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AN GAOḊAL.
Lag ḃríġeaċ cum eug í, 'ná easonóir;
'S dob' ḟada beo í 'nár m-beul gaċ ló í,
Gan smúit gan ċeo í d'a laḃairt go h-árd,
'Measg ċnoic a's ġleannta
Dá m-beiḋeaḋ 'nár d-teannta
Fir ċeolṁar greannta mar ṫusa Ḃárd.
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Ó ċlanna Gaeḋil ḋuit is guiḋe fad saeġil ḋuit,
'S ó ḃárna 'n ḃaoġail ḋuit ḃeiṫ ċoiḋċe slán —
Gan buaḋairt ná cás ort ó aois go bás ort.
Aċ seun ag fás ort mar ṫaoide lán;
'S is é dob' áil leo, tú ṫeaċt tar sáile,
A ṗlúir na cáile go h-Éire 'rís —
A siuḃal na m-bánta
A muisgailt dánta
'S a ceapaḋ rannta bog-ċeoil mar ḃís.
DANIEL LYNCH
Philipstown, Dunleer, Ireland.
J O’Brien. — We know nothing about Father
Nolan’s Prayerbooks, nor about the Revd. Father
himself Some time ago we heard he was in some
part of New Jersey. Our querist is not, perhaps,
aware that Fr Nolan was a Regular (or cloistered)
priest, and that in the midst of his successful labors
in the Gaelic cause in Dublin, he was transferred
to Loughrea, Co. Galway, and thence to this coun¬
try. At that time, it was silently rumored that his
superiors did not approve of his identifying himself
so publicly with the Gaelic cause. But, be that as
it may, we know that his (older) colaborer in the
Gaelic cause, the late, lamented, Canon Ulick J.
Bourke, suffered considerably at the hands of his
metropolitan, who sought to drum up charges
against him that would justity his removal, but
failed, until death came to his aid. — In Ireland, a
Secular parish priest cannot be removed by his bi¬
shop without some grave cause and His Holiness
the Pope, must be satisfied that the charges are pro¬
ven before he sanctions the removal. — And, behold
the change? We are now credibly informed that
that metropolitan favors the Gaelic cause.
Now that Professor O’Growney is in our midst
we hope that all the Gaelic societies through the
country will redouble their energies and build
themselves up. Part I. of Father O Growney's
Easy Lessons is out now. He divides the work
into three parts. The Third part will be as far
advanced as would be the general conception of a
fourth reader.
The N Y Freeman's Journal of Nov. 15th devotes
over a page to articles on Gaelic literature from the
pen of Dr. Shahan, and others.
PARKHURST.
The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst of New York city has
inflicted a wound on morality which the combined
efforts of all the Christian churches cannot heal
in a century. He has opened a book to the pub¬
lic gaze of whose filthy expose ninetenths of our
citizens never did, or would, have a conception.
Behold the picture of the Rev. Doctor and his
lieutenants, steeled to bestial depravity with intox¬
icants, rioting with the besotted nude inmates in a
brothel, being thrown broadcast before youthful
innocence !
The legal authorities should have excluded the
press and all persons, not immediately concerned
from these filthy investigations, and the fact that
they have not done so makes them particeps cri¬
minis in the pollution of the public mind.
In connection with the above certain Republic¬
ans would accord to Parkhurst the credit of their
victory in the late municipal election. But we
would remind them that municipal matters were
involved in the national policy, and that it was
the Democratic leaders, who expected too great a
sacrifice of their followers, were the instruments
which assured Republican success, and will con¬
tinue to assure it if that policy be not abandoned,
and if the Republicans take a lesson from the fa¬
ble of “The Jack Ass in Office."
The Philadelphia Philo-Celtic Society meets at
Philopatrian Hall, 211 S. 12th St., every Sunday
evening, where it imparts free instruction to all
who desire to cultivate a knowledge of the Celtic
tongue.
