704
AN GAOḊAL.
of foreign priests who can speak foreign languages
where they are necessary ; as many of our young
clergymen, who learn languages in the colleges,
have not a practical knowledge of them ; and con-
sequently are no benefit to the foreigners of their
parishes.
The Catholic population of the United States, is
estimated at ten millions, we can easily perceive
that it would be double that number if sufficient
attention were paid to the French, Spanish and all
other foreign populations of this country.
Yours truly,
Patrick F. Lacy.
San Francisco.
Editor of the GAEL — Having received my copy
of the GAEL of March with due promptness, as
usual: allow me to congratulate you in your en-
dearing and patriotic work. In your untiring and
unselfish effort to replant and scatter among our
people in this broad Metropolis : that which has
been silenced on their lips in their early childhood,
in British institutions in Ireland, their Mother ton-
gue, the Irish language. And it is the duty of
each and every Irishman, no matter what his staion
in life may be, who appreciates a warmth for his
own, his native language, to come forward, and
lend material assistance in this God blessed work
of our worthy editor.
Yours respectfully,
I am, dear sir,
John B. McNally.
A n-Ailṫeaċ Naoṁ Ċarail.
An 6aḋ lá fiṫċead de Ṡaṁain, '86.
A Ṡaoi Ḋílis;
Do réir mar ġeallas duit an
t-seaċtṁain so ċuaiḋ ṫart, cuirim dol-
lar ċugad 'san leitir so, le 'ḃeiṫ 'na ḃun
faoi ḋá nuiṁir de 'n nGaoḋal gaċ mí,
an áit an aon ċinn, as coṁair na ḃlaḋ-
na so ċugainn.
Críoċnaiġim le ceist ġreinn má ġlaċ
aiḋ tú sin uaim ---- Cia 'n uair a ċlóḋ-
ḃuailfid siḃ an Gaoḋal gan Béarla ?
Duitse le uṁalaċt,
DOṀNALL O'MURĊAḊA,
[Clóḋḃuailfiġear an Gaoḋal gan Béar-
la ċo luaṫ a's ġeaḃfaiġ sé míle Éirean,
naċ ċo tírġráḋ'ṁuil leatsa, --- Foilseoir]
We have the above letter a long time and pub-
lish it now to show the untruthfulness of those who
say that there are only two or three men in Ameri-
ca capable of writing really correct Irish. Mr.
Murphy's letter is short, but it is long enough to
show that he is capable of writing correct Irish
And it is so with scores of others. The greates
enemy the Irish language movement has, in this
country, is he who tries to throw a slur on the gen-
eral Irish speaker and Irish writer. He causes
hundreds of them to deny a knowledge of their
mother tongue, lest they should be classed with
the poor ignorant dwellers of bogs and mount-
ains.” We do not charge these with an intent-
ional desire to injure the movement. Perhaps our
Irish actors who were egged of the stage by our
Philadelphia patri tic brethren the other day,
would fight for the freedom of Irelend, yet they
were doing the work of the enemy, and receive
their just reward, so should all others who act a
similar part, whether on the stage or in the press
THE DRUNKARD'S WIFE.
The cold winds swept the mountain's height,
And pathless was the dreary wild.
And 'mid the cheerless hours of night
A mother wandered with her child,
As through the drifting snows she pressed,
The babe was sleeping on her breast.
And colder still the winds did blow,
And darker hours of night came on,
And deeper grew the drifts of snow.
Her limbs were chilled, her strength was gone
“O God!” she cried, in accents wild,
“If I must perish, save my child!"
She stripped her mantle from her breast,
And bared her bosom to the storm;
And round the child she wrapped the vest,
And smiled to think the babe was warm.
With one cold kiss, one tear she shed,
And sank upon a snowy bed.
At dawn a traveler passed by:
She lay beneath a snowy veil,
The frost of death was in her eye.
Her cheek was hard and cold and pale,
He moved the robe from off the child ;
The babe looked up and sweetly smiled.
Anon.
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" College Irish Grammar ...... 1.00
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... GALLAGHER'S SERMONS ...... 2.50
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New Translations. Notes, and Vocabulary,
for the use of schools. Book I. Part I. ...... .60
Joyce's School Irish Grammar ...... .50
Dr. McHale's Irish Catechism ...... .25
First Irish Book .12, Second, .18, Third .25
Irish Head-line Copy Book ...... .15
Pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne, Part 1. .45
Life Dean Swift, by T. Clark Luby. ...... 50
Vale of Avoca Songster ...... .25
Also, any other books desired by subscribers if to
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