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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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culture · President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945 · politician · poet · translator · writer · university teacher · linguist · historian · philologist · literary historian · also Douglas Hyde, Douglas Ross Hyde, An Craoibhín Aoibhinn, An Craoibhin Aoibhinn, Dubhghlas de hÍde, Hyde
Born 17 January 1860 · Died 12 July 1949 · Q237951
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2026· 2 entries
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2015· 1 entry
IrishCentral: Rivalry between Pádraig Pearse and Douglas Hyde came to a head 100 years ago
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1949· 2 entries
Died 1949-07-12.
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“My aim was to save the Irish language from death - it was dying then as fast as ever it could died - and that ambition did not lend itself to English writing except for propaganda purposes ...”
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1944· 1 entry
When de Valera's government unexpectedly collapsed in a vote on the Transport Bill
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1943· 1 entry
Requiring a dissolution and general election
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1938· 2 entries
Career landmark: senator of Ireland (1938–1938).
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Career landmark: president of Ireland (1938–1945).
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1925· 1 entry
Career landmark: senator of Ireland (1925–1925).
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1909· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizenship presented by County Limerick (1909).
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1906· 3 entries
Awarded honorary citizenship presented by Cork (1906).
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Awarded Doctor of Letters presented by Royal University of Ireland (1906).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Dublin (1906).
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1894· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1894–1895).
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1893· 2 entries
Career landmark: president (1893–1915).
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Helped found Conradh na Gaeilge (the Gaelic League) to encourage the preservation of Irish culture, music, dance and language
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1867· 1 entry
His father was appointed prebendary and rector of Tibohine, and the family moved to neighbouring Frenchpark, in County Roscommon
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1860· 1 entry
Born 1860-01-17.
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1852· 1 entry
And had three other children: Arthur Hyde (1853–79 in County Leitrim), John Oldfield Hyde (1854–96 in County Dublin), and Hugh Hyde (1856)
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