Claude Chavasse | C. A. Cheabhasa (1886, Oxford –1971) was an Irish-language activist, scholar, and teacher. He graduated from Oxford University in 1908 and later in his life worked and lived in Ireland. His conviction for speaking Irish in the south of Ireland in 1916 was reported on in Scotland by An Deò-Grèine (Vol. XI, Issue 7, 1916, p. 108-109). He served as the President of the Gaelic League in Oxford.
Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals
- ‘I, Innis agus Eilean’ [letter to the editors, GD], Issue 42 (21 November 1908)
- ‘Sgrìobhadh na Gàidhlig’ [letter to the editors, GD], Issue 47 (26 December 1908)
Resources
- Diarmuid Breathnach & Máire Ní Mhurchú, ‘CHAVASSE, Claude Albert (1886-1971),’ Ainm.ie
- ‘Claude Chavasse,’ Cumann Staire Uíbh Laoire | Ballingeary and Inchigeela Historical Society
- ‘Claude Chavasse (1886-1971) and the Gaelic Revival,’ Waterford Museum Blog (March 2023)