Martyn, Edward, 1859-1923

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Name (Latin)
Martyn, Edward, 1859-1923
Date of birth
1859-01-30
Date of death
1923-12-05
Associated country
Ireland
Field of activity
Drama
Occupation
Dramatists
Political activists
Politicians
activists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 59330883
Wikidata: Q1292960
Library of congress: n 50052470
OCoLC: oca00087362
Sources of Information
  • Britannica online, July 26, 2018(Edward Martyn, (born Jan. 30, 1859, Tulira, County Galway, Ire.--died Dec. 5, 1923, Tulira), Irish dramatist who with William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory formed the Irish Literary Theatre (1899), which was part of the nationalist revival of interest in Ireland's Gaelic literary history; was an ardent Catholic and nationalist. He established the Palestrina Choir in Dublin, was president of Sinn Fein from 1904 to 1908, and promoted various educational movements)
  • Martyn, Edward Joseph (1859-1923), playwright and politician, was born on 30 January 1859 in Tillyra Castle, Ardrahan, co. Galway; died at Tillyra Castle on 5 December 1923 ( (Oxford dictionary of national biography online, July 26, 2018) )
  • Wikipedia, July 26, 2018(Edward Martyn (30 January 1859-5 December 1923) was an Irish playwright and early republican political and cultural activist, as the first president of Sinn Féin from 1905 to 1908; died at Tullira)
  • His Grangecolman ... 1912.