Douglas Hyde

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Irish politician Irish scholar President of Ireland cultural revivalist folklorist human linguist poet

Douglas Hyde was an Irish scholar, cultural revivalist, and politician who became the first President of Ireland and a key figure in the Gaelic revival movement.

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instanceOf Irish politician ⓘ
Irish scholar ⓘ
President of Ireland ⓘ
cultural revivalist ⓘ
folklorist ⓘ
human ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
birthDate 1860-01-17 ⓘ
birthPlace Castlerea, County Roscommon, Ireland ⓘ
burialPlace Portahard Church, Frenchpark, County Roscommon, Ireland ⓘ
coFounded Conradh na Gaeilge ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1949-07-12 ⓘ
deathPlace Dublin ⓘ
surface form: Dublin, Ireland
educatedAt Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
familyName Hyde ⓘ
father Arthur Hyde ⓘ
founded Conradh na Gaeilge ⓘ
givenName Douglas ⓘ
headOfGovernment Éamon de Valera ⓘ
knownFor being the first President of Ireland ⓘ
leadership in the Gaelic revival ⓘ
promotion of the Irish language ⓘ
languagesSpoken English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
movement Celtic Revival ⓘ
surface form: Gaelic revival

Irish cultural revival ⓘ
name Douglas Hyde self-link ⓘ
nationality Irish ⓘ
nativeName Dubhghlas de hÍde ⓘ
notableWork A Literary History of Ireland ⓘ
Beside the Fire ⓘ
The Love Songs of Connacht ⓘ
occupation folklorist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
officeEndTime 1945-06-24 ⓘ
officeStartTime 1938-06-25 ⓘ
positionHeld President of Ireland ⓘ
Professor of Modern Irish at University College Dublin ⓘ
Senator of the Irish Free State ⓘ
precededBy office created ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
spouse Lucy Cometina Kurtz ⓘ
succeededBy Seán T. O'Kelly ⓘ

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President of Ireland → firstHolder → Douglas Hyde ⓘ
Trinity College Dublin → hasNotableAlumnus → Douglas Hyde ⓘ
Douglas Hyde → name → Douglas Hyde self-link ⓘ
Irish Literary Revival → keyFigure → Douglas Hyde ⓘ
Celtic Revival → hasKeyFigure → Douglas Hyde ⓘ