The Irish Texts Society ( ga, Cumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilge) was founded in 1898 to promote the study of
Irish literature
Irish literature comprises writings in the Irish, Latin, English and Scots ( Ulster Scots) languages on the island of Ireland. The earliest recorded Irish writing dates from the 7th century and was produced by monks writing in both Latin a ...
. It is a
text publication society
A text publication society is a learned society which publishes (either as its sole function, or as a principal function) scholarly editions of old works of historical or literary interest, or archival documents. In addition to full texts, a text p ...
, issuing annotated editions of texts in
Irish with
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ...
translations and related
commentaries.
The organisation was created in London, on 26 April 1898.
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Ross Hyde ( ga, Dubhghlas de hÍde; 17 January 1860 – 12 July 1949), known as (), was an Irish academic, linguist, scholar of the Irish language, politician and diplomat who served as the first President of Ireland from June 1938 t ...
was its first president,
Frederick York Powell
Frederick York Powell (4 January 1850 – 8 May 1904) was an English historian and scholar.
Biography
He was born on 4 January 1850 at 43 Woburn Place, Bloomsbury, London, the son of Frederick Powell, a commissariat merchant, and his wife Ma ...
was its first chairman and
Norma Borthwick and
Eleanor Hull
Eleanor Henrietta Hull also known as Eibhlín Ní Choill (15 January 1860 – 13 January 1935) was a writer, journalist and scholar of Old Irish.
Life and family
Hull was born on 15 January 1860 in Manchester, England. Her father, Edward Hull, ...
were the secretaries.
As of 2009, the ITS had published sixty-three items in its main series and twenty items in its subsidiary series. Other publications have included
Patrick S. Dinneen's ''Irish-English Dictionary'' and the ''Historical Dictionary of Irish Placenames''.
The society holds an annual seminar at
University College Cork
University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork.
The university was founded in 1845 as one ...
, with the 21st event taking place in November 2019.
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Book publishing companies of Ireland
Medieval literature
1898 establishments in Ireland
Learned societies of Ireland
Text publication societies
History of literature in Ireland