Irmandades da Fala | |
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Founded | 1916 |
Dissolved | 1936 |
Newspaper | A Nosa Terra |
Ideology | Galician nationalism |
Political position | Big tent |
Colors | Blue and white. |
The Irmandades da Fala ( English: "Brotherhood of the Language") was a Galician nationalist organization active between 1916 and 1936. It was the first political organization of Galicia that used only the Galician language.
Aurelio Ribalta, a Galician writer living in Madrid, called for the protection of the Galician language in 1915. On January 5, 1916, Antón Vilar Ponte started a campaign for the establishment of a League of Friends of the Galician Language in the newspaper La Voz de Galicia and in March 1916 he published Galician Nationalism (Notes for a Book): Our Regional Affirmation, where he supported the protection, dignification and use of the Galician language. [1]
The proposal was supported by leaders of different ideological persuasions. The most important of these were Antón Losada Diéguez and the Traditionalists and the Liberal Democrats. Camilo Buenaventura Díaz Baliño , Indalecio Díaz Baliño , Lolita Díaz Baliño and Ramiro Díaz Baliño were all members. [1]
In the congress of November 1918 in the city of Lugo, they established their program: [2]