He was born in Moate, County Westmeath, the son of Joseph Russell, a Quaker farmer. He interested himself in the Irish language from the 1850s. He emigrated to the United States in 1867 and returned to Ireland in 1895.
He began to organise opinion in Dublin, by means of essay and lecture in the interests of a Gaelic revival. To his efforts to arouse in Irishmen a sense of the value of their ancient language and music was largely due the inauguration of the Gaelic League in 1893 and of the first Feis Ceoil (Irish musical festival) in 1897.[1]
thomas, neill, russell, 1828, 1908, irish, novelist, founding, member, conradh, gaeilge, born1828moate, irelanddied1908, aged, dublin, irelandoccupationnovelistnationalityirish, contents, life, select, works, notes, further, readinglife, edithe, born, moate, c. Thomas O Neill Russell 1828 1908 was an Irish novelist and a founding member of Conradh na Gaeilge Thomas O Neill RussellBorn1828Moate IrelandDied1908 aged 79 80 Dublin IrelandOccupationNovelistNationalityIrish Contents 1 Life 2 Select works 3 Notes 4 Further readingLife editHe was born in Moate County Westmeath the son of Joseph Russell a Quaker farmer He interested himself in the Irish language from the 1850s He emigrated to the United States in 1867 and returned to Ireland in 1895 He began to organise opinion in Dublin by means of essay and lecture in the interests of a Gaelic revival To his efforts to arouse in Irishmen a sense of the value of their ancient language and music was largely due the inauguration of the Gaelic League in 1893 and of the first Feis Ceoil Irish musical festival in 1897 1 He died on 15 June 1908 in Synge St Dublin and was buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery 1 Select works editThe Adventures of Dick Massey or the Battles of a Boy Dublin James Duffy 1860 Gill new ed 1908 True Heart s Trials a Tale of Ireland and America Dublin M H Gill 1872 rep 1910 1904 Red Hugh Or the Life and Death of Hugh Roe O Donnell Lord of Tyrconnell Dublin M H Gill 1905 Notes edit a b O Donoghue David James 1912 Russell Thomas O Neill In Lee Sidney ed Dictionary of National Biography 2nd supplement London Smith Elder amp Co Further reading editD J O Donoghue The Poets of Ireland A Biographical Dictionary Dublin Hodges Figgis amp Co 1912 nbsp nbsp This article about an Irish writer or poet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thomas O 27Neill Russell amp oldid 1155178805, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
