Celtic Revival

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The Celtic Revival, also known as the Irish Literary Revival, was begun by Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and William Butler Yeats in Ireland in 1896. The Revival stimulated new appreciation of traditional Irish literature. The movement also encouraged the creation of works written in the spirit of Irish culture, as distinct from English culture. This was, in part, due to the political need for an individual Irish identity. Figures such as Yeats, J.M. Synge and Sean O'Casey wrote many plays and articles about the political state of Ireland at the time. These were connected with another great symbol of the literary revival, The Abbey Theatre, which served as the stage for many new Irish writers and playwrights of the time.

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• Gaelic Revival
• George William Russell
• Padraic Colum
• Oliver St. John Gogarty
• Irish Literary Theatre
• W. G. Fay's Irish National Dramatic Company
• Modern Celts
• Celtic literature
• Scottish Renaissance
• Viking revival