"The Ireland of to-day feels acutely that the springs of her greatness lie in the past, and that by restoring ancestral traditions, blending them naturally with existing social forms, and by drawing strength and dignity from the memories of pre-Christian and medieval Ireland, before the Anglo-Norman had deformed and strangled her, she may yet discover her true self, and start life afresh."
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Ernesto Buonaiuti
Ernesto Buonaiuti (25 June 1881 – 20 April 1946) was an Italian historian, philosopher of religion, and former Catholic priest.
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