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I do not share the wish to see my language dead and decently buried

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Douglas Hyde
Age: 89 †
Born: 1860
Born: January 17
Died: 1949
Died: July 12
Former President Of Ireland
Poet
Politician
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
An Caisleán Riabhach
Douglas Ross Hyde
An Craoibhín Aoibhinn
An Craoibhin Aoibhinn
Dubhghlas de hÍde
Language
Wish
Decently
Buried
Dead
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