Michael O'Hickey
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Michael O'Hickey was an Irish Catholic priest and professor of Irish at Maynooth College and an Irish language
campaigner.
Michael O'Hickey was born in Carrickbeg, County Waterford
, Ireland
. He was an active member of the Gaelic League and studied under the noted Irish scholar Sean Plemion. He clashed with the Bishops and establishment and was dismissed in 1909 from his position as Professor of Irish, for his conduct in the controversy over Irish as a matriculation subject for the new National University of Ireland
.
He received support for many Irish Nationalist and language activists, and some of his colleagues such as the Theology Professor in Maynooth Walter McDonald
.
Sometimes his name appears as Michael Hickey rather than the Irish Micheal O'Hickey.
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
campaigner.
Michael O'Hickey was born in Carrickbeg, County Waterford
County Waterford
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, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. He was an active member of the Gaelic League and studied under the noted Irish scholar Sean Plemion. He clashed with the Bishops and establishment and was dismissed in 1909 from his position as Professor of Irish, for his conduct in the controversy over Irish as a matriculation subject for the new National University of Ireland
National University of Ireland
The National University of Ireland , , is a federal university system of constituent universities, previously called constituent colleges, and recognised colleges set up under the Irish Universities Act, 1908, and significantly amended by the Universities Act, 1997.The constituent universities are...
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He received support for many Irish Nationalist and language activists, and some of his colleagues such as the Theology Professor in Maynooth Walter McDonald
Walter McDonald
Walter Clifton McDonald was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1949 to 1959....
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Sometimes his name appears as Michael Hickey rather than the Irish Micheal O'Hickey.