Galician League (A Coruña)
Galician League Liga Gallega | |
|---|---|
Politics of Galicia | |
The Galician League of
regionalist club A Cova Céltiga (The Celtic Cave), with its headquarters in the Carré Aldao library; chaired by Manuel Murguía and directed by a committee consisting of Manuel Lugrís Freire, Uxío Carré Aldao
and Salvador Golpe.
History
In 1898 the statutes of the League were drafted, entirely in
Galiza, conducting in 1897 a signature collection to ask for the same autonomy than Cuba and Puerto Rico
.
After 1900 the League had little activity, but survived until 1907. The official newspaper of the organization was the bilingual weekly Revista Gallega, directed by
Martyrs of Carral was built in the town of Carral
.
References
- ^ http://www.ull.es/publicaciones/latina/a/16rosa.htm [dead link]
- ^ Old spelling, today would be Liga Galega.
- ^ For the first time in a political organization.
- Beramendi, X.G. and Núñez Seixas, X.M. (1996): O nacionalismo galego. A Nosa Terra, Vigo
- Beramendi, X.G. (2007): De provincia a nación. Historia do galeguismo político. Xerais, Vigo