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Douglas Hyde
President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945
For the English communist journalist and campaigner who converted to Catholicism, see Douglas Hyde (author).
Douglas Ross Hyde MRIA (Irish: Dubhghlas de hÍde; 17 January 1860 – 12 July 1949), known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn (lit. transl. the pleasant little branch), was an Irish academic, linguist, scholar of the Irish language, politician, and diplomat who served as the first president of Ireland from June 1938 to June 1945.
Douglas hyde biography
He was a leading figure in the Gaelic revival, and the first President of the Gaelic League, one of the most influential cultural organisations in Ireland at the time.
Background
Hyde was born at Longford House in Castlerea, County Roscommon,[1] while his mother, Elizabeth Hyde (née Oldfield; 1834–1886), was on a short visit.
His father, Arthur Hyde, whose family was originally from Castlehyde near Fermoy, County Cork, was Church of Irelandrector of Kilmactranny, Count