By 1910 this affinity took shape when his father purchased a farm in Raheen for Edward to engage in pioneer farming. Within two years Edward had introduced an electric light producing generator to the farm, forty years before rural electrification. Among the other initiatives which he introduced were the development of a limekiln, nursery and school where young men of means could learn the basics of farming. While he was rebuilding his familial connection to Ireland, Edward was deepening his involvement in the Irish cultural revival which was at its height in 1913, the year he married Mabel Pattison. By 1915 MacLysaght's command of Irish had improved dramatically and in that year he founded the Nua-Ghaeltacht in Raheen, County Clare.