National Literary Society

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The National Literary Society was an Irish cultural organization that promoted national literature and language and played a key role in the Celtic Revival movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural organization
literary society
activity organizing lectures
organizing literary readings
promoting Irish folklore
publishing literary works
country Ireland
field Irish language
culture
literature
focus development of a distinct Irish literature in English
encouragement of Irish-language studies
revival of Irish national culture
foundedBy Douglas Hyde
William Butler Yeats
linked to: W.B. Yeats

other Irish cultural nationalists
hasPart lecture series on Irish literature
meetings on Irish language revival
headquartersLocation Dublin
historicalPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
ideology Irish cultural nationalism
inception 1892
influenced Abbey Theatre
Irish Literary Revival
languageOfWorkOrName English
Irish
location Dublin
movement Celtic Revival
notableMember Douglas Hyde
George William Russell
John Eglinton
linked to: William Kirkpatrick

William Butler Yeats
linked to: W.B. Yeats
purpose promotion of Irish language
promotion of Irish national literature

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Celtic Revival hasOrganization National Literary Society
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa founded Phoenix National and Literary Society
linked to: National Literary Society