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

Douglas Hyde, Irish Politician

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

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"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 - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it."

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

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