It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish.
About Douglas Hyde
Douglas Ross Hyde (Irish: Dubhghlas de hIde; 17 January 1860 – 12 July 1949), known as An Craoibhin 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.
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Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.
first President of Ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist (1860-1949)
It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish.
first President of Ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist (1860-1949)
I do not share the wish to see my language dead and decently buried.
first President of Ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist (1860-1949)
I – and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do – have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it.
first President of Ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist (1860-1949)
As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power.
first President of Ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist (1860-1949)