Irish Literary Revival

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Irish cultural movement cultural movement literary movement

The Irish Literary Revival was a late 19th- and early 20th-century cultural movement that sought to promote Irish literature, language, and national identity through the works of writers, poets, and dramatists.

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Label	Occurrences
Irish Literary Revival canonical	18
Irish literary revival	3
Irish Literary Renaissance	1
Irish literary revival (20th century)	1

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Target entity: Irish Literary Revival
Context triple: [Dora Sigerson Shorter, movement, Irish Literary Revival]

A. Catholic literary revival
The Catholic literary revival was a 19th- and 20th-century movement in which Catholic writers produced intellectually rigorous, artistically ambitious works that explored faith, morality, and modernity within a distinctly Catholic imaginative and theological framework.
B. Irish Home Rule movement
The Irish Home Rule movement was a 19th- and early 20th-century political campaign seeking self-government for Ireland within the United Kingdom, laying crucial groundwork for Irish independence.
C. Scottish Renaissance
The Scottish Renaissance was a 20th-century cultural movement in Scotland that revitalized national literature, arts, and identity through modernist experimentation and renewed use of the Scots language.
D. Early Modern Ireland
Early Modern Ireland was the transformative era from the late 15th to the 18th century marked by Tudor and Stuart conquest, religious conflict, plantation, and the consolidation of English rule over the island.
E. Early Modern Irish
Early Modern Irish is the historical stage of the Irish language used roughly between the 13th and 17th centuries, serving as the basis for the modern Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx languages.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Irish Literary Revival
Target entity description: The Irish Literary Revival was a late 19th- and early 20th-century cultural movement that sought to promote Irish literature, language, and national identity through the works of writers, poets, and dramatists.

A. Catholic literary revival
The Catholic literary revival was a 19th- and 20th-century movement in which Catholic writers produced intellectually rigorous, artistically ambitious works that explored faith, morality, and modernity within a distinctly Catholic imaginative and theological framework.
B. Irish Home Rule movement
The Irish Home Rule movement was a 19th- and early 20th-century political campaign seeking self-government for Ireland within the United Kingdom, laying crucial groundwork for Irish independence.
C. Scottish Renaissance
The Scottish Renaissance was a 20th-century cultural movement in Scotland that revitalized national literature, arts, and identity through modernist experimentation and renewed use of the Scots language.
D. Early Modern Ireland
Early Modern Ireland was the transformative era from the late 15th to the 18th century marked by Tudor and Stuart conquest, religious conflict, plantation, and the consolidation of English rule over the island.
E. Early Modern Irish
Early Modern Irish is the historical stage of the Irish language used roughly between the 13th and 17th centuries, serving as the basis for the modern Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx languages.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish cultural movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ
aimedTo	promote Irish language ⓘ promote Irish literature ⓘ promote Irish national identity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Irish Literary Revival ⓘ surface form: Irish Literary Renaissance
associatedOrganization	Abbey Theatre ⓘ Conradh na Gaeilge ⓘ surface form: Gaelic League Abbey Theatre ⓘ surface form: Irish National Theatre Society Maud Gonne's Inghinidhe na hÉireann ⓘ
country	Ireland ⓘ
endTime	early 20th century ⓘ
hasPart	Celtic Revival ⓘ surface form: Celtic Revival in the arts Gaelic revival in literature ⓘ Irish dramatic movement ⓘ
inspiredBy	Celtic mythology ⓘ Gaelic tradition ⓘ Irish folklore ⓘ
keyFigure	A. E. (George William Russell) ⓘ Douglas Hyde ⓘ J. M. Synge ⓘ surface form: George Moore J. M. Synge ⓘ James Joyce ⓘ Lady Gregory ⓘ Padraic Colum ⓘ Sean O'Casey ⓘ Standish James O'Grady ⓘ W.B. Yeats ⓘ surface form: W. B. Yeats
languageUsed	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
location	Dublin ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
movementInfluenced	Irish drama ⓘ Irish nationalism ⓘ Irish literature ⓘ surface form: Irish theatre modern Irish poetry ⓘ
notableWorkProduced	Cathleen ni Houlihan ⓘ Deirdre ⓘ surface form: Deirdre of the Sorrows The Playboy of the Western World ⓘ
period	Edwardian era ⓘ Victorian era ⓘ
promoted	Irish-language drama ⓘ publication of Irish folklore collections ⓘ use of Irish themes in literature ⓘ
relatedTo	Celtic Revival ⓘ Celtic Revival ⓘ surface form: Gaelic Revival Irish nationalism ⓘ surface form: Irish independence movement
startTime	late 19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dora → movement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

subject surface form: Dora Sigerson Shorter

Dora → participantIn → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

subject surface form: Dora Sigerson Shorter

W.B. Yeats → movement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

Scottish Renaissance → influencedBy → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

Dora Sigerson Shorter → movement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

Brendan Behan → movement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish literary revival (20th century)

Elinor Monsell → movement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

Irish Literary Revival → alsoKnownAs → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Literary Renaissance

Celtic Revival → influenced → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

Celtic Revival → relatedTo → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

The Fairy Changeling and Other Poems → literaryMovement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

The Woman Who Went to Hell, and Other Ballads and Lyrics → literaryMovement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

Ballads and Poems → literaryMovement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish literary revival

Love of Ireland → literaryMovement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

The Lake Isle of Innisfree → literaryMovement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

The Countess Cathleen → literaryMovement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

Cathleen ni Houlihan → associatedMovement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

The Playboy of the Western World → movement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

Lady Gregory → movement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

J. M. Synge → movement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

George Sigerson → movement → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

George Sigerson → influenced → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish literary revival

County Sligo → associatedWith → Irish Literary Revival ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish literary revival

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