Irish Texts Society

{{Short description|Society to promote the study of Irish literature}}

{{More citations needed|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox organization

|name = Irish Texts Society
Cumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilge

|image = Irish Texts Society.png

|caption =

|size = 120px

|abbreviation = ITC

|formation = 26 April 1898

|headquarters = Dublin, Ireland

|type = Irish language
Irish culture
Gaelic revival

|founder = Douglas Hyde

|website = [http://irishtextssociety.org/ irishtextssociety.org]

}}

The Irish Texts Society ({{langx|ga|Cumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilge}}) was founded in 1898 to promote the study of Irish literature. It is a text publication society, issuing annotated editions of texts in Irish with English translations and related commentaries.

The organisation was created in London, on 26 April 1898.{{cite web|url = https://www.dublincity.ie/story/irish-texts-society | website = dublincity.ie | title = Irish Texts Society | access-date = 7 September 2020 }} Douglas Hyde was its first president, Frederick York Powell was its first chairman and Norma Borthwick and Eleanor Hull were the secretaries.{{cite web|url = http://www.historyireland.com/18th-19th-century-history/the-origins-of-the-irish-texts-society/ | title = The Origins of the Irish Texts Society | website = historyireland.com | access-date = 8 July 2015}}

As of 2009, the ITS had published sixty-three items in its main series and twenty items in its subsidiary series.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtextssociety.org/subsid.htm |title=Subsidiary Publications | website = irishtextssociety.org |access-date=2010-02-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904140715/http://www.irishtextssociety.org/subsid.htm |archive-date=2010-09-04 }} Other publications have included Patrick S. Dinneen's Irish-English Dictionary and the Historical Dictionary of Irish Placenames.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtextssociety.org/other.htm |title=Other Publications | website = irishtextssociety.org |access-date=2010-02-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904140703/http://www.irishtextssociety.org/other.htm |archive-date=2010-09-04 }}

The society holds an annual seminar at University College Cork, with the 21st event taking place in November 2019.{{cite web|url = https://www.ucc.ie/en/smg/newsevents/irish-texts-society-seminar-.html | website = ucc.ie | title = Irish Texts Society Seminar | date = 9 November 2019 | access-date = 7 September 2020 }}