Celtic Revival

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The Celtic Revival was a late 19th- and early 20th-century cultural movement that sought to revive and celebrate Celtic art, literature, folklore, and national identity, particularly in Ireland.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Celtic Revival canonical 14
Celtic revival 3
Gaelic Revival 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (81)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement
cultural movement
literary movement
nationalist movement
aimsTo oppose cultural Anglicization
promote Celtic cultural identity
revive Celtic languages
revive Celtic traditions
drawsOn Book of Kells
Fenian Cycle
linked to: Fenian cycle

Mabinogion
Ulster Cycle
early medieval Irish art
focusesOn Celtic art
Celtic folklore
Celtic literature
Celtic mythology
Celtic national identity
hasAlternativeName Celtic Renaissance
linked to: Celtic Revival

Celtic Twilight
hasArtStyleFeature Celtic knotwork
insular manuscript motifs
interlace patterns
zoomorphic ornament
hasKeyFigure A. E. Housman
Archibald Knox
Arnold Bax
Charles Villiers Stanford
Douglas Hyde
Edward Martyn
Fiona Macleod
linked to: Fiona MacLeod

George Russell
Granville Bantock
Harry Clarke
J. M. Synge
Jack B. Yeats
linked to: Jack Butler Yeats

John Duncan
Lady Gregory
Patrick Geddes
Patrick Pearse
Paul Henry
Standish James O'Grady
W. B. Yeats
linked to: W.B. Yeats
hasKeyOrganization Abbey Theatre
hasLanguageFocus Breton
Cornish
Irish language
Manx
Scottish Gaelic
Welsh
hasMainRegion Ireland
hasOrganization Gaelic League
linked to: Conradh na Gaeilge

Irish Literary Society
National Literary Society
hasPoliticalDimension cultural nationalism
hasRegion Brittany
Cornwall
Isle of Man
Scotland
Wales
hasTimePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
influenced Celtic design
Celtic music revival
linked to: Celtic music

Celtic studies
Irish Literary Revival
Irish nationalism
influencedBy Gaelic revival
linked to: Celtic Revival

Irish nationalism
Romantic nationalism
antiquarianism
peakActivity circa 1880–1920
relatedTo Arts and Crafts movement
Gaelic revival
Irish Literary Revival
Pan-Celticism
usesMedium crafts
drama
music
poetry
visual arts

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dora Sigerson Shorter movement Celtic Revival
subject linked to: Dora
Selma (poem by James Macpherson) associatedWith Celtic revival
linked to: Celtic Revival
Irish Home Rule movement associatedWith Gaelic Revival
linked to: Celtic Revival
Scottish Renaissance influencedBy Celtic Revival
Dora Sigerson Shorter movement Celtic Revival
Pan-Celticism relatedTo Celtic revival
linked to: Celtic Revival
Douglas Hyde movement Gaelic revival
linked to: Celtic Revival
Irish Literary Revival hasPart Celtic Revival in the arts
linked to: Celtic Revival
Irish Literary Revival relatedTo Gaelic Revival
linked to: Celtic Revival
Irish Literary Revival relatedTo Celtic Revival
Celtic Revival hasAlternativeName Celtic Renaissance
linked to: Celtic Revival
Celtic Revival influencedBy Gaelic revival
linked to: Celtic Revival
Ballads and Poems associatedWith Celtic revival
linked to: Celtic Revival
The Countess Cathleen literaryMovement Celtic Revival
Lady Gregory movement Celtic Revival
J. M. Synge movement Celtic Revival
George Sigerson movement Celtic Revival
William Sharp movement Celtic Revival
Gaelic Scotland associatedWith Gaelic revival
linked to: Celtic Revival
Herbert MacNair influencedBy Celtic Revival
Fiona MacLeod movement Celtic Revival
Young Ireland movement influenced Gaelic Revival
linked to: Celtic Revival