Monument to Ireland's 1st President Dr. Douglas Hyde (1860-1949) in Frenchpark, Ireland
Dr. Douglas Hyde (17 January 1860 - 12 July 1949), was an Irish poet, writer and scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945. He founded the Gaelic League, one of the most influential cultural organizations in Ireland at the time and spent a lifetime gathering Gaelic poems and folklore that might otherwise have been lost forever.
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Location: Douglas Hyde Interpretive Center, Portahard, Frenchpark, County Roscommon, Ireland, Western Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
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