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AN GAOḊAL.
because ól is a noun, and therefore,
properly according to Burke's gram¬
mar, belongs to the second conjugat¬
ion, ól as a verb means said, (O'Reilly)
ḋeunoċ is the general Munster pronun¬
ciation of the other word under consi¬
deration, and we have a pile of letters
from Munster men in which the word
is spelled “deunoċ." The very Rev.
Canon Bourke, in his Colloge Irish Grammar, be¬
lieves that the number of verbs in Irish belonging
to the Second conjugation is much larger than
those of the First conjugation. We hope all the
Gaelic readers of the Gael will put such questions
to their Gaelic acquaintances, and report the result.
Our object is to bring the matter under general
notice so that it may be discussed impartially and
with the view of having it settled one way or the
other.
Since the above was put in print we
have met the Superior of the Francis¬
cian Friars. Rev. Father White, Ennis
county Clare, who is here collecting
for his new church, and we asked him
to translate the expressions, "he would
drink, he would do,” and he promptly
replied, D'ólṫaċ sé, ḋeuntaċ sé, adding
"ḃuailṫeaċ sé," etc. And it may be
seen that An PAORAĊ in his letter to
Tomás Ruaḋ in last Gael, page 598.
2nd line of 9th verse, has, "d'ólṫaċ
braon." AN PAORAĊ is a Waterford
man, and a scholar, and wrote, as he
said, as the people speak there. Joyce
nearly ignores these important matters
in writing his Grammar, and therefore,
in our opinion, is misleading. Let the
grammar be made from the language
and not the language from a so-called
grammar.
We are again forced to say something about the
"Irish American" and its anonymous friend. The
Irish American at one time represented the senti¬
ments of a considerable number of Irishmen, but
since the Editor lost the Fenian documents
in Dublin. and the paper came under the control
of the Bandon Orangeman, it has become the pliant
tool of Dublin Castle. Since that time it tries to
throw the apple of discord into every Irish Nation¬
al movement. Witness its conduct towards the I¬
rish National League, and its venomous editorial
remarks on this journal a few weeks ago.
For a long time after "losing" the papers, the
Editor was very careful of his health — so much
so that he was very seldom seen out of doors — and
kept his office approaches so firmly closed that it
would require a search warrant to gain admittance
But he had plenty of money then and could afford
to indulge in these luxuries. It is the common
belief that too much indulgence breeds disease
and that moderote living is conducive to good
health. So now that the Editor has to earn his
living by working on the Irish American for his
daily pay and, therefore, cannot indulge himself
as he used, he is getting convalescent and we see
his name once more in active warfare against the I¬
rish National League. Perhaps he expects to be¬
come an envoy again so that he may lose anot¬
her batch of papers, in which case he might be ab¬
le to befriend his anonymous jackal. This anon-
creature says that we seek martyrdom. — A martyr
to what? Oh. no. Mr. Anon, we are not going to
let our bone go with the dog, let that dog be a
spaniel or a bull. The proprietors of the Irish
American sought to make capital out of the fact
that they publish a Gaelic department. They do
publish it but not for the love of the language, for
not one of its staff knows a word of Irish, the
type-setter excepted. The Editor does not know
a word of Irish, though the Gaelic department was
in the paper 25 years ago. The Irish American
would not be alive to day only for the Gaelic de¬
partment, for it got nearly run to the ground on
account of Meehan's conduct towards the Fenians
until the Gaelic movement revived it ten or twelve
years ago. We well remember seeing a large num¬
ber of the Gaelic scholars clipping the Gaelic mat¬
ter out of the paper and consigning the remain¬
der to the flames.
We regret having occupied so much of our space
with this worthless subject, but it may do some
service to place matters in their true light. There
is no doubt but English money is being lavishly
used in New York and elsewhere to create a split
in National ranks. Who gets this money? Those
of course who try to create such split, and every
Irishman should resolve to frustrate their actions.
LOĊDÓRṪA AN ĠAOḊAIL.
Támuid o ló go ló taḃairt fuagraḋ
do léiġṫeoiriḃ an Ġaoḋail naċ n-diúltó¬
ċamuid sgríḃinn i nGaeḋilig o aonduine,
óir is dóiġ linn go sgríoḃann gaċ duine
ċo maiṫ agus is léur dó. Dúḃramar
ċeana gur cuireaḋ an Gaoḋal air bun
ċum an teanga leaṫnuġaḋ, agus, le
meisneaċ a ṫaḃairt do na scoláiriḃ
aineolgaċa, d'ḟoilsiġmid a n-iarraċda
o am go h-am gan mórán aṫrúġaḋ ḋéan¬
aḋ ionta. In uair a ḃeiḋeas na scol¬
áiriḋe 'nnan sgríoḃ agus léiġeaḋ tá
gramméir Ġaeḋilge furain go leor le
na d-treoruġaḋ. Cóṫuiġeann an leanḃ
air uċd a ṁáṫar sul do ċaiṫeann sé
biaḋ níos bríoġṁaire: a g-caiṫfiḋ leinḃ
na nGaoḋal bogún agus mairt-ḟeoil a
ṡlugaḋ sul do ċosgaid ó leaṁnaċd a
máṫar? Seasfaiḋ muidne air ar
sgríḃinn féin, agus ní ḃeiḋmid "i ngeall
no i ngeiḃionn," air ṡon éineaċ eile. Aċ
anuair a taisbeánuiġṫear ḋúinn le riaġ¬
aluġaḋ na n-úġdar, noċ atá adṁaiġṫe
a ḃeiṫ 'na n-úġdair, naċ ḃ-fuil muid
