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AN GAOḊAL.
II. — North-Western Division.
5. Ross and Cromarty 70467 56,767
6. Iverness 86,389 60,447
II — North Eastern Division.
7. Nairn 8,847 1,068
8. Elgin (or Moray) 45,089 1,273
9. Banff 59,783 330
10. Aberdeen 269,047 694
11. Kincardine 35,465 18
IV. — East Midland division.
12. Forfar 268,653 590
13. Perth 13,282 14,537
14. Fife 172,131 126
15. Kinross 7,330 15
16. Clackmannan 24,025 86
V. — West Midland Division.
17. Stirling 106,883 441
18. Dumbarton 78,182 1,483
19. Argyle 80,761 50,113
20. Bute 17,634 3,725
VI. — South-Western Division
21. Renfrew 325,611 4,199
22. Ayr 217,630 649
23. Lanark 942,193 31,500
VII — South-Eastern Division
24. Linlithow 44,005 47
25. Edinburg 388,336 2,145
26. Haddington 38,510 295
27. Berwick 35,213 43
28. Peebles 13,688 3
29. Seilkirk 26,346 8
VIII — Southern Division.
30. Roxburgh 52,592 25
31. Dumfries 76,167 17
32. Kircudbright 42,290 11
33. Wigtown 38,448 28
It will be seen from the above that the chief Gael-
ic-sperking counties are Ross and Cromarty, Iver-
ness, Argyle, Southerland, and Perth In Caith¬
ness, about 1 in 10 of the population speak Gaelic,
and in Dumfriesshire 1 in 4500. The 11,500
Gaelic-speaking in Lanark is accounted for by the
number of Highlanders in Glasgow, who number
8517. In the city of Edinburg the number is
1770
ORGANIZATION.
Every reader of the GAEL could organize a phi-
lo-Celtic society. It could be done this way. — Get
half a dozen of your friends or acquaintances, who
are favorable to the cultivation of Irish sen
timent, to meet at a specified place and time, when
you so meet organize at once, and call such organ-
ization by whatever name you please. Get cheap
text books, avoid unnecessary expense ; get some
one who speaks the language to give the proper
pronunciation ; lay provincialism aside; permit no
acrimonious discussion. Irish as well as all other
languages has a peculiar construction which none
but the person who speaks it can convey to you.
Organize, then, at once a meeting or two in
each week, and we will warrant that you will be
well pleased with your exertions.
Osṁego, an t-oċtṁaḋ lá deug
de Ḃealtaine, míle oċt g-ceud ḋá agus
ceire fiċid.
D' Ḟear-eagair an Ġaeḋail. —
A Shaoi. — Taḃair cead dam, le do
ṫoil, beagán do ráḋ timċioll an obair
ḋian a tá dul ṫart anois. Go meuduiġ
muintir na h-Éireann an t-eolas air a
d-teanga féin, agus mur naċ le na fear-
aiḃ ṁaiṫe baintear an foġṁar, tá buil-
e air na scoláiriḃ maiṫe anois mar
ġeall air an g-caḃair ḃeurfaḋ do ṗáip-
eur nuaḋ do 'n Ġaeḋilig sonnraċ, gan
cead iarraḋ orra neiṫiḃ an Ġaeḋil, aċt
is doiġ liom go ḃ-fuil tú ábulta ċum do
ṗáipeur a ċosaint ó na fearaiḃ a ṁarḃ-
óċaḋ é le cúram, nuair buḋ ċóir dúinn
luṫġáir ṁór a ḃeiṫ orrainn fá go ḃ-fuil
cumas againn ar d-teanga féin ḟoġ-
luim, mar tá go leor scoláiriḋ foġluim-
te anns a tír, aċt buḋ ċóir dóiḃ sioṫ-
ċán a ḃeiṫ 'n a measg; gan a ḃeiṫ clam-
par air ce aca an ġé ḋuḃ no an ġé ḃán
an gandal. Fágaidís an ċeist seo aig
an Saoi Magnear, agus ḃeirim mo
briaṫar dóiḃ go n-deunfaiḋ sé ceart í.
Baile Ċraoċ.
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