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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All labels observed (4)

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

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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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