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AN GAOḊAL.
Do Ḟear Eagair An Ġaoḋail.
A Ċara mo ċroiḋe —
'Sé mo ġuiġe duit a ló 'sas d'oiḋċe.
Dia ag neartuġ'ḋ leat go deo 's ċoiḋċe;
Ċun ar d-teanga ag leaṫ'nuġ'ḋ ann
gaċ áit,
Soir is siar air fuaid na Stait.
T. Mc G.
Jan. 17. '83.
(Go raḃ maiṫ agad, Aṫair. Is maiṫ
linn an b-paidir sin ó "Ṡagart a-
rúin," — Fear-eagair A. G. )
THE GAELIC JOURNAL
We have received the first number of the Gael¬
ic Journal, and we congratulate the Gaelic Union
on the success of their efforts. The paper is
well gotten up 32 page journal, printed on good
paper, and is edited by Mr. David Comyn, one of
the members of the Council. Its articles are va¬
ried in Irish and in English, and by the best
known authors of the day. So that in make up
and matter it has met the most sanguine anticipa¬
tions of its admirers. Though we are not person¬
ally acquainted with the conductor of the Gaelic
Journal we have considerable official acquaintance
with the Rev. John Nolan O. D. C., Hon. Secre¬
tary of the Gaelic Union, through whose indomi¬
table energy, patience and perseverance the pres¬
ent Gaelic movement in Ireland found its birth.
The subscription price of the Gaelic Journal is
five shillings a year; by mail five shillings and
sixpence, and all orders respecting it addressed
to the Hon. Secretary, Rev. J. Nolan O. D. C. 19
Kildare St. Dublin, will be promptly attended to
It is the duty of the Irish people at home and
abroad to support this journal, because, at best,
we here are only a branch of the parent tree and
because if it be not kept in a wholesome condi¬
tion it is impossible for the branches to flourish.
These are the sentiments of the GAEL towards the
parent journal, though, like the society which
gave it birth, the Brooklyn Philo Celtic Society),
it is considerably older than the journal to which,
for the above reasons, it now accords parentage
and precedence, even if it should be at its own
pecuniary disadvantage.
We did not produce the GAEL as a business en¬
terprise, but we produced it because we saw that
every nationality in this country had a journal in
their native language except our own; yes, not¬
withstanding their numbers and the wealth of some
of them and their annual obstruction of the pub¬
lic thoroughfares in commemorating Irish nat¬
ional events, they had not a single journal in their
own national language, though the few scattered
citizens of the little dismembered kingdom of Bo¬
hemia, who do not number 5,000 souls in the city
of New York, had and has a journal in their nat¬
ional tongue. Then as a member of that unfortun¬
ate (and shall we say, unmanned) nationality we res¬
olved that we would endeavor to remove the
slur which this condition of things cast upon us, e¬
ven if there was not a single individual to assist
us. The GAEL is the product of that resolution.
And now that a journal is being published in the
metropolis of our nation, a truly national journal,
if it be not thoroughly supported, and enabled
ere long to appear weekly, we characterize those
Irishmen who shout and baw Iris nationality as
the greatest frauds and the greatest nuisances of
modern times, and their fitting place to be the
bottom of the Liffey — What! Irish nationality
without the language! Shame, and utter shame on
those who would propose it. They are the Castle¬
reaghs of our country — They know perfectly well
that the first step of the conqueror is to supplant
the language of the conquered, yet they will not
take a lesson by it. But they would prefer to be
big servants, (what according to their actions they
are best adapted for) than small masters. We wish
we could not write in this strain, but the sentim¬
ents are founded on the actions of a majority of
our countrymen. When Ireland regains her in¬
dependence it will be through and by the Irish
Language movement. That is the movement by
which Emmer's epitaph shall be written, and in
the language of his country.
THE GAELIC UNION
The Council of the Gealic Union met on Satur¬
day, at No 4 Gardiner's place, Dublin, at 3. 30.
R. J. O'MULRENIN occupied the chair.
There were also present —
Rev. Maxwell Close, M A, MRIA; Rev. J. J.
O'Carroll, S J; Rev John E Nolan, ODC; John
Fleming, T B Griffiths, H E Harthell, John Mor¬
rin, Duglas Hyde, Michael Corcoran, Michael Cu¬
sack, and David Comyn.
The following letter was read from Dr. Heinrich
Zimmer, Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative
Philology in the University of Greifswald (Ger¬
many) —
DEAR SIR — I wish to become a subscriber to the
'Gaelic Journal," which I am glad to see has been
set on foot. Reading in the first number, page
20, "that all members of the society subscribing
at least ten shillings per annum, not in arrear, will
receive a free copy of the journal each month," —
I send ten shillings by money order, and beg you
to accept it as my annual subscription — Yours
very truly,
H. ZIMMER.
Amongst the many letters received, containing
the warmest expressions of approval and encoura¬
gement for the "Gaelic Journal," the following is
