George Coffey (1857–1916) was a scholar of Irish history and cultural revivalist. Coffey was a bookbinder, archaeologist, and the first keeper of antiquities at the

National Museum of Ireland The National Museum of Ireland () is Ireland's leading museum institution, with a strong emphasis on national and some international archaeology, Irish history, Irish art, culture, and natural history. It has three branches in Dublin, the arch ...

. He was associated with the cultural revival movement and

Douglas Hyde Douglas Ross Hyde (; 17 January 1860 – 12 July 1949), known as (), was an Irish academic, linguist, scholar of the Irish language, politician, and diplomat who served as the first president of Ireland from June 1938 to June 1945. He was a l ...

Gaelic League (; historically known in English as the Gaelic League) is a social and cultural organisation which promotes the Irish language in Ireland and worldwide. The organisation was founded in 1893 with Douglas Hyde as its first president, when it eme ...

and the rediscovery of the Irish language.

Works

His works include : * * * * * * * *, ( reprinted by The Dolphin Press 1977 ) *

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* * 1857 births 1916 deaths Irish antiquarians Irish non-fiction writers Irish male non-fiction writers Place of birth missing 19th-century Irish archaeologists 20th-century Irish archaeologists Irish numismatists {{Ireland-historian-stub