On March 14, 1948, Douglas Hyde handed in his resignation as the news editor of the London Daily Worker and wrote “the end” to twenty years of his life as a

Douglas Hyde--a scholar, linguist, and lifelong promoter of Gaelic culture and heritage--was elected the first President of the Republic of Ireland in 1938. My

In 1938, at an age when most men are long retired, Douglas Hyde (1860-1949) was elected first president of modern Ireland. The unanimous choice of delegates fro

A brief biography about the poet-folklorist and first president of modern Ireland. -- Dust jacket.

Contents: The Twisting of the Rope; The Marriage; The Lost Saint; The Nativity; King James; The Bursting of the Bubble; The Tinker and the Sheeog; The Matchmaki