AN GAOḊAL.
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Here are some words of the former,
Air ċonnlaċ glas an ḟóġṁair, a ṁíle
stóirín, 'seaḋ do ḋearc me ṫú,
Buḋ deas é do ṡeasaḋ a m-bróigín, as
buḋ ró-ḋeas é do leagan súl;
Do gruaiḋ buḋ deirge ná 'n rós agus
do ḋoirnín a ḃí fiġte go dlúṫ' :
Sé mo leun naċ lánaṁuin ṗósta sinn air
bord luinge a's sinn triall anonn.
Ċuir mise leitir sgríoḃṫaḋ aig mo
sweetheart agus casaid cruaiḋ,
As ċuir sí ċugam air ais í go raḃ a
croiḋe 'stiġ ċo duḃ le gual.
The latter goes in this strain. —
Bean 's fiċe 'bí in urraiḋ i ngráḋ liom
San lán do ṗáirc acu níor ċuiris suim
No go ḃ-facaiḋ mé teaċt ċugam í
croiḋe gan smóid,
As mil le fásgaḋ os gruag a cinn;
Ḃí culaiḋ ġeal uirṫi de 'n t-síod a b'
áille,
As ṫríd an ḃ-fáine go raċfaḋ a cum,
As fuair me a geallaḋ ó na dá grand¬
father,
An riġ Ó'Hára agus an t-Iarla cinn.
The object of the GAEL being the preservation of
the Irish Language, and as these old songs show
its genius and purity, we hope all who can send
such matter will do so. Several friends of the
Irish Language Cause have suggested the names
of individuals who could supply any amount of
these old songs and intimated that it would be ad¬
visable for us to communicate with or wait on
them. We will never beg of individual Irishmen
to do what they have a right to do as well as we.
We make this public appeal and if it does not get
a response it is not our fault. We would further
remind our friends that the GAEL desires to con¬
serve its own dignity. Though small, it is inde¬
pendent, and is the representative of an idea, and
has now a sufficiency of patriotic men and women
through the country to support it, and whose lofty
spirit would not in all probability be pleased with
its Editor were he to go round to beg matter for
it. Oh no! gentlemen friends, we shall be grate¬
ful to those who send us such contributions, but
to go beg them, never.
The seven Catholic diocese of Russian Poland
numbered last year. 5,290,277 Catholics, 2,315 sec¬
ular priests and 400 regular priests, with 420 nov¬
ices, 224 nuns of various orders and 254 Sisters of
Mercy, 1,574 churches and 594 chapels.
There are estimated to be 12,000,000 Hebrews
scattered throughout the world.
There are fifty Catholic churches in Chicago.
Fifty years ago there was only one.
CORMAC'S INSTRUCTIONS,
(Continued.)
"O grandson of Con, O’Cormac," said Cairbre,
"what is good for the welfare of a country?"
“That is plain” said Cormac; "Frequent con¬
vocation of sapient and good men to investigate its
affairs, to abolish each evill, and retain each whole¬
some institution ; to attend to the precepts of the
elders ; let every Senad (assembly of the elders,)
be convened according to law; let the law be in
the hands of the nobles ; let the chieftains be up¬
right, and unwilling to oppress the poor ; let peace
and friendship reign — mercy and good morals, u¬
nion and brotherly love; heroes without haughti¬
ness — sternness to enemies, friendship to friends,
generous compensations, just sureties; just decis¬
ions, just witnesses, mild instruction, respect for
soldiers, learning every art and language, plead¬
ing with knowledge of the Fenechas (the Breton
law) decision with evidence — ; giving alms,
charity to the poor, sureties for covenants, lawful
covenants, to hearken to the instructions of the
wise, to be deaf to the mob, to purge the laws of
of the country of all their evils, &c. &c. All these
are necessary for the welfare of a country.”
A an ċuaid, a Ċorṁaic, ol Cairbre,
caide eḋa Flaṫa acos cuimṫiġi?
Cosda um Deḟlaiṫ la samna do loċ¬
randuiḃ, luṫḃaṡ im soċuiḋe; saṁuġaḋ
suiḋe; soiċliḋe do ḋaileṁnuiḃ, dianlaṁ
ic fodáil, foċruibe, mesruġaḋ senma,
sgéluġaḋ ngairid; gnuis failiḋ, failte
fri daṁuiḃ coigelta binne, &c. Itiad
sin ḋa Flaṫa sceó cuirmṫiġi.
“O grandson of Con, O'Cormac," said Cairbre,
"what are the duties of a prince at a banquetting
house?”
A prince on Saman's day, (1st of November,)
should light his lamps and welcome his guests with
clapping of hands, procure comfortable seats, the
cup-bearers should be respectable, and active in
distribution of meat and drink, let there be mod¬
eration of music, short stories, a welcoming coun¬
tenance, failte for the learned, pleasant conversa¬
tions, &c. These are the duties of the prince, and
the arrangement of the banquetting house.”
Cid as a n-gabtar Riġ for Tuaṫuiḃ
sceó clandaiḃ sceo cindeluiḃ?
A feḃ croṫa, sceó cineóil sceó ergna;
a gais, a h-árdán, a h-irlaḃra, a nert
imgona, sceó soċruide.
"For what qualification is a king elected over
countries, and tribes, and people ?
From ths good ness of his shape and family,
from his experience and wisdom, srom his pru¬
dence and magnanimity, from his eloquence, bra¬
very in battle, and from the numbers of his friends.
