AN GAOḊAL.
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SEANṀÓIR ĠAOḊALGE.
Leis an Aṫair Urramaċ P. I. Ua Cui¬
niḃ i d-Teampull Naoiṁ Alphonsuis,
Eoḃraċ Nuaḋ, Oiḋ'l Páḋruic, 1895.
(Leanta.)
Na dliġṫe sgiúrsaċa so, cuireaḋ ar
bun iad anaġaiḋ Coitiliceaċ na hÉir¬
eann le linn an tíoránaiġ, an t-oċtṁaḋ
h-Aanraoi a ṁic Éamoin, a iniġne mí-
ḋlisteanaiġ, a d-tugṫar Elisabet uirri
(Bettiġ na muice), an treas Éamoin,
Uilliaim & Anna, na Seoirsiḋ, & go h-
áiriġṫe, an sgriosadóir, Oliḃer Cromil
An ċeud dliġe sgiúrsaċ, bainean sé
le sgrios na h-Éireann. Ḃí an dliġe
so 'san am ceudna mar ḋíoġaltus ar
an tír, & ar ṁóḋ go m-brisfiḋe spior¬
aid na n-daoineaḋ le ocrus & le gort¬
a. Leis an t-sliġe sin in a g-cóṁair,
ḃoċtaiġ an náṁaid Protestúnaċ muin¬
tir na h-Éireann go h-uile, ag deunaḋ
slaid ar a n-eudáil & ar a maoin. Is
fíor seo go h-áiriġṫe i d-taoḃ a d-tal¬
ṁan a ḃí leis na ciantaiḃ i seilḃ na g-
Catoiliceaċ. Sgriosaḋ iad ċóṁ-mór
sin faoi h-Aanraoi & a inġin mí-ḋlist¬
eannaiġ, Bettiġ na muice, ’s ná'r fágaḋ
acu aċ seaċtṁaḋ cuid na talṁan & in
a ḋiaiġ sin, faoi ċaiṫréim Ċromail,
baineaḋ díoḃ mar an g-ceudna an beag¬
án beag sin. Faoi 'n sgiúrsa sin níor
fágaḋ ceart ar biṫ ag an gCatoiliceaċ,
aċ aṁáin le cead na b-Protestún. B'
ḟéidir le Éireannaċ leus [coingiol] aon
ḃliaḋain deug a's fiċe d'ḟáġail ar ġaḃ¬
altus talṁan dá n-deunfaḋ an coig¬
ċriġeaċ Sacsan sin a ṫaḃairt ḋó, aċ a
g-coṁnuiḋe — boċt dá raḃ an connraḋ
so — ní ḟeudfaḋ an Caitiliceaċ an
ḟeilm sin do ḟeaḃasuġaḋ go deo níos
mó ná tríoṁaḋ cuid de 'n ċíos ; ní
ḟeudfaḋ sé teaċ breaġ a ċur suas nó
niḋ ar biṫ eile dóiġeaṁuil a ḋeunaḋ
ar an áit, mar dá n-deunfaḋ sé sin,
do réir an dliġe sgiúrsaiġe sin, dob'
ḟéidir le rópaire ar biṫ Protestúnaċ
a ṫeaċt & é ċur as a ṫeaċ gan piġinn,
gan sásaḋ. Cia 'n ċoir a rinne sé gur
Translation.
These scourging laws were enacted
against the Catholics of Ireland in the
reign of the tyrant Henry VIII., his
son, Edward, his illegitimate daughter
called Elizabeth (Betty the swine) Ed¬
ward III., William and Ann, the Geor¬
gies, and particularly, the devastator,
Oliver Cromwell.
The first scourging law pertains to
the spoliation of Ireland. This law
was at the same time as a vengeance
on the country, and in a form to break
the spirit of the people by hunger and
famine. With this condition before
them, the Protestant enemy empover¬
ished all the people of Ireland, robbing
them of their goods and means. This
was particularly true concerning their
land, which had been for ages in the
possession of the Catholics. They were
despoiled to such an extent under Hen¬
ry and his illegitimate daughter Betty
the swine, that only the seventh part
of the land was left to them, and after
that, under Cromwell's reign, that lit¬
tle was taken from them in like man¬
ner. Under that scourge, no right at
all was left with the Catholic, but on¬
ly at the will of the Protestant. An
Irishman could obtain a farm of land
for 31 years if the foreign Englishman
willed it, but always — poor as this con¬
cession was — the Catholic could not
hold that holding for ever, nor more
than a third part of the rent; he could
not build a fine house or any other
handsome thing on the place; for if he
did that, according to the despoiling
law, any knavish Protestant could
come and put him out of his house
without a penny or satisfaction. What
crime did he commit that he was put
out of his own humble shelter? He
committed no crime but that which St
Peter committed when he was put to
death, namely, that he was a Catholic.
Under and by the order of the unfor¬
tunate Henry, six hundred monaster¬
ies were despoiled together with all the
