Grand opportunity
Subtitle: the Gaelic revival and Irish society, 1893-1910
By: Timothy G. McMahon.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Irish studies; Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780815631583; 9780815631842
Subjects: Gaelic League (Ireland); Irish language -- Revival; Language and culture -- Ireland; Popular culture -- Ireland; National characteristics, Irish -- History; Celtic philology; Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-322) and index.
Table of contents: title: The strange case of O'Growney's bones; title: Priests and people in the Gaelic revival; title: "All creeds and all classes"? Just who made up the Gaelic League?; title: Cooperating with the cooperators : branch activities and the regeneration of Ireland; title: The grand opportunity : festivals and the Gaelic revival; title: The march of a nation : Dublin's language processions.