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"A nation which allows her language to go to
ruin, is parting with the best half of her intellectual
independence, and testifies to her willingness to cease
to exist." — ARCHBISHOP TRENCH.
"The Green Isle contained, for more centuries
than one, more learning than could have been col¬
lected from the rest of Europe. * * * It is not
thus rash to say that the Irish possess contempo¬
rary histories of their country, written in the lang¬
uage of the people, from the fifth century. No oth¬
er nation of modern Europe is able to make a sim¬
ilar boast" — SPALDING'S ENGLISH LITERATURE,
APPLETON & Co., N Y.
A monthly Journal devoted to the Cultivation and
Preservation of the Irish Language and the au¬
tonomy of the Irish Nation.
Published at 814 Pacific st., Brooklyn, N. Y.
M. J. LOGAN, - - - Editor and Proprietor
Terms of Subscription — $1 a year to students, 60
cents to the public, in advance ; $1. in arrears.
Terms of Advertising — 20 cents a line, Agate.
Entered at the Brooklyn P. O. as 2nd-class matter
Eleventh Year of Publication.
VOL 9, No. 6 SEPTEMBER, 1892.
Remember that the First Irish Book is given free
of charge to every new subscriber.
Subscribers will please remember that subscrip¬
tions are due in advance.
Gaels who have not the good fortune to possess a
copy of O'Curry's Lectures should not miss a sin¬
gle number of the Gael, especially the coming issues
containing Lecture VII, which treats on the pith of
genuine Irish History, The Annals of the Four
Masters. Irishmen, whether they be able to under¬
stand their language or not, should get the Gael and
study these Lectures as they are an epitome of that
history of their country which has not as yet been
translated into English ; for, apart from the Four
Masters, O'Curry is the only competent Irish schol¬
ar, unswayed by English prejudice, who has com¬
passed it. And he declares that the true history of
Ireland has not yet appeared in the English lang¬
uage. And yet the great majority of what are call¬
ed educated Irishmen seem satisfied (from their ap¬
athy in relation to the national language) to take
the versions of the Froudes for the true history of
their race and nation? It exhibits a state of nation¬
al demoralization unparalleled in the history of the
world.
We have received No. 42 of the Dublin Gaelic
Journal. Four pages of it are devoted to Mr. Wm
O'Brien's splendid address to the National Society
of Cork on the National Language ; also a synopsis
of Mr. Healy's speech on the same subject before
the House of Commons, on May 9th, 1891. We
would remind the Journal that the defunct Irish
Echo of Boston opened its columns to the "Rom¬
ano-Keltic" type, and that it died? Gaels will not
have it. — especially, in Eire Mhor.
We regret our friend, the Tuam News, has not
procured Gaelic type. Its persistence in the use of
the "Romano=Keltic" has cost it many subscribers
here.
We have received a copy of the "Irish Phrase-
Book," by Father Hogan. It contains so many
errors as make it unfit for the hands of youth. It
is a pity that the author did not submit the work
to some practical Irish scholar before sending it to
press; if he did such bulls as the following would
not appear in it. —
She knew by her, tug sé aiṫne uirri.
He caught him by the ears, beiris ar
cluasaiḃ air.
To know God, ċum eoluis d'ḟaġail ar
Ḋia, etc., etc.
Friends, distribute the Gael as much as possible,
especially among colleges and other institutions of
learning where the extracts from Spalding will be
closely examined and inquired into. Spalding be¬
ing an eminent (though bigotted) Protestant writer
his works attract attention, particularly, when no¬
ticed in the Gael ; and once you secure the public
ear your battle is won.
Hence, get your Irish-American neighbors to join
in the furtherance of this purpose:
Now is the crucial moment in the life of the Gae¬
lic movement. The first act of a home rule parlia¬
ment in Dublin should be to have the language of
the Nation taught in all the schools. The Gaelic
workers at home expect this to be done; but, un¬
fortunately, there are many shoneens among our
people there, and we should work with renewed
energy here to uphold the arms of the patriots.
People express surprise when they hear of THE
GAEL being seen in London, Paris, Rome, Berlin,
Vienna, St. Petersburg, etc. They need not ; over
three hundred copies of the Gael have been mailed
monthly to all the institutions of learning from St.
Petersburg to San Francisco that we can locate.
That is what has extended the Gaelic movement,
and it is to it we apply the $5, occasionally sent
us by patriotic Irishmen. And yet other so called
Irishmen grudge to contribute 60 cents a year !
Every Catholic family should pat¬
ronize one or more Catholic journals.
The following leading Catholic papers
come to this office :
The Freeman's Journal, New York.
The Tablet. "
The Catholic American, "
Catholic News, "
The Sunday Democrat, "
Catholic Advocate, Louisville, Ky.
The Catholic Pittsburgh, Pa.
Catholic Citizen, Milwaukee, Wis.
Catholic Columbian, Columbus, O.
Catholic Journal, Memphis, Tenn.
Catholic Knight, Cleveland, O.
Catholic Mirror, Baltimore, Md.
Catholic Sentinel, Portland, Or.
