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AN GAOḊAL.
as flat, vulgar, and unfit for lyric poetry. To de¬
duce this term from the Latin atque, is an unwar¬
anted freak of derivative conception, which phil¬
ology could not for a moment sanction.
Ach has no literal congener in Greek,
or Sanskrit; its nearest equivalent in
Latin is ac, which, however lacks the final "t,"
and is not guttural; but its exact cognate must
be sought for not in a mutilated shape but in the
concrete form in Hebrew in whose Pentateuch we
find it in such expressions as "ach Noach," but
Noah, "ach Mosheh," but Moses. Now, as to my¬
self I must candidly declare that I have no special
predilection in favor of any particular dialect; but
I wish to see the language spoken upon Irish soil
by at least sixty generations of my maternal ances¬
tors brought to an unequalled degree of phonetic
polish and perfection: a task which can never be
accomplished if its lingual vehicle should come to
be run upon the rugged road of rude, ill-sounding
and obsolete forms of speech.
In conclusion, excusing myself for so long a tres¬
pass on your space. Believe me,
Yours truly,
Wm. Russell.
[We regret that we have not the proper Italics
demanded in the preceding communications. The
words in quotations show where Italics were used
by the writers — Ed.]
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Callery.
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Loftus.
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phy,
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Brady.
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N. Y. Misses R. Dunlevy, B. Dunlevy, B.
Dwyer, N. T Costello. Messrs J V Mahedy M.
Fallon, P O'Byrne, O J Cavanagh, T Fox, John
J Bourke, P Keenan, M. Doran, L. Scully, P.
O'Hare, T O'Donnell, E O'Donnell, P Philips,
M Russell, H O'Brien, L Kelly, P Sullivan, J
O'Sullivan, T. McNamara, E. O'Reilly, M.
Meehan, Mr. Joyce, Miss Guiren.
Ohio J Stanton, J Murray, per Mr. Stanton,
P O'Donnell, Wm Sheridan J Collins M Murnane
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Kane, C Loughran, D. Keleher, F. Keogh, P.
Lynch, C Lynagh, Jerry Sullivan, A Neiry.
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O'Keeffe.
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Mr Murray.
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Slattery.
Ireland — Armagh, P McGuiness, P Murray,
per H. Murray, Washington D C.
Cork. Rev. J Stevenson.
Clonmel, J O'Donnell, per Rev Father Mulcahy
Antrim.
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Ward per P O'Byrne, N Y.
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New Zealand, P. O'Donnell.
If any omissions be observed in the foregoing
list, we hope subscribers will notify us.
In those towns and cities where the GAEL circulates
liberally, its readers should form themselves into
Gaelic societies. They could not be more patrio¬
cally employed than by meeting in each other's
houses, in turn, and reading the GAEL and other
Gaelic literature. What one would not know the
other would, and, thus, in a short time, all would
progress. They need not be afraid that they
would "destroy" the language, for, by and by,
when they would be able to read it tolerably
well they could get its grammar and study it.
See what the Land League clubs have done —
they have revolutionized the world. It would be
so with the language clubs; and we hope our
Gaelic readers will set them afoot.
Naċ mairg naċ ḃ-fuil fios aig T. O
N. air ċóṁnuiḋe na d-teagar ṡúd ṡuas.
Dá m-beiḋeaḋ ḃeiḋeaḋ sé sgríoḃaḋ ċu¬
ca, loċtuġaḋ an Ġaoḋail, mar sgríoḃ sé
do 'n t-Saoi MacṀáird, Beulfasta.
It is hardly possible to picture a more degrad¬
ed person than the Irishman who is ignorant of
his native language and makes no effort to cul¬
tivate a knowledge of it. Behold, five Irishmen
meet — two of them salute each other in the nat¬
ional tongue while the other three stand by with
their months open in wonderment at the strange
speech?
Now, we declare, with all the vehemence which
it possible to use in words, that no patriot¬
ic Irishman would remain a day without making
some effort to remove this degrading condition.
