Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise ( English: Irish Guild of the Church of Ireland) is the

Irish language Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous ...

society of the

Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland (, ; , ) is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autonomy, autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the Christianity in Ireland, second-largest Christian church on the ...

. The society was founded in 1914, with aims to: * promote the preservation of the spirit of the ancient Celtic Church within the Church of Ireland, and provide a focus for members of the church inspired by Irish ideals, * promote the use of the Irish language within the church, * collect hymns and other appropriate spiritual material of Irish origin, * promote the use of Irish music and art in the church. The society provided a bilingual service book to allow Irish and English to be used in parallel.

External links

Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise Website

Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise - Facebook Page

References

1914 establishments in Ireland Irish language organisations Organizations established in 1914 {{Anglican-stub