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AN GAOḊAL.
DEATH OF Mr. JOHN EAGLETON,
Ballyveela, Co. Mayo.
(From the Tuam News)
"It is with sincere regret we have to chronicle
the death of Mr. Eagleton, the father of the Rev
Mark Eagleton, P. P. Cumber, Co. Galway, and
the late Doctor Eagleton. The sad event occurr¬
ed at his residence on the morning of Friday, the
18th instant [Sep], the deceased having reached
the age of 76. His death, like his life, was calm
and peaceful. * * On the evening of Sunday the
remains were removed for interment, and any¬
thing like the long, dense funeral procession that
followed the remains to Kilconly was never yet
seen not alone in that neighborhood, but in any
part of the West of Ireland. Those who saw it
will never forget it. At least 500 vehicles were
on the road from Ballyveela to Kilconly, those
in the rear of the funeral not being able to move
at all, nearly every yard of the road from resid¬
ence of deceased to Kilconly — over two miles —
being choked with carriages, cars, horsemen and
pedestrians. Though it was Sunday there were
over 20 priests at the funeral, some of them, like
many who were at the funeral, having come dis¬
tances of 13 and 15 miles, from Abbey, Dunmore,
Carnacon, Partry, Annadown, etc. to show their
respect for deceased and his family. The extra¬
ordinary gathering at the funeral was the most
significant tribute of respect that could be paid
to the memory of any man. And well did decea¬
sed deserve it. He was kind, friendly and chari¬
table, and never missed an opportunity of being
present at the funeral of a friend or acquaintance
He was as upright and high-minded a man as ev¬
er lived.
The hearse, mourning carriage, and beautiful¬
ly polished oak coffin, which was covered with
lovely wreaths, were supplied by Mr Gilligan
Claremorris.
We offer to the steered family and friends of
deceased our sincere sympathy in the loss of so
good a father and friend. May his soul rest in
peace."
Although the deceased whose obituary we re¬
produce above is a near relation to the editor of
the Gael, both being the children of two sisters,
Máire agus Briġid ní Oisín,
the daughters of Sheamus Oisin, the hair-cloth
manufacturer (before the English government
despoiled the Irish of their manufactures) of
Garrymore Mountain, Co. Mayo, yet we do not
print it as an obituary, because it would be of no
interest to our readers. But we reproduce it to
show the social standing of his family in the
community, and because his mother, nor one of
her forefathers (though the first Archbishop of
Tuam, the venerable Abbot Oisin, was of her
flesh and blood) ever opened her lips to speak a
word of English and and as a sensible castigation
to those ignorant, unpatriotic Irishmen — West-
British Shoneens — who would fain — in the vain
endeavor to cover their National turpitude — re¬
flect on every Irish man and woman who speaks
and has spoken the National language — which
ignorance and national turpitude have been the
bane of the Irish Language Movement since its
initiation, in its present form, twenty four years
ago. — Ed.
To the old readers of the Gael, the “Sentiments
of Our Subscribers" is known to mean a list of
those who paid in their subsriptions since the prece¬
ding issue. But, heretofore, it contained also the
names of persons who ordered the paper through
Gaels, or otherwise, promising that they would pay
Some of the latter have never sent a cent to the
Gael though a copy of every issue has been mailed
to them since the date of their orders, which in
many cases extend back five or more years. As it
would be an injustice to the Gael (that list contain¬
ing an account of every cent it receives), and to its
regular subscribers to let the names of those who
did not contribute to its support remain on its pa¬
ges, after this issue, no one will be named
in the list except him who pays, or is vouched for
by a Gael; and such as are getting the paper for a
year and over, will be dropt from the roll and their
names published at the end of the column in which
they mistakenly appeared, with date of the error.
The new professor of Celtic for the A. O. H
Chair in the Catholic University of America is now
studying Celtic philology with Professor Thurney¬
sen at Freiburg, Germany, and will afterwards go
to Leipsic, to study with the famous Windisch.
The Chair will be a credit to the University.
SIMPLE LESSONS IN IRISH PART III. is at last
published. Copies of the three parts will be sent
to all who subscribed for this part, and those who
do not receive their copies before 15 November
ought to notify Rev. E. O'Growney, Prescott, Ari¬
zona, who will also receive subscriptions of one
dollar from new subscribers who wish to obtain
these Lessons By a printer's slip, the name of the
Gaelic Society of Philadelphia has been omitted
from the list of the Societies to whom the Lessons
are dedicated.
The following is the dedication of the Lessons :-
To the Gaelic Societies of San Francisco, Pro¬
vidence, New York (and Philadelphia), and the
readers of the Gaodhal, this volume, published by
their assistance, is gratefully dedicated.
