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Abbreviation | ITC |
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Formation | 26 April 1898 |
Founder | Douglas Hyde |
Type | Irish language Irish culture Gaelic revival |
Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland |
Website | irishtextssociety.org |
The Irish Texts Society (Irish: Cumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilge) was founded in 1898 to promote the study of Irish literature. It is a text publication society, issuing annotated editions of texts in Irish with English translations and related commentaries.
The organisation was created in London, on 26 April 1898.[1] Douglas Hyde was its first president, Frederick York Powell was its first chairman and Norma Borthwick and Eleanor Hull were the secretaries.[2]
As of 2009, the ITS had published sixty-three items in its main series and twenty items in its subsidiary series.[3] Other publications have included Patrick S. Dinneen's Irish-English Dictionary and the Historical Dictionary of Irish Placenames.[4]
The society holds an annual seminar at University College Cork, with the 21st event taking place in November 2019.[5]