Douglas Hyde, aka An Craoibhin Aoibhinn, fought to preserve this language & founded a league of the same name
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time and ..... and first president of the Gaelic League, one of the most influential 
cultural ... Hyde joined the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language 
around ... under the pen name "An Craoibhn Aoibhinn" ("The Pleasant Little 
Branch").