THE SENTIMENTS OF OUR SUBSCRIBERS
Ia — Harpers Ferry, Rev. M Sheehan.
Mass, — Marlboro, Jeremiah McCarthy — Worces
ter, J Hearne.
Me — Portland, P. Hanrahan.
Mich, — Detroit, Daniel Tindall — St. James, Dl.
McCauley.
NY — Brooklyn, Nicholas Heaney, Thos. Jor¬
dan — City, Counsellor John L. Brower, Mrs Rose
M. Clancy, James McGovrn, Matthew J. Reilly,
Thomas Young, Hon. Denis Burns, Miss Mary
Needham, per Hon Denis Burns, through Miss
Kate McDonnell, Brooklyn.
Wash — Spokane, P. R. Howley.
Canada — L’Epiphanie, E Lynch — Montague
Cross (PEl) Rev. James Phelan.
Ireland — Co. Galway, Maamgavna, Peter Walsh
per Martin J Henehan — Waterford, J O'Callahan
per Daniel Tindall, Detrot, Mich.
Wales — Swansea, The Free Library, per Daniel
L. Jones, Esqr., Brooklyn, NY.
(We regret to have to record the death of John
Gormly, of Galveston, late of New York, and a
native of Clooncagh, county Roscommon, Ireland
— a good Irishman. — R I. P.
The Providence, (R I) Gaelic Society had its
regular annual meeting last month when the fol¬
lowing officers were duly elected. —
President, John McCarthy; Vice President, F.
O'Brien; Secretary, P. Crossan; Treaurer, Miss
M. Cullinan; Librarian, John Murphy. Execu¬
tive Committee, Ed. McGovern, M J Sullivan, J.
Reynolds, Miss Jane Gormly, and Miss Maggie
Wholey.
The Brooklyn Philo-Celtic Socie¬
ty is getting along nicely. The at¬
tendance is improving — new mem¬
bers being presenting themselves
now and then. The Misses Ward,
Guerin, McDonnell, Kelly, McCann
Thohy, McGrath, and Langan are
fair attendants, also the Messrs.
Galligan, Jordan, Heaney, McGow
an, Hayes, and some others. Pres
McDwyer, too, is a fair attendant.
We hope that Irishmen in all our
cities will organize Gaelic societies
so as to help and advertise the
movemement.
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
Sounds of the Aspirates.
ḃ and ṁ sound like w when preceded
or followed by a, o, u; as, a ḃárd, his
bard, a ṁart, his ox, pron., a wardh
warth, respectively; when preceded
or followed by e, i, like v, as, a ḃean,
his wife; a ṁian, his desire, pron. a
van, a vee-un ; ḋ and ġ sound like y
at the beginning of a word; they are
nearly silent in the middle, and whol¬
ly so at the end of words. Ċ sounds
lkie ch; ṗ, like f; ṡ and ṫ like h ;
and ḟ is silent
Sound of the Vowels — long. —
á sounds like
a in war, as
bárr, top
é ,, ,,
e , ere ,
céir, wax
í ,, ,,
ee ,, eel ,,
mín, fine
ó ,, ,,
o ,, old ,,
ór. gold
ú. ,, ,,
u ,, pure ,,
úr, fresh
Short —
a ,, ,,
a ,, what,
as gar, near
é ,, ,,
e ,, bet
,, beb, died
i ,, ,,
i ,, ill
,, mil, honey
o ,, ,,
o ,, got
,, poll, hole
u ,, ,,
u ,, put
,, rud, thing
The Mac Talla, published by Mr.
J G MacKinnon, Svdney Cape Bre
ton, is the only weekly Gaelic pa¬
per published (to our knowledge).
It is all Gaelic. Were there many
Scots and Irish like Brother Mac
Kinnon, there would be no fear of
the extinction of the race,
standing the Saxon’s tight grip on
it.
