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AN GAOḊAL.
LESSONS IN GAELIC.
(BOURKE'S)
THE GAELIC ALPHABET.
Irish.
Roman.
Sound
Irish.
Roman.
Sound.
a
a
aw
m
m
emm
b
b
bay
n
n
enn
c
c
kay
o
o
oh
d
d
dhay
p
p
pay
e
e
ay
r
r
arr
f
f
eff
s
s
ess
g
g
gay
t
t
thay
i
i
ee
u
u
oo
l
l
ell
XXIX LESSON. —
Exercise 1
Translate into Irish. —
1. Who is there? 2. I. 3, Who (are you? 4.
James O'Brien. 5. Come in, James; you are wel¬
come ; sit down and converse ; I am glad that I see
you in health. It is a long time (day) since thou
and I were together before this day; and assuredly
to you, I am glad now that we are here with each
other — you who have a high estate, and a reputa¬
tion throughout the globe ; and I who am here in the
extremity of the country, without knowledge and
without notoriety. 6. Oh, I implore of you do not
commence so soon to praise me ; or I should rath¬
er say, to quiz me. 7. Certainly I am not quizzing
you, but I am telling the truth. I know that you
are very humble, and I shall not speak another
word in your praise. As I said, it is long since we
were with each other going to school, when we
were in your grandfather's, God’s blessing be with
his soul. Have you not travelled much of the world
since then ! 8' I have. I have much to tell of
everything which I heard, and everything I saw, if
I had an opportunity to spend a while with you.
But I will have an opportunity at another special
time. 9, Do you recollect when I and you on a
certain day were walking out from the town of
Cork, and you said you would like to swim, and
when we were in the water, there came a large
wave, which brought, on its returning, you with i
and you went along with the stream, until you
lighted on a rock ; then I swam after you,
brought you to shore halt alive as you were? 10
It is true that I recollect well that day, and I shall
have a recollection of it for ever ; it is for that rea¬
son I have (entertain) affection and great esteem al¬
ways for you, thankful for all you did for, me. 11,
Were there not other young men with us that day?
12. There were certainly; but neither of them
wished to go against the angry billows. 13. It was
well they acted so. Since you commence to speak
of them, who were the young men who were along
with us that day? 14. There were Andrew Fitz¬
patrick, George Willlamson, and Thomas McDon¬
nell, three who knew how to swim extremely well.
16. Are they all alive yet? 16. They are not all;
two of them (got death) died ; but Thomas McDon¬
nell is yet alive ; and he is not only a good man,
but a highly learned doctor and a renowned sage.
17. I am well pleased at that, is it long since you
heard from him? 18. Oh, it is : I have not heard
from him these five years. 19. A person of what
likeness was he, in order that I may see, do I rec¬
ollect him ? 20. He was a tall man, about six feet;
red in his complexion beaming in his eye, hand¬
some, long cheeked ; his brows compact, round,
and his hair the color of gold; his visage mild,
handsome. 21. I know him well now; you have
great memory. 22. Had he not a sister whose
name was Isabella — is that her name? 23. Isabel¬
la was her name. 24. Are you tired after your
journey. 25. I am not. 26. We can therefore walk
through the garden, the evening is so fine. 27. I
like it if you like it. 28. Certainly, I like it. To
whom does the garden belong? 29. To me. 30. I
perceive you are a great agriculturist. 31. I do not be
often (employed at it, but from time to time. 32.
Come in and view the flowers. 33. I shall and wel¬
come.
[Remember that all the words used in this exer¬
cise have been defined in the preceding Lessons]
This month s issue of the Gael is
highly interesting. We have the best
piece of Gaelic oratory on Archbishop
McHale which we have yet seen — We
have never heard as much as “the Lord
have mercy on his soul” of any of his
contemporary enemies, and if casually
mentioned it is only in execration!
We have the inimitable, patriotic lisp¬
ings of An Gaḃar Donn, beside whom
Moore could not hold a candle the
incisive darts of brother Griffin; the
National Anthem of M. Ua C.; the
patriotic poem by Capt. Norris; the
witty comparisons of A. Lally, and
last though not least, the Rt. Revd.
Bishop Scannell's address before the
Hibernian Convention.
There is held over the continuation
of Uaiṁ na Ladrón; a story by one of
our Irish students: Father Carroll's
St Patrick's Day Sermon, and two long
poems by the Gaḃar Donn, containing
over 60 lines each.
