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AN GAOḊAL.
our correspondence with them, and the
organization of their society (S. P. I.
Language) in the Fall of '77.
We have the record of every step
taken, at home and abroad, from the
initiation of the movement in 1872 to
the present time — its difficulties and
its triumphs — and every one engaged
in it, whether a friend or foe of An
Gaoḋal, will be faithfully recorded, for
the perversion of history, to our mind,
is the most abhorrent crime of which
a man can be guilty.
The book will contain about 700 pa¬
ges, five and a half by eight and a half
inches. We shall reduce the photos
so that each page will contain four,
with a short biographical sketch, as
outlined in our last issue. The book
will also contain extensive extracts
from the most eminent writers on the
early cultivation and enlightenment of
the Gaelic race. The book will be val¬
uable and interesting to future genera¬
tions, and, if our finances permit, every
subscriber to an Gaoḋal will be pres¬
ented with a copy free of charge.
We hope, then, that all our subscri¬
bers will send us their photographs to¬
gether with the other needed informa¬
tion already referred to — and we mean
former as well as present subscribers.
The reader need not suppose that
we are going to “write" a book ; no, it
will be a collation of facts already pub¬
lished in the newspapers, at the place
and time of action, so that it will
defy adverse criticism. The book will
also contain the elements of the lang¬
uage from recognized authors.
Read the offer in relation to Char¬
les Dickens' works on back page. A
fine library could be secured in this
way at a mere nominal expense.
In the name of the Language move¬
ment, The Gael sincerely thanks the
editors of the SCRANTON TRUTH CATH¬
OLIC TRIBUNE, St. Joseph, Mo., and the
LABOR JOURNAL, Paterson, for their ge¬
nerous notice of its 8th. Volume.
GUṪ ANOIR ÓN t-SEAN ḞÓD.
A Ṡaoi Ḋíl:
Le mór-ṡásaṁ ċiḋim go ḃ-fuil an
Liaṫánaċ ag leanaċt de 'n obair do
ċuir sé roiṁe, ag cruinniuġaḋ i g-ceann
a ċéile na n-aḃrán ársa do ṫáinic a¬
nuas cugainn ó 'n t-sean-aimsir. Ḃí
aḃrán an-deas aige, goirid ó, i Nuaiḋ¬
eaċt Ṫuama, do cumaḋ fad ó i nDún-
na-nGall; agus ċiḋim ceann eile ó
Ċiarraiġe aige 'san nGaoḋal an ṁí so.
Ó ċeann go céile dár d-tír ní ḃ-fuil
cúinne naċ ḃ-fuil seod éigin, gleoite nó
garḃ, le fáġail ann. Ní'l cnoc, gleann,
loċ, raṫ ná aḃainn naċ ḃ-fuil a sgeul
féin leis, agus is mór an obair gaċ niḋ
de 'n t-saṁail so do ċúṁdaċ ó'n m-bás
atá ag bagairt orra.
Is dóċa go ḃ-faca tú an Ġaeḋilge
ḃiḋeas ins an Dúiṫċe (Nation) gaċ uile
ṡeaċtṁain le tamall anois. An Ċraoi¬
ḃín Aoiḃinn atá ag sgríoḃaḋ ann láiṫ¬
reaċ; agus leaṫ amuiġ de na dántaiḃ
so atá sé a clóḋḃualaḋ, tá leaḃar
sgeultaḋ eile réiḋ aige, agus banáite
as an g-cló. Do ċonnaiceas féin cuid
ḋe, agus sí mo ḃaraṁail gur feárr é
go mór ná a ċeud leaḃar Sgeuluiḋeaċ¬
ta,
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Floinn as Tuaim. Maiseaḋ, tá seis¬
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beag, mar gan buiḋeaċas do ḋuine air
biṫ, is Gaeḋilge ḃinn, ḟíor-ḃlasda, atá
ann.
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