National Literary Society
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National Literary Society
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The National Literary Society was founded in Dublin in 1892 by William Butler Yeats. The members first met in John O’Leary's rooms on Mountjoy Square, and later formally at the Rotunda. Its first president was Douglas Hyde. On 25 November 1892 Hyde delivered a lecture to the society on The Necessity for De-Anglicising Ireland, a precursor to the founding of the Gaelic League. A Book of Irish Verse, designed to publicise the new societies, was published in 1895, edited by Yeats and dedicated "To
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