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''For the Gaelic resurgence to overthrow English supremecy in the 14th-16th century, see: Gaelic Resurgence .'' Gaelic revival refers to the early 20th century reemergence of the Gaelic language in its native Ireland . Gaelic had diminished as a spoken tongue, having been pushed to isolated rural areas, with English as the dominant language of Ireland as a whole. The discovery of how to read Old Irish (Gaelic written prior to the year 900) strongly influenced the '''Gaelic Revival'''. In 1842 the Young Ireland organization founded The Nation , a newspaper that published the poetric works of Thomas Osborne Davis , Thomas D'Arcy McGee , Richard D'Alton Williams , and Speranza (the pseudonym of Lady Wilde, mother of Oscar Wilde ) which spurred the Revival further. Jeremiah John Callanan was the first to use the Gaelic refrain in English verse. Thomas Moore , Charles Maturin , and Maria Edgeworth also incorporated Irish themes from earlier Gaelic works into their writings. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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