In 1893 he founded the Gaelic League, along with Douglas Hyde, and became editor of its first publication, the Gaelic Journal.
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Bulmer Hobson, a member of the IRB, approached MacNeill about bringing this idea to fruition, and, through a series of meetings, MacNeill became chairman of the council that formed the Irish Volunteers, later becoming its chief of staff.
Eoin MacNeill considered Flann the first of the synthetic historians; this synthesis of biblical history and foreign world chronicles with Irish annals, myths and genealogical records was to be much emulated by subsequent writers.
The Boundary Commission determined the current border in 1925, although the Irish delegate (Professor Eoin MacNeill) had resigned from it in protest at its failure to respect the terms of the Treaty.
Eoin Colfer | Eoin O'Duffy | Coláiste Eoin | Eoin MacNeill | Eoin Ryan, Jnr | Eoin Mulligan | Eoin McNamee | Peter MacNeill | Eoin Ryan, Snr | Eoin Ryan | Eoin Brosnan | Conor MacNeill (programmer) | Conor MacNeill |
The English text reads "This Association has been founded solely to keep the Irish Language spoken in Ireland. If you wish the Irish Language to live on the lips of Irishmen, help this effort according to your ability!"Conradh na Gaeilge was founded in Dublin on 31 July 1893 by Douglas Hyde, the son of a Church of Ireland rector from Frenchpark, County Roscommon with the aid of Eugene O'Growney, Eoin MacNeill, Thomas O'Neill Russell and others.