Returning to Ireland in 1898 on holiday he became involved with the Gaelic League , so much so that he remained in the country as one of its organisers . On a 1905 journey to the USA with Douglas Hyde , they collected twenty thousand dollars . However , they returned it for the relief of San Francisco in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake . He remained an organiser until 1911 . His wife was Helena Concannon , with whom he collaborated on a number of books . He retired in 1938 , and was awarded an honorary LL.D . by University College , Galway . He died in Galway in 1946
1906 earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Tomás Bán Ó Conceanainn