The Gaelic League was founded in 1893 with the aim of reviving the Irish language, as well as promoting home-grown industries and social reform. By the turn of the century, it had become one of the most important cultural organisations in Ireland. This article studies a central element of the league's ideology and praxis, albeit one that has thus far received little attention: its promotion of a specifically nationalist understanding of Irish space. ‘Space’ was a key trope for the Gaelic League and was linked to a number of other dominant nationalist concerns: state sovereignty, race, gender and modernity. Moreover, this article argues that a focus on ‘space’ allows for a better comparative understanding of Irish nationalism, since similar spatial logics were at play in other late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century national movements both in Europe and in the (post)colonial world.

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盖尔联盟和爱尔兰民族主义的空间逻辑

盖尔联盟成立于 1893 年，旨在复兴爱尔兰语，并促进本土工业和社会改革。到世纪之交，它已成为爱尔兰最重要的文化组织之一。本文研究了联盟意识形态和实践的一个核心要素，尽管迄今为止很少受到关注：它促进了对爱尔兰空间的具体民族主义理解。“空间”是盖尔联盟的一个关键比喻，并与其他一些主要的民族主义问题有关：国家主权、种族、性别和现代性。此外，本文认为，关注“空间”可以更好地比较理解爱尔兰民族主义，