AN GAOḊAL.
655
James Caldwell 2,000
Samuel Caldwell 1,000
John Shee 1,000
Sharp Delaney 1,000
Tench Francis 5,500
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Letterfrack
Co. Galway
18 Oct. 1886.
Dear Sir — I beg to acknowledge the receipt of the
September number of the Gaodhal kindly sent
from your office, for which please accept my best
thanks.
It is cheering to see men like Mr. Tierney in the
far-distant Argentine Republic take such an inter¬
est in the dear old tongue, which, in my opinion is
the mainspring of Iris nationality.
Would that every Irishman and Irishwoman of all
the world over entertained the same feeling towards
Teanga ṁín ṁilis ṁáṫarḋa
as Mr. Tierney; if they did, we would not be an
anomal among the nations — a nation without
language.
The Irish race in America particularly the wom¬
en could do a great deal for it. If the ladies were
aware that the use of this soft mellifluous tongue
has had an effect in the facial nerves conducive
to female lovliness, which I am credibly informed
is the case, they would make a strong effort to pre¬
serve it.
All our people should make it the vehicle of
prayer, they should, as far as possible, speak no
other language inside the family circle. This
would be the best way to revive it.
I was much pleased with Mrs. Joyce's pathetic
song. May she be spared to sing a more glorious,
more enlivening pean is the ardent prayer of,
Dear Sir, yours faithfully,
Patrick Cawley.
The 2nd Edition of the "Irish Imitation of
Christ," is just ready. The "Imitation" was tran¬
slated into Irish in 1822 by Father O'Sullivan, of
Inniskean, Co. Cork. The Irish is simple, beau¬
tiful, classical. Of the 1st Edition, it has been very
difficult to get a copy for sale. The present Edit¬
ion will have an interesting sketch of Father O'¬
Sullivan's life Copies of the old Edition sold for
5s. The price of copies of the present Edition is
1s. 6d. each, (post free 1s. 8d.)
Orders and remittances to be forwarded to Mul¬
cahy Bookseller, Patrick Street, Cork.
At a meeting of the S. P. I. Language, held in
Dublin, Thursday last, a letter was read by the
chairman, from the Rev. Stephen M'Tiernan, M. R.
I. A., P. P., Kilasnet, in which the Rev. gentle¬
man expressed his satisfaction at the adoption of
the society's text books in the new Irish Class
in Maynooth College. Father M'Tiernan, who
is widely known, as an ardent and accomplish¬
ed student of the Irish Language, has estab¬
lished Irish classes in all the schools of his par¬
ish. Many of his youthful parishioners owe to his
enlightened and patriotic exertions a profound
grammatical and conversational knowledge of the
mother tongue. —
Sligo Champion.
Representative Gibson of W. Virginia, says he
thinks the Democratic losses are due in part to the
action of Mr. Randall and his followers in prevent¬
ing the tariff legislation the Democratic party had
promised. —
(Special to the Brooklyn Eagle from Wash¬
ington.)
This must be news to our Democratic friends
here who could not be led to believe that their par¬
ty would "destroy the country" by removing the
protective Tariff. But according to Representative
Gibson, the party would were it not for Mr. Ran¬
dall. Had our Brooklyn Democratic friends known
that Campbell and Mahony were Free Traders,
they would be elected to stay at home.
OBITUARY.
It is with deep regret that we have to announce
the comparatively early demise of one of the most
active and energetic members of the Brooklyn
Philo-Celtic Society, Mrs. Maria Donnelly, which
occurred last month. In her demise the language
movement in Brooklyn has sustained a great loss,
for she was always foremost in advancing the in¬
terests of the society in every way. To her accom¬
plished but sorrowing daughters, who were al¬
ways ready to lend their talents in adding to the
excellence of the reunions and entertainments of
the society, The Gael offers its heartfelt sympathy.
Requiescat in pace.
Also the death of Brother M. Quirk, a native of
of Dunsandle Co. Galway, who was interred on the
same day as Mrs. Donnelly,
Daniel McGinnis born in Feakle, County Clare,
Ireland, November 14th, 1838. Died in Mobile,
Ala., July 16th 1886, aged 55yrs. He was most
of his time in the furniture business.
Another good Gael was Wm. Caesar, born and
raised in Dublin, his father was of Italian stock, as
the name showeth, Limerick by mother. He was
the best stucco plasterer in the State, acted war cor¬
respondent, was a good musician and sang well,
was eminently sociable, and a patriot in whom there
was no guile.
Edward Whelan of Montreal, Canada, an honest,
patriotic Irishman and a good Gaelic reader.
Also JAMES MITCHELL, of the Navy Yard, Bos¬
ton. (We have mislaid Mr. M. P. Ward's excellent
article on Mr. Mitchell's death.)
Síoṫċán síoruiḋe d’a anamaiḃ.
