AN GAOḊAL.
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Owing to being limited in Gaalic
type we are obliged to hold over Gael¬
ic matter received from Messrs. O'Cal¬
laghan, O'Keefe, O'Hara, Goban Saor
&c. We are short of "sorts," and we
sent to the type foundry for them but,
contrary to the usages of the trade,
they would not supply them. Our "as"
are run out before the other letters
are half used. However, as the foun¬
ders refuse to supply a proper propor¬
tion of the letters, we must have re¬
course to the new method of reprodu¬
cing the matrice of a perfect letter,
which has been recently discovered, at
a cost of about $1.25 a letter.
A highly interesting Gaelic poem,
"Ireland Over The Water," with tran¬
slation, appears in THE UNITED IRISH¬
MAN of Oct. 6th. If it be the compo¬
sition of the editor. O'Donovan Rossa,
he is no mean Gaelic poet.
Every Irish family should possess a volume of
Gaelic literature, such as the Gael, Gaelic Journal
&c. Must not the intelligent Irishman visited by
a friend, say a German or a Frenchman, feel some
what humiliated at not being able to speak a word
of his native tongue, or to be able to show that
he ever had a national language.
Having a volume of the language, le could ex¬
cuse his ignorance of it by simply telling his friend
the truth. He could tell him that as soon as the
English took possession of Ireland they introduced
their own language into the country, and that at
one time the speaking or teaching of it was made
a felony, punishable with death, and, consequent¬
ly, that the language could exist only in remote
territories inaccessible to the English, as the
mountains of Ulster and Munster and the wilds of
Connaught. The production of a volume of the
language would convince the friend of the truth of
these facts, and the Irishman's ignorance of his
native language would be accounted for.
THE GAELIC JOURNAL.
We have received the 8th no, of the Gaelic Jour¬
nal. This number has been increased to 40 pp.,
and is full of highly interesting matter. Indeed,
he is a lukewarm Irishman that would not give this
Journal a generous support, and that would not
have a copy of it in his library whether he could
read it or not. The price of it is six shillings a
year. Address Rev. J. E. Nolan, O. D. C. Hon
Sec. Gaelic Union, 19 Kildare St. Dublin.
The O'Neills gave sixteen monarchs to Ireland.
The O'Canes, MacSweenys, O'Dalys, O'Hays, O'¬
Conallin, O'Creagh, O'Hagan, O'Duan, O'Mulli-
gan, and O'Horan are descended from Owen, eldest
son of Niall. From Conall Gulban, son of Niall,
descended the renowned families of O'Donells,
kings of Tirconnell, the noble O'Doberty, O'Gal¬
lagher, O'Boyle, O'Connell, O'Ronan, O'Donnel¬
ly, McLoghlin, Caulfield, Kilkelly, Conry, Shiels
Callalan, Breen, Murray, O'Quinn, Deignan, O'¬
Mulvy, McGegan, O’Higgins, O'Mulloy; from
Aodh (Hugh). Athlam came the O'Dunlevy, an¬
cester of McSweeny Tanat, McSweeny Tuath, Mc¬
Sweeny Badhuine. O'Dunlevy was sixteenth in
descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages. The
family of Boyce is descended from the same an¬
cient family.
McCarthy the rightful king of Desmond
was confined in London Tower, in 1601.
The McDonaghs of Munster are of this race. The
name signifies son of Donagh; the Mac and the O
signify an off shoot of an origiual name.
We are pleased to see that the Cel¬
tic blood of France did not pocket the
insult offered it by king Alfonso in ac¬
cepting the colonelcy of the German
Uhlans from the Emperor, and then
parade the sreets of Paris in his newly
acquired plumes! We wish the Irish
Celts would take a lesson from their
kindred of France and not suffer them¬
selves to be not only insulted but en¬
slaved in "limb and Language."
The island of Juan Fernandez, the solitary resi¬
dence of Alexander Selkirk — whose adventures
have give rise to the well known story of Robin¬
son Crusoe, belongs to the Republic of Chili.
The Republic of Bolivia is the most elevated
country of the world. It has cities above the re¬
gions of the clouds, and cottages situated as high
as the top of Mt. Blanc. Lake Titicaca is 12,795
feet above the sea, and Lo Paz, the largest city in
Bolivia, though situated in a "valley", is 12,400
feet above the sea level. Potosi is 13,000 feet a¬
bove the sea. This territory is on the east side of
the Andes. It yields the fruits and vegetables of
tropical climes. Potatoes grow wild.
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