Douglas Hyde Quotes

Every craggy and gnarled tree has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.

It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish.

I do not share the wish to see my language dead and decently buried

As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power.