Celtic Revival

In past times the Irish were viewed to be no less than barbarians and were looked down by the English. Yet The Irish language, history, culture ,art , literature and traditions were deemed to be as every bit important as the English yet at the time the Irish were not aware for its importance. Individuals such as Willain Butler Yeats, Doglas Hyde and Lady Augsta Gregory were people who pushed for the preservation and awareness  of the Irish heritage. Dogas Hyde was responsible for founding Gaelic League which promoted the Irish language which grew exponentially over the year expanding  over to 900 branches with  100,000 members. Meanwhile Yeats and Gregory had founded the Irish national theatre  in Dublin where Irish plays were being shown. The Irish people's mindset started to realize of the history that it's country and people had. National pride was born which also led to  the Celtic revival .

In the 19th and 20th centuries a variety of movements started which began the revival of Celtic literature and art. These movements encouraged works with relation to the Irish culture which defined how different it was from the English culture. Whilst literature and music were able to prosper Evidence of historical Celtic art  was not consistent because of factors such as instability, lack of money, centuries of invasions which effected the development of Celtic art.

Photograph of delegates at the Celtic Congress 1904, Caernarfon. Back row: Maggie Jones (harpist of Arfon); Mrs Gruffydd Richards (chief harpist of Gwent), David Roberts (blind harpist of Mawddwy), Gwyneth Vaughan. Front row: Pedwr James, Emile Hamonic, Lena Botrel, Theodore Botrel, Professor Paul Barbier

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