faṫ, a spear, sting.
garg, fierce.
geaḃal, jailer.
gean, affection.
geit, fright.
goilleas, affects
glaoċ, calling,
Greug, Greek.
guanaċ, light, active.
imleaḋ, waving.
imniḋ, heed, care.
Íoḃ, Jove.
Iodmuin, Agamemnon.
impiġ, entreaty
láḋaċ, kind, civil
lann, blade; a home.
leacaiḃ, cheeks.
leaṁain, weeds.
laoċ, a hero.
leatrom, oppression
lonnraċ, shining
lúṫ, activity.
marṫain, life.
maoluġaḋ, blunting
meaṁair, mind.
meisneaṁail, courageous
millteaċ, terrible.
mórṡeisear, seven.
muirneaċ, fond.
neart, strength.
osnaiġil, moaning.
oibre, of work.
sampla, example.
saoġal, the world.
sáruiġeaḋ, subdued.
seaċaid, to hand.
searc, love,
seol, loom.
sgaoil, loosen.
sgáṫ, shelter
sgeiṫ, scatter.
sgláḃ, a slave.
sgrios, ravage.
siocar, cause.
síor-ḃeo, everlasting.
sliġe, way.
slin, weaver's slea.
sluaġ, hosts.
smigdar, they smiled.
sniaṁ, spinning.
spól, shuttle.
sruṫ, stream.
stuaim, dexterity,
tac, support.
Taeb, Thebes.
teastas, reputation
taiṫneaṁaċ, desirable'
táis, moist.
tiuġ, thick.
tóigeaḋ, taken.
toilleaḋ, deserving.
toġa, choice.
tréigṫe, abandoned.
Troiġṫe, Trojans,
Troiġe, Troy.
truaġ, pity.
Tuide, Tidides.
uaṁanaċ, brassy.
uiṁir, number.
The three first sentences in exercise 2
of this issue are remarks made to us
by a Leaguer, and the fourth is our re¬
ply to him.
Let students please remember that we
expect them to know every word defi¬
ned in THE GAEL whether in connect¬
ion with the Lessons or not — that is
what they are defined for. The songs
which we analyzed are invaluable to
the student, and he should master ev¬
ery word in them. It is wonderful the
progress which some of the students
have made — thus exemplifying the
traits which were characteristic of our
forefathers in the Dark Ages, when, as
our enemies admit, they possessed
more learning than the remainder of
Europe.
Mr. Howley, Cairo, Ill. has sent in perfect trans¬
lation of exercise 2 of Lesson 4. though it is very
difficult.
Mr. M. Darcy, III. has sent The Gael to friends
in Galway and Clare, and John Coleman of N. Y.
has not forgotten his Bohermeen friend, Mr. She¬
ridan. Mr. Sheridan writes Gaelic well. And
Father Fitzgerald has not forgotten his Water¬
ford friends.
We hope the gentlemen whom we mentioned in
last Gael have not failed to communicate with Mr.
M'Cosker on the matter of the Irish-American his¬
torical society. That matter should be pushed.
We receive a lot of Irish American journals
devoted to temperance, etc. Fudge, gentlemen.
Teach your countrymen to respect themselves and
they will need no temperance unions. Copy and cir¬
culate the extracts from Spalding's Eng. Lit., and
it will be better than volumes of your lectures.
We hope to see a Gaelic club, however small,
organized wherever the Gael reaches, for the pur¬
pose of publishing and circulating Gaelic literature
It must be a sore blow to the “Scotch Irish“ that
the truths of history compelled their friend Spald¬
ing to expose them.
Let the children of Fenius keep the Gothosaxon
to his pirate ships (as far as social standing is con¬
cerned) by distributing their ancient literature.
The best weapon a man can use in defending
himself is the sword of his enemy.
We hope our Brooklyn friends will get their
postman to bring them a few stamps or a postal
note and send their subscription, the amount is so
small it would not pay to hire a boy to collect it.
Gaels, owing to the number and importance of
our element in these States it is of vital importance
to our interests to place ourselves aright before the
American public. The English are continually
flinging mud at us and, certainly, some of it will
stick if we do not wash it off. The English repres¬
ent us ignorant as an apology for their nefarious
conduct, and it is our bounden duty to show the
world what we are and what we have been. And
here we shall say that we look on the lrishman
who pretends to be patriotic and ignores that duty
as a hypocrite of the first water.
We hope subscribers in arrears will pay up.
THE GAELIC ALPHABET.
Irish.
Roman.
Sound.
Irish.
Roman.
Sound.
a
a
aw
m
m
emm
b
b
bay
n
n
enn
c
c
kay
o
o
oh
d
d
dhay
p
p
pay
e
e
ay
r
r
arr
f
f
eff
s
s
ess
g
g
gay
t
t
thay
i
i
ee
u
u
oo
l
l
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