of Conradh na Gaeilge, as well as other members of this pre-eminent Irish-language organisation.
- Subjects
WELSH language; MIDDLE English language; GAELIC League; LEWIS, Saunders; IRISH Gaelic language; WELSH people; FOREIGN elements in the English language
- Publication
Australasian Journal of Irish Studies, 2016, Vol 16, p93
- ISSN
1837-1094
- Publication type
Article