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School of Irish Learning

Irish academic institution (1903–1926)

The School of Irish Learning was a centre for Irish studies in Dublin founded in 1903 by Kuno Meyer, who talked of "the necessity of bringing the [Irish revivalist] movement into direct and intimate relations with scholarship, to provide an avenue for every student of Irish to the higher regions of study and research, to crown the whole edifice by a revival of native scholarship, and thus to bring about a second golden age of Irish learning.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1903Founded1

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Photo: unknown "School of Irish Learning 1913. Maud Joynt is standing in the back row on the far right. (Image: RIA C/24/5/C)", Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The School of Irish Learning was a centre for Irish studies in Dublin founded in 1903 by Kuno Meyer, who talked of "the necessity of bringing the [Irish revivalist] movement into direct and intimate relations with scholarship, to provide an avenue for every student of Irish to the higher regions of study and research, to crown the whole edifice by a revival of native scholarship, and thus to bring about a second golden age of Irish learning." The school's honorary secretary was R. I. Best, and among the first students were Osborn Bergin and T. F. O'Rahilly. The school published books on langua2

The story

Founded by Kuno Meyer in 1903.1

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Timeline

  1. 1926Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1903Founded Founded1

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