National Literary Society

E868374

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
National Literary Society canonical 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural organization
literary society
activity organizing lectures
organizing literary readings
promoting Irish folklore
publishing literary works
country Ireland NERFINISHED
field Irish language NERFINISHED
culture
literature
focus development of a distinct Irish literature in English
encouragement of Irish-language studies
revival of Irish national culture
foundedBy Douglas Hyde NERFINISHED
William Butler Yeats NERFINISHED
other Irish cultural nationalists
hasPart lecture series on Irish literature
meetings on Irish language revival
headquartersLocation Dublin NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
ideology Irish cultural nationalism
inception 1892
influenced Abbey Theatre NERFINISHED
Irish Literary Revival NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
Irish
location Dublin NERFINISHED
movement Celtic Revival NERFINISHED
notableMember Douglas Hyde NERFINISHED
George William Russell NERFINISHED
John Eglinton NERFINISHED
William Butler Yeats NERFINISHED
purpose promotion of Irish language
promotion of Irish national literature

Referenced by (1)

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

Celtic Revival hasOrganization National Literary Society