AN GAOḊAL.
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'S go flaiṫeas ṫógḃail suas gaċ croiḋe.
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Oiġe! a d' ṫainic neaċ de ḋroing
Na n-aingeal 'nuas ó Ḋia na sluaġ,
Fuagraḋ turlint' faoi do ḃroinn,
D'a ṁaċ aon-geinte fós ċo luaṫ
'Gus ḃéarfá toil; is ṫar na mná,
Do ḃí tú beannuiġṫe ann gaċ trá.
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'N uair ḃeiḋeas ar laeṫe caite, fann,
'N-déis ar n-aistir ṫríd an t-slíġe
'Gus bealaiġe buarṫa, treasna gleann
Na n-deor; fáġ ḋuinn, a Ṁáṫair, sgíṫ,
As uċd do Ṁic, — ó ġáḋ a's baoġal,
'Gus flaiṫeas Dé, le saoġal na saoġal.
The translation of the above poem, written in
Rome by Archbishop McHale on the occasion
of the promulgation of the Immaculate Concep¬
tion, will be given in the next Gael.
When the Brooklyn Philo-Celtic Society reor¬
ganized eight years ago, brothers T. M. Nolan
and L, McAlpin suggested the name of the late P.
Rudden as an eligible party for its presidency, he
being a good Irish scholar and speaker. We had
no knowledge whatever of Mr. Ruden's antecedents
and, of course, made no objection to his election
taking it for granted that he was a suitable person
when recommended by the above named brothers.
In the course of a few weeks, however, we were in¬
formed that Mr. Rudden had been what is called
a “souper" in the old country — the most odious
position possible in the eyes of Irishmen. We
upbraided brothers Nolan and McAlpin, Rudden
being a neighbor of theirs in the old country
for concealing this fact, because we thought that
if it were known that such men belonged to the
society it would be its death. We did not know
what to do. However, the term for which he was
elected was to expire in two months. and we con¬
cluded to keep the thing quiet for that time, re¬
solving at the same time that such would not
occur again. Brother Nolan, when upbraided,
excused himself by saying that the mixing with
the element of his youth might be the means of
bringing him (Rudden) back to his first love. Ne¬
vertheless we felt disconsolate.
In less than two months old Rudden took sick,
and, true to the prophecy of brother Nolan, sent
for the Rev. Father Kegan, Vicar General of the
diocese, and returned to the fold.
When Mr. McNally, another neighbor of Rudden,
Nolan and McAlpin — all of the county Mayo, —
heard of the bringing back of Rudden he said "If
the Philo Celtic Society accomplished nothing else
but the bringing back of Rudden it has been fully
repaid for all its labor".
Poverty at home, no doubt, induced Rudden to
become a souper, then by degrees he became hard¬
ened and a bitter pill, like all other turncoats, a¬
gainst the religion of his fathers and of his infancy.
But again mixing with the elements of his youth
and his innocence, he imbined the contagion and
seccumbed to its influence. Does the “Connect¬
icut Catholic” see anything in this tending to
“waste valuable time" ? Did it ever, or it is likely
to, accomplish so much for Catholicity, its title
notwithstanding ?
THE “CONNECTICUT CATHOLIC" AND
THE GAELIC
Editor of the Gael
Sir — Permit me to thank you for your able re¬
sponse to the prating of that wrongly christened
sheet, the Hartford Catholic, which should be call¬
ed the Puritan Advocate of New England. But
in spite of the power of Old England and the cold
blue nosed bigotry of New England, we shall, God
willing, maintain the old tongue and be ready, if
called on, to fight for the old Land as well, what
a loss they are at for our love of home and lang¬
uage? And what an eye-sore we are to them, and
since we are so, may it break their callous hearts.
It was the conduct of such men extracted the
following sentiments from that grand Gaelic schol¬
ar, Michael Doheny (God rest his soul) in '48 while
made an out cast by Britain, which was then, alas
aided by such West Britishers as we refer to, —
“What fate is thine unhappy isle,
When even the trusted few
Repay thee back with fraud and jail
When most they should be true."
And such Mr. Editor, is the class of Irishmen in
America who speak of the tongue of St. Patrick, i.
e., the tongue spoken by Brian Boru when he com¬
manded the annihilation of the Norman robbers
from the slopes of Clontarf, and the tongue which
with the help of God, shall yet be sung and spok¬
en when British rule and West Britishers shall be
unknown and far away from Erin.
Yours truly
Martin P. Ward.
In view of the fact that no employment can now
be obtained under our municipal government with¬
out undergoing a competitive examination, we
shall here give a few rules which candidates for
Police, Fire and Street Department should care¬
fully study if they wish to be successful.
They are very necessary to the proper discharge
of the duties of these severall departments, because
1st. If a Policeman be in pursuit of an offender
and that the offender is rounding a corner, it
would be highly necessary for the Policeman to
know that the two sides of any triangle are togeth¬
er greater than the third side, so that he might
describe this third side in his pursuit.
2nd. Firemen, to be effective, should know at
sight, the hypothenuse of the triangle, so that
when they come to a burning building they may
know exactly the length of ladder required to
