AN GAOḊAL
"A nation which allows her language to go to ruin, is
parting with the best half of her intellectual independence,
and testifies to her willingness to cease to exist." — ARCH¬
BISHOP TRENCH.
"The Green Isle contained for more centuries than one,
more learning than could have been collected from the rest
of Europe ... It is not thus rash to say that the Irish
possess contemporary histories of their country, written in
the language of the people, from the fifth century. No
other nation of modern Europe is able to make a similar
boast." — SPALDING'S ENGLISH LITERATURE, APPLETON & Co.,
NEW YORK.
Who are the Scotch? A tribe of Irish Scots who crossed
over in the 6th century, overcame the natives, and gave
their name to the country. — J. CORNWELL, PH.D., F. R. S.'s
Scotch History.
The Saxons Ruled in England from the 5th century and
were so rude that they had no written language until the
14th, when the Franco-Normans formulated the English.
SPALDING.
The
Gael.
A monthly Journal devoted to the Cultivation
and Preservation of the Irish Language and
the autonomy of the Irish Nation.
Published at 247 Kosciusko st., Brooklyn, N. Y
M. J. LOGAN, - - - Editor and Proprietor
Terms of Subscription — $1 a year to students, 60
cents to the public, in advance ; $1. in arrears.
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Entered at the Brooklyn P. O. as 2nd-class matte
Fifteenth Year of Publication.
VOL 11, No. 10. AUGUST. 1896.
Remember that the First Irish Book is given free
charge to every new subscriber.
Subscribers will please remember that subscrip¬
tions are due in advance.
Owing to the continued illness of
Father O'Growney the installment
of Part IV. of his Lessons is not
forthcoming.
The Gaelic Journal for July has
this to say of the Gaelic Move¬
ment. — It is only within the past
month that the Gaelic League has
begun to achieve the object for
which it was establised. Meetings
have begun to be held under the
auspices of the League in rural
districts where Irish is the common
language of the people. Cork has
taken the lead with meetings in
Dunmanway and at Guagan Bar¬
ra. Donegal promises two meet¬
ings at Glenties and Brockagh,
both Irish-speaking centres In all
these places, the fact that the
movement is gaining foothold is
due to the action of residents who
are not shamed (why would they)
to stand up for the national lang¬
uage In all Connacht there is not
a stir. *
The effect on local opinion of the
meetings so far held has been
excellent Enthusiasm has been
roused where people thought as lit¬
tle about Irish as about the air they
breathe In a short time, no Irish-
speaking parish should be without
its Irish language meeting. And
this, be it remembered, requires
both work and expenditure.
The Irish National Convention will assemble
n Dublin next month. It will either represent
or mis-represent thirty millions of Irishmen scat¬
tered all over the world. If the influence of the
small but powerful Castlereagh element which
still, unfortunately, seek to undermine the Natio¬
nal foundation (in which they seem to be making
headway in the Province of Connacht), prevail at
its deliberations then, let the delegates from Ame¬
rica, Australia, and other parts — following the ex¬
ample of their brave forefathers of Limerick —
wipe the Irish dirt from their shoes and leave the
slaves to allow in the mire of degradation.
We have been complimented by several readers
of the Gael, including the noted Irish scholars
and teachers, Captain Norris, and the Hon. Denis
Burns for publishing the Vocabulary of unusual
Irish words which we lately commenced in it. No
one should lose a number containing this Vocabu¬
lary, nor no Irishman's library should be without
it for the sake of his children.
The biennial National Convention of the An¬
cient Order Hibernians was held in Detroit last
month and was a splendid success. The Rt. Rev
Bishop Foley, the National chaplain, reported
that the Fund to found the Celtic Chair in the
Catholic University has amounted to $49,000. So
that it is hoped the other thousand will soon be
forthcoming, and the work of the Chair begun.
Every Irishman should be a reader and suppor¬
ter of the Irish Republic, New York city. There
is no sophistry about it. It proclaims genuine
Irish sentiment.
* Poor, poor, heedless Connacht! "How fal¬
len is thy fame,"
How you suffuse the brow of your sons with
the blush of shame?
