Edward Martyn
Irish nationalist and cultural activist (1859-1923) · Politicians · Died at 64
Edward Martyn was an Irish playwright, arts patron and nationalist politician. He served as the first president of Sinn Féin from 1905 to 1908, and was a co-founder of the Irish Literary Theatre, the Feis Ceoil and the stained-glass studio An Túr Gloine.
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Though his own dramatic output was modest, his financial generosity and cultural activism shaped many of the defining institutions of the Irish Literary Revival.
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1859 to 1923 · aged 64
