44
AN GAOḊAL
& sean aḃráin do Éireannaiġiḃ, 'san
m-baile & ans an Oileán Úr. Ní'l niḋ
ar biṫ ar easbuiḋ uaiṫe anois aċ air¬
gead. Ní'l aon airgead innte, dá m¬
beiḋeaḋ ḃeiḋeaḋ Éireannaiġ a briseaḋ
a muinéal d'a foġluim.
Is teanga Ċríosdaṁuil í a ḃ-fuil
Dia ar a tús & a deire. Tá Dia innti
gaċ lá 'san t-seaċtṁain — "Go m-bean¬
nuiḋe Dia ḋaoiḃ", agus fáilte ḃeann¬
uiġṫe de 'n t-sórt seo Measaim, go
deiṁin, gur b' í teanga ḟlaiṫis í. (mór
ġreadaḋ bos).
Notwithstanding that the vacation season is not
yet over, a number of the old members, in¬
cluding Mrs. Svensson, the Misses Dunlevy, Gui¬
ren, McDwyer, etc. and the Messrs. Morrisey,
Gray, Galligan, etc., were present. Five new
members, the Misses McDonald and McNilis, and
Messrs. O’Regan and Moriarty.
Captain Norris and lady of the New York Socie¬
ty paid the Society a friendly visit, and in a very
nice address, in Irish and English, the Captain
warmly congratulated the Society on its promis¬
ing future, in view of the respectability and past
record of those whom he saw before him.
A rousing vote of thanks was accorded the Cap¬
tain After electing Brother Galligan Secretary,
and re-electing Messrs. Gilgannon and Logan
President and Corresponding Secretary, respect¬
ively, the President announced that, until further
notice, the meetings of the Society would be held
there every Sunday afternoon, at three o’clock.
IRELAND'S DANGER.
Irish autonomy was never in greater danger
than it is to-day; and that danger does not proceed
from Protestant England — it comes from Irish (?)
Catholics! who permit the English Catholic House
of Howard, through its head, the anti-Irish Tory
Duke of Norfolk, to shape their policy.
Patriotic Irish=Americans go to considerable
trouble and expense in hiring halls and organizing
societies in foreign lands for the purpose of pres¬
erving the language of their forefathers and,
thereby, the evidence of their own superior social
standing among the nations, while there are some
thousands of National schools from Donegal to
Waterford along the counties of Sligo, Mayo,
Galway, Clare, Kerry and Cork, where Irish is the
language of the people still, in every one of which
the National language conld be taught at the "nod'
of the manager; but that nod is never forthcom¬
ing except from about 65 out of the thousands !
Here is where the Norfolks put in their fine
work. They know that if the language be not
cultivated it will perish, and, with it, Irish Nation¬
ality. These Norfolks hold the sword of vengeance
over the heads of the Irish hierarchy and clergy,
so that any of them who exhibits a spark of pat¬
triotism need never expect promotion, however
exalted his piety and learning. We all know
that the late Archbishop McHale would have re¬
ceived the red hat in place of Cardinal Cullen
only for the enmity of the house of Norfolk,
a member of which, generally, being an attache
of the pope's household, the present one being
Cardinal Howard.
By keeping Irishmen ignorant of the ancient
cultivation and learning of their forefathers with
a view of eliminating Ireland from the roll of the
sisterhood of nations, the Norfolks have done more
injury to Catholicity than all the other agencies
combined. We find by the “World” Almanac for
1895, page 305, that the English-speaking Cathol¬
ic population of the world is only Fifteen Million
Two Hundred and Fifty-four thousands; Where
are the Thirty Millions of Irish and Irish descent
gone to? Ah, let the Howards tell !
Let Irishmen all over the world give one great,
grand shout for the preservation of the language
and follow up that shout with active work and all
the Norfolks in Christendom cannot prevail ag¬
ainst Irish Nationality.
The Gael congratulates the Hibernians on the
appointment of Father. Henebery to the Profess¬
orship of their Keltic Chair in the Catholic Univer¬
sity. Father Henebery is the right man in the right
place. And that the founders of the Chair may be
satisfied that their intentions will be faithfully kept
in view by its learned occupant, it is only necessary
to intimate that he has been, as a theological stu¬
dent and a priest (like many other young priests) an
old subscriber and contributor to the Gael. Pro¬
fessor Henebery is a county Waterford man and is
a natural Irish speaker.
The Rhode Island Irish Language Society had
its annual meeting for the election of officers etc.
on Sept. 1st., Rev. Fr. T. E. Ryan presiding.
The Treasurer's report shows that the society has
146 members; that the receipts for a year and a
half (since its existence) are $1,385.56, and its ex¬
penditure $1,015.37, leaving a margin of $370.19
The officers elected for the ensuing year are. —
Prest., Denis McCarthy; Vice Prest., Edward De
V O'Connor; Secretary, Miss Mary O'Neill ; Li¬
brarian, John Murphy. Executive Committee —
P. J. O'Casey Wm. Dempsey, John McCarthy,
Mary E. Farrell, Jane Gormley, and Annie Far¬
rell.
The society meets for study in the Brownson
Lyceum every Thursday and Sunday night.
