Conradh na Gaeilge is a social and cultural organisation which promotes the Irish language in Ireland and worldwide. The organisation was founded in 1893 with Douglas Hyde as its first president, when it emerged as the successor of several 19th century groups such as the Gaelic Union. The organisation was a spearhead of the Gaelic revival and of Gaeilgeoir activism.
Na Fianna Éireann, known as the Fianna, is an Irish nationalist youth organisation founded by Constance Markievicz in 1909, with later help from Bulmer Hobson. Fianna members were involved in setting up the Irish Volunteers, and had their own circle of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). They took part in the 1914 Howth gun-running and in the 1916 Easter Rising. They were active in the War of Independence and many took the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War.
Seán Mac Eoin was an Irish republican and later Fine Gael politician who was Minister for Defence briefly in 1951 and from 1954 to 1957, and Minister for Justice from 1948 to 1951. He had been Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces from February 1929 to October 1929. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1921 to 1923 and from 1929 to 1965.
Events from the year 1893 in Ireland.
Irish republican legitimism denies the legitimacy of the political entities of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and posits that the pre-partition Irish Republic continues to exist. It is a more extreme form of Irish republicanism, which denotes rejection of all British rule in Ireland. The concept shapes aspects of, but is not synonymous with, abstentionism.
O'Tooles GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ayrfield, Dublin, Ireland, formed in 1901.
LSDA Northern Ireland was part of the Learning and Skills Network (LSN), with a role to support all forms of post-16 education and training in Northern Ireland.
National College of Ireland (NCI) is a not-for-profit, state-aided third-level education institution in Dublin. It was founded in 1951 as a joint venture between the Jesuits in Ireland and Irish trade unions, and was originally named the Catholic Workers College, Dublin. It is now an independent higher education institution, offering full and part-time courses from undergraduate to postgraduate level, in the areas of business, computing, psychology and education.
Community Education, also known as Community-Based Education or Community Learning & Development, or Development Education is an organization's programs to promote learning and social development work with individuals and groups in their communities using a range of formal and informal methods. A common defining feature is that programmes and activities are developed in dialogue with communities and participants. The purpose of community learning and development is to develop the capacity of individuals and groups of all ages through their actions, the capacity of communities, to improve their quality of life. Central to this is their ability to participate in democratic processes.
Trinity College Dublin Students' Union, often referred to by its abbreviation TCDSU, is a students' union and the recognised representative body for the students of Trinity College Dublin. Its role is to provide a channel between the students and the authorities of the college, as well as to provide services to those students. TCDSU is a constituent organisation of the Union of Students in Ireland.
Comhar is a prominent literary journal in the Irish language, published by the company Comhar Teoranta. It was founded in 1942, and has published work by some of the most notable writers in Irish, including Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Seán Ó Ríordáin, Máirtín Ó Direáin, Máire Mhac an tSaoi and Brendan Behan. Comhar also publishes books in Irish.
Teachers' Union of Ireland is a trade union in Ireland representing teachers and lecturers in post-primary schools, adult education colleges, institutes of technology, and technological universities. The TUI is affiliated with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and is represented on various education governmental bodies such as the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), the Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC), the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC), and the Vocational Education Committees. The Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI) is the other trade union representing post-primary teachers in Ireland.
The People's College is a voluntary organisation in Ireland that provides opportunities for adults to continue their education and training.
Fr Micheál P. Mac Gréil S.J., was a Jesuit priest, sociologist, writer and activist from Ireland.
Seán MacMahon was an Irish nationalist who fought in the 1916 rising. He took the pro-treaty side in the Irish Civil War (1922–23) and rose to be chief of staff of the Irish Defence Forces
Dublin Institute of Adult Education was established by Archbishop John Charles McQuaid in 1950 as the Dublin Institute of Catholic Sociology, its first director was Rev. Dr. James Kavanagh. It hosted lectures, debates and conferences, and delivered courses and training, in various subjects such as Sociology and Adult Education. Originally based in Eccles Street, it moved to Mountjoy Square Dublin. After the Second Vatican Council, under the directorship of Fr. Liam Carey, in 1966 the institute was reconstituted into the Dublin Institute of Adult Education. In 1974 the Dublin Diocese through the Dublin Institute of Adult Education set up the Dublin Literary Scheme. UCD Professor of Sociology Mons Conor K. Ward served as Chairman.
Liam Carey was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and educator. He was the son of William and Mary Josephine Carey. Carey was appointed to the Dublin Institute of Catholic Sociology (DICS) as director in 1963, he went for further study Adult Education to the Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, and returned to Ireland in 1966 renamed it the Dublin Institute of Adult Education. In 1969 he founded AONTAS, the National Association for the promotion of Adult Education. In 1974 he became the first director of the Adult education department in Holy Ghost College,, which evolved into the Kimmage Development Studies Centre. In 1974 he was awarded a PhD from the University of Manchester, for his thesis on adult education in ireland since Vatican II. In 1975 Carey became the first staff member of the new Centre for Adult and Community Education at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, which he served until 1993 when he retired. In 1979 he wrote the Aontas Review of Adult Education in Ireland.
Micheal is a masculine given name. It is sometimes an anglicized form of the Irish names Micheál, Mícheál and Michéal; or the Scottish Gaelic name Mìcheal. It is also a spelling variant of the common masculine given name Michael, and is sometimes considered erroneous.
