Life
Douglas Hyde dedicated his first book, Leabar Sgéuaigheachta (1889), to Euseby Digby Cleaver, a generous supporter of Irish who suggested his publish it, with the words, ‘Of you that saying of the Roman is true - except to change one word, nihil Hibernicum alienum a me puto.’ Hyde dedicated his Story of Early Gaelic Literature (1895) to Fr. Cleaver and Fr. James Keegin of St. Louis for their attempts to halt the ‘ever increasing Gaelicisation of our race’ - earning the thanks of all those who ‘do not desire to see our ancient Irish race sink into West Britain.’ (See Dominic Daly, The Young Douglas Hyde,
p.212.)