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Feis na nGleann: A Century of Gaelic Culture in the Antrim Glens

Feis na nGleann: A Century of Gaelic Culture in the Antrim Glens

Phoenix, Eamon
McAuley, Eileen
McSparran, Nuala

Paperback

FictionGeneral SociologyIrish History

Publisher Price: $25.99

ISBN10: 1913993159
ISBN13: 9781913993153
Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation
Published: Jun 1 2022
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.44 Width: 7.87 Depth: 10.43
Language: English

The Glens of Antrim formed one of the last Irish-speaking areas of Ulster until the early 1900s. Until the opening of the Antrim coast road in the 1850s Irish was universally spoken in the Glens and on Rathlin.


The turn of the nineteenth century saw the Gaelic Revival which in the north of Ireland involved both Unionists and Nationalists in an effort to preserve Irish as a spoken language. It was against this background of cultural renaissance that Feis na nGleann ('The Glens Feis') was founded in 1904 as the first Gaelic cultural festival in east Ulster. That inaugural Feis harnessed the talents of the Glens folk and a group of leading 'Big House' figures in the locality, among them Miss Rose Young of Galgorm Castle - a member of a leading Ballymena Unionist dynasty - Miss Ada McNeill of Cushendun and Miss Margaret Dobbs.

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