Reference code
IE CA CP/3/11/12
Title
Notes on the Gaelic League in Cork
Date(s)
- c.1920 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
23 pp; Manuscript
Name of creator
(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
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Scope and content
Notes on the progress of the Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaeilge) and the Irish language revival movement in Cork. The author of the text is not stated. A portion of the text reads ‘It was the opinion of several sincere workers including O[sborn] Bergin … that a second branch should be open to the gen[eral] pub[lic] including ladies and therefore they started a branch called the Lee Branch in Pope’s Quay. The leading members of the Central Branch in Dublin did not take very kindly to this as they thought that it would only weaken the movement in Cork. They began to teach Irish in the Lee Branch by means of subject lessons and were successful for a time …’.
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Language of material
- English