Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language

The Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language (SPIL; Irish: Cumann Buan-Choimeádta na Gaeilge)[1] was a cultural organisation in late 19th-century Ireland, which was part of the Gaelic revival of the period.

It was founded on 29 December 1876 by Douglas Hyde and Count Plunkett[2][3] Unlike similar organisations of the time, which were antiquarian in nature, the SPIL aimed at protecting the status of the Irish language, which was threatened with extinction at the time.[4] The society succeeded in having Irish included on the curriculum of primary and secondary schools and third-level colleges in 1878.[5]

The membership of the SPIL included Protestant Ascendancy figures such as Lord de Vesci and Colonel W. E. A. Macdonnell. Horace Plunkett represented the Society at the 1901 Pan-Celtic Congress in Dublin. [6] It took a conciliatory approach to the British government and civil service in pursuing its aims, in contrast to the later Gaelic League, which was anti-British in character.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Ó Murchú, Máirtín (2001). Cumann Buan-Choimeádta na Gaeilge: Tús an Athréimnithe. Cois Life Teoranta. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. ↑ http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100515670 Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language], Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature
  3. ↑ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/trade-unionist-exposed-atrocious-conditions-of-workers-and-families-1.3156577
  4. ↑ Aidan Doyle (2015), A History of the Irish Language, p. 165
  5. ↑ Background on the Irish language, Údarás na Gaeltachta
  6. ↑ Celtia, September 1, 1901, p. 137.
  7. ↑ Doyle (2015), p. 170


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