The Irish Texts Society (Irish: Cumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilge) is founded in London on April 26, 1898, to advance public education by promoting the study of Irish literature. It is a text publication society, issuing annotated editions of texts in Irish with English translations and related commentaries.

Douglas Hyde is the Society’s first president, Frederick York Powell is its first chairman and Norma Borthwick and Eleanor Hull are the secretaries.

As of 2009, the Irish Texts Society has published sixty-three items in its main series and twenty items in its subsidiary series. Other publications have included Patrick S. Dinneen‘s Irish-English Dictionary and the Historical Dictionary of Irish Placenames.

The Society holds an annual seminar at University College Cork (UCC), with the 27th event scheduled to take place on November 7, 2026.

Distinguished past members include Norma Borthwick, Rachel Bromwich, Myles Dillon, Patrick Dinneen, Idris Foster, Robin Flower, Eleanor Hull, Douglas Hyde, Gerard Murphy, Maurice O’Connell, Noel O’Connell.