he memorable thing about the Gaelic League is not the amount of Irish that was taught in its classes – that indeed while not negligible was not decisive – the memorable thing was that it went out and strove against the hegemony of English cultural tradition in Irish life.- [‘What’s wrong with the Gaelic League’, An Camán, 9/12/1933] Is this true for this writer? Analyze the results of Gaelic Leagues work in the field of language and other fields such as the Gaelic Atheltics Association, the A
The memorable thing about the Gaelic League is not the amount of Irish that was taught in its classes – that indeed while not negligible was not decisive – the memorable thing was that it went out and strove against the hegemony of English cultural tradition in Irish life.- [‘What’s wrong with the Gaelic League’, … Read more