The Brooklyn Philo-Celtic Socie¬
ty is getting along nicely. At its
regular meeting on April 5th it ex¬
pressd its admiration for the Right
Revd Bishop of Raphoe in the fol¬
lowing terms:
Whereas, The mission of this Philo-Celtic
Society being the cultivation and preservation of
the Irish language, it hails with delightful plea¬
sure the actions of all persons tending to promote
that object, And
Whereas, The Rt. Revd. Patrick O'Donnell,
Lordbishop of Raphoe, county Donegal, has, in
his recent Lenten Pastoral, urged the priests and
people of his diocese to preserve and cultivate
the National language, Be it, therefore,
Resolved, That the grateful thanks of all Irish
men, at home and abroad, are due to his Lord¬
ship for his noble, patriotic, action, and that this
Society affectionately tenders his Lordship the
same.
Resolved, That the foregoing preamble and re¬
solutions be spread on the minutes of the Socie¬
ty and a certified copy of them transmitted to his
Lordship.
Thomas Jordan,
Prest. pro tem.
Thomas Galligan,
Secretary.
Since our last issue, Death has laid his heavy
hand on three of the Gael’s devoted supporters —
Father Hennessy of Jersey City; Dr. William O'
Meagher of New York, and Mr. Timothy Mann of
Lawrence, Mass. — May eternal peace be their lot.
The Gael can now be bought off the news stand
in the following places. —
J F Conroy, 167 Main St. Hartford, Conn.
D P Dunne, Main St. Williamantic, do.
G F Connors, 404 Main St. Bridgeport, Conn.
Mrs Dillon, E Main St. Waterbury, Conn.
M McEvilly, Wilmington, Del.
W Hanrahan, 84 Weybasset, st. Providence R
J H J Reilley, 413 High st. do.
J N Palmer, P O Building, Tomah, Wis.
M J Geraghty, 432 West 12th st. Chicago, Ill.
J Dullaghan, 253 Wabash Av. do
H Radzinski, 283 N & 2863 Archer Av. do
H Connelly, Cohoes, N Y.
Mr. Ramy Springfield, Ill.
Mrs Woods, Jacksonville, do.
Mr Gorman, Joliet, do.
C. Schrank, 519 South 6th. St. Joseph Mo.
M H Wiltzius & Co. Milwaukee, Wis.
G T Rowlee, 133 Market St. Paterson N J.
Catholic Publishing Co. St. Louis Mo.
E B Clark, 1609 Curtis St. Denver Colo.
John Murphy & Co. Publisher, Baltimore, Md
T N Chappell. 26 Court St. Boston. Mass
Fitzgerald & Co. 196 High st., Holyoke.
Mrs. Hoey, 247 First St. Portland. Or.
Ed. Dekum, 249 Washington st. do.
The Gael is very sorry to see the
name of Cardinal Gibbons in com¬
pany with Cardinals Logue and
Vaughan attached to a document
whose purpose is to fortify England
in her diabolical raid on humanity.
Why in the name of all that is hu¬
man did we not hear the voice of
Cardinal Vaughan raised in behalf
of the Connemara boy Joyce who
was strangled to death by his gov¬
ernment?
Why not suggest arbitration be¬
tween England and the weak na¬
tions which she browbeats? Here
is where the shameless effrontery
of Englishmen come in. There
shall be no arbitration between the
United States and England while
there is a single red coat in Ireland
or a British flag in North America.
The American Irish are a good
deal different from those in Ireland.
a fact not to be forgotten.
LESSONS IN GAELIC.
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
Ḃ and ṁ sound like w when followed
or preceded by a, o, u, as, a ḃárd, his
bard, pronounce a wardh; a ṁart,
his beef or ox, pronounced, a warth ;
and like v when preceded by e, i, as,
a ḃean, his wife, pronounced, a van, a
ṁian, his desire, pronounced, a vee-un
Ḋ and ġ sound like y at the beginning
of a word; they are almost silent in
the middle and perfectly so at the end
of words. Ċ sounds like ch; ṗ, like f,
ṡ and ṫ like h ; and ḟ is silent.
