snatch after him, thinking to have taken him by the
mantl, to keep him with her, and fell upon the
bed-stick of her bed, that it pierced her breast,
even to her very heart, which received no cure
until she died thereof."
The queen did not, however, immediately die of
the injury thus strangely received. Her last ill¬
ness was long and tedious, and it was during its
continuance that she composed the curious poems
which are still preserved, in one of which she gives
an account of the manner of the wound which soon
after caused her death.
I cannot do better than close my remarks on this
curious volume by transcribing the translator
address and dedication to Mac Coghlan for whom
he translated it. These documents are, besides,
not only explanatory of the design and idea of the
work, but in themselves so quaint, so interesting,
and so suggestive, that I am persuaded you would
be sorry to lose them, and they have not hitherto
been published.
"A book containing all the inhabitants of Ire¬
land since the creation of the world, until the con¬
quest of the English, wherein is showed all the
kings of Clana Neimed, Firbolg, Tuathy, De danan,
and the sons of Miletius of Spain, translated out
of Irish into English, faithfully and well agreeing
to the History de Captionibus Hiberniae, Historia
Magna, and other authentic authors. Partly dis¬
covering the year of the reigns of the said kings,
with the manner of their governments, and also
the deaths of divers saints of this kingdom, as died
in those several reigns, with the tyrannical rule
and government of the Danes for 219 years.
"A brief catalogue of all the kings of the several
races, after the coming of St Patrick, until Donogh
Mac Brian carried the crown to Rome, and of the
kings that reigned after, until the time of the con¬
quest of the English, in the twentieth year of the
reign of Rory O'Conor, monarch of Ireland.
(To be continued)
It is an error to suppose that it is
the poor class of Irish that reneague
their country. Not at all; it is those
who accumulate wealth and have suffi¬
cient English education to pass in "Sa¬
sity" and be "stylish," and who know
nothing of the learning of their ances¬
tors but, on the contrary, believe them
to be semi-savage, as their enemies rep¬
resent them to be. This is the class of
persons that deny their country and its
characteristics. The Gael will try to
inform them and dispense with gloves
in its pursuit. Had Gaels lent us that
support which the importance of the
subject demands the language would
probably be taught in all the schools in
Ireland to-day; the Gael would have a
million circulation, and Galic litera¬
ture would be known on every hill side
and in every valley; "Scotch-Irish"
would not be breached, but its votaries
would be silenced and put to shame;
and the United States Census would
have recorded a Catholic population
of 12,000,000 instead of 6,250,000!
But, behold! the Gael's exposition
has had its effect. Mr. Wm. O'Brien
who would not permit a line of Gaelic
in his paper years ago is now speech¬
ing to the men of Cork to preserve and
cultivate it! And the Board of Natio¬
nal Education is calling on Gill & Son
for additional supplies of Gaelic books.
'Twas hard to stir them at home, but
"Cuir cruaiḋ air an g-cailliġ & déan¬
faiḋ sí riṫ."
THE SENTIMENTS of our SUBSCRIBERS
Cal — Petaluma, Mrs. B M Costello.
Conn — Bridgeport, J Healy.
Ill — Englewood, J D Hagarty.
Kan — Palmyra, Daniel McCorgary
Mass — Boston, Miss B Molloy, per W M King;
P Doody, P Donovan — Lawrence, Dr. McGuaran,
P Foley. J McKenna, T Griffin. M Ahern, all per
Mr Griffin (Of the millions of Irish in America on¬
ly a few like brother Griffin seem to grasp the im¬
portance of the Gaelic movement) — Quincey, Ewd
Callaghan, per W M King, Boston (these various
subscribers sent by Mr King are members of Bos¬
ton P C Society) — Spencer, P Whelan.
Mich — St James, Daniel McCauley — Montague,
Capt. C Lysaght, per M Downey.
Mo — Avalon. P O'Reilly — Pierre City. Rev. Dl.
Healy — St Joseph, J Hynes, per J O'Shaughnessy
N Y — Brooklyn, Counsellor John C McGuire
(an earnest supporter of the Gaelic cause), Hon. J
Rooney (another far seeing Irishman), Francis J.
Gordon — City, J O'Connell, P J OBrien, per Miss
Kathleen M Hanbury.
Pa — Allegheny, Rev M Carroll — Phila, P C So¬
ciety, James J Hughes, W P Shea, per Mr Hughes
Tex — Galveston, P S Rabitt.
Ireland — All (except Fr. McCarthy and Mr. Moriar¬
ty) to National Schools.
Cork — Blarney, F O'Leary, per C Hallahan, Bra¬
sher Falls, N Y — Kilmeen, Rev T McCarthy, per
P Donovan, Boston, Mass.
Dublin — Baldoyle, Rev Brothers, per James J
Hughes, Phila, Pa.
Galway — Loughwell, Ml Coyne, per Counsellor
John C McGuire, Brooklyn, N Y — Cong Mrs Kil¬
leen — Headford, P Garvey — Spiddal, D Duggan,
three last per Rev E D Cleaver, Dolgelly N Wales
Kerry — Cahirdaniel, M Moriarty, per P Moriarty
Idaho City, Idaho — Ferriter, M Manning — Kilma¬
kerrin, F Lynch — Port Magee, F Hurley, these a¬
gain per Rev Mr Cleaver.
Mayo — Lurganboy, P Mullins, per Counsellor
McGuire, again of Brooklyn.
Tyrone — King's Island, T A J Hamill, per Jas.
J Hughes, Phila. Pa.
Wales. Rev E D Cleaver, £1 10s for self and the
National teachers severally named above.
