The Gaelic Society of Dublin was an effort to save and support the Irish language.
Theophilus O'Flanagan AB, acted as its first secretary.
Involved in the setting up of the society were Dr. John Lanigan, Richard MacElligott, Edward O'Reilly, William Halliday, and Maynooth College Irish professor Father Paul O'Brien.
[2] Published in 1808, The Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Dublin[1] was one of the first printed documents on the Irish language and documented Gaelic customs such as Brehon law.
Other efforts were made by the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language in 1877, and its successor in the Gaelic Union in 1880.