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AN GAOḊAL.
ing his party was because the heads of
the Catholic church had made a bar¬
gain with Mr. Blaine — a declaration
which he knew to be false, and which
he invented in order to regain favor
with his church. Yet more still. The
Beechers and the Clevelands have
gained the Presidency by fomenting
and fanning the flames of religious bi¬
gotry against Mr. Blaine in that very
element which they afterwards insult¬
ed and sought to defame.
The Gael will not forbear exposing
bigotry when levelled at Irishmen, no
matter from what source. It has been
the curse of our kindred not only at
home but wherever the foul breath of
the Saxon contaminates the air.
We would now direct our anonym¬
ous friend to take a few minutes' ride
out to the Protestant town of Cumber
in his neighborhood and ascertain what
tolerance there is for Catholics there,
and then go back to the Catholic town
of Tuam and make inquiry on the oth¬
er side. We were in both. It is unfor¬
tunate for our country that her history
cannot be written without reference to
religious bigotry, and only in that in¬
separable connection would we refer
to it; for we candidly declare that we
take just as much concern in Mr Bee¬
cher, Miss Cleveland and others' future
welfare as we do in their present pros¬
perity, Ed,)
Dán a rinneaḋ 'sa Roiṁ mí-ṁeaḋain
an Ġeiṁre, 1854, le linn teagais ċáiḋ¬
ġieneaṁuinte na Maiġdine beannuiġṫe
a craoḃsġaolaḋ go h-úġdarásaċ, le
Seáġan, Ard-Easpog Ṫuama,
1
Go oilt'reaċ ó naoṁ Innis Fáíl,
Air ar las, lár síonta teann,
"Réalt na Mara" 'scap gaċ sgáil',
'Gus ċúṁduiġ 'n creideaḋ ársa ann;
Ní dual ḃeiṫ sostaċ ċóad 's tá sgeul,
Na h-oiġ' gan peacaḋ ann gaċ beul.
2
Ní dual do ċláirsiġ Éireann ḃinn,
Air ṡilleog croċda ḃeiṫ faoi sgáṫ,
Go n-deunfad ceolta duṫċais 's rinn,
Ar g-croidṫe lán le cuṁa 's cráḋ;
Óir fáiltiġeann Roiṁ na Tiḃre buiḋe
Gaċ aon, gan dealúġaḋ guṫ no críċ.
3
Ṫríḋ cianta, fáiltiġiḋ leus na reul,
Sgapas loċrán ṫriḋ gaċ trá,
Ḟoilsiġeas ar ḃ-féiliḋ ṫríd an neul
Mar an ṁaidin, ḟuagras lá,
Rún-diaṁar, facas ṫríd an ceo,
Le'r ḃreaṫuiġ faiġiḋ, leus síor-ḃeo.
4
Tógaiḋ suas go h árd ḃur nguṫ,
'Gus seiiḋe 'maċ ó ċroiḋe ḃur ndán,
Gus biḋeaḋ ḃur g-coisir aṁuil sruṫ,
Le móran ceolta binne, lán,
Taḃairt air ḃár na d-tuilte cruinn,
Briġ sean-rannta beannuiġte, binn.
5
Rannta 'tig, anuas o ṫrá,
Na maidne 'r cumaḋ talaṁ 's neaṁ,
'S raiḃ cinn an slioċd faoi aṁgar 's sgáṫ
Mar ġéil do ġlór na peist', go leaṁ:
Nuair do ṫug solas Dé d'a g-croiḋe,
'Sgeiṫ leus na doiġe, os cionn a slíge.
6
Ó broinn na neulta doiṁin' duḃ,
'Ċuir air ḃreit-síor an Ḃriaṫar sgáṫ,
D' ḟoillsiġ 'maċ go trócaireaċ, guṫ,
A ḃreit ó ṁnaoi, an am, le fáṫ
Go ngaḃfaḋ air a náṁaid teann
Buaiḋ, 's go m-briseaḋ fós a ċeann.
7
Saṁuil an tuim do ċonairc Maois,
Trá ḃí pobal Eaḃra crom,
Faoi 'n g-cuing ġeur, a d' ḟagaiġ baois
An droc-ríġ teannta ortu trom.
D' ḟan an tom gan doṫuġaḋ ó'n teas,
Cí naċ n-deaċaiḋ an lasair as.
8
An maġ faoi ḟál, gaċ am 's gaċ trá
Gan air ḃeiṫ cantuġaḋ ḃeul no guṫ,
Na rósa aonṁar' uil' faoi ḃláṫ,
'S faoi ġlasa dúnta suas gaċ sruṫ;
Saṁuil iad so na n-Oiġe saoir',
Naċ raḃ a riaṁ, le peacaḋ daor.
9
Ó'n am tá arsa 'g-céin, le linn
Caḋréim glórṁar maṫar Dé
Ḃeiṫ 'g-cill n'Eṗeis' 'g a gaḃail go binn,
Ní'r cluiseaḋ aoiḃneas ceoil mar é,
Ó ċloig ċill Ṗeadair teaċt do ḃí,
