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AN GAOḊAL.
We would earnestly solicit the attention of the
A. O. Hibernians to the following suggestions. —
Friends, your endowment of a Chair for teach¬
ing and preserving the language of your forefath¬
ers in the Catholic University of America entitles
you to the undisputed title of
Ord Ársa na h-Éireann,
as your patriotic Brother, the Rt. Rev. Bishop of
Omaha, pertinently and felicitously put it. Now
as the complement to your noble action, one oth¬
er item remains to be done — that item is, the
founding of a journal through which you shall be
made aware, from time to time, of the work done
by your Keltic Chair (That is business). In that
relation, the Gael makes a proposition by which
the cost of such Journal per member will be less
than ONE CENT a year! To each Division of
the Order whose membership is 60 or more, we
will send the Gael for 50 cents a year; to each
Division numbering less than 60, we will send it
for a cent per member. — thus, a Division with 25
members would have to pay only 25 cents a year.
For this insignificant sum the Order would be
kept posted not only on the work done by its own
Chair but on the progress of the Gaelic move¬
ment all over the world.
We would earnestly impress the foregoing idea
on the thinking men of the Order. — All of us
shall be on the “Long road” in a short time, and
what we suggest would be an effective means of
perpetuating our principles.
The Secretaries of Divisions could read from
their desks monthly the Gaelic transactions of the
world. And more, the Gael would publish yearly
after each election the names of all the officers —
National, State, County, and Division. — thus ma¬
king the Gael a repository of patriotic information
apart from the fact that its columns contain suffi¬
cient instruction for learning the language.
A. O. Hibernian men constitute the back-bone
of the Gael's supporters to-day. Let them use
their influence with their brethren to bring about
the foregoing idea. That idea contemplates
not only the filing of the Gael with the Records
of every Division in America as a record of infor¬
mation concerning Gaelic matters, but, also, the
means wherewith future generations may learn
the language. We will send copies of this issue
to all the national officers.
Mr. P. F. Cook of the “Age of Steel,” St. Louis
is doing good work for the Gaelic cause. He had
several articles lately in the Church Progress and
other papers on the subject.
The Hibernian (Phila., Pa.) had a splendid ar¬
ticle on the Irish language in its issue of Feb. 1.
from the pen of Harold Frederick of the New
York Times.
An Gearrḟiaḋ agus an Cú.
Vocabulary.
ḋúisiġ, did awaken, yoo-sih.
tom, bush or brake, thum.
lean, follow, lhan,
buaiḋ, victory, booey.
d' imṫiġ, did go, dimiy.
cú, a greyhound, koo.
treudaiḋe, shepherd, threy-dhee.
Do ḋúisiḋ Ċú Gearrḟiaḋ as tom &
do lean sé é ar feaḋ tamaill, aċ ḃí 'n
ḃuaiḋ leis an nGearaḟiaḋ & d' imṫiġ
leis. Rinne treudaiġe a ḃí dul an ḃeal¬
aiġ fonnóid faoi 'n gCú, ag ráḋ gur b'
é 'n pus an coisiġe do b'ḟeárr de 'n
ḃeirt "Deunair dearmad," d'ḟreagair
an Cú, 'naċ h-ionann a ḃeiṫ riṫe ar
ṡon do ṗronn & ar ṡon do ṁarṫann."
Translation.
THE HARE and the HOUND.
A Hound having put up a Hare
from a bush, chased her for some dis¬
tance, but the Hare had the best of it
and got off. A Goatherd who was co¬
ming by jeered at the Hound, saying
that Puss was the better runner of the
two. "You forget," replied the Hound,
“that it is one thing to be running
for your dinner, and another for your
life."
As intimated in last Gael, a strong Gaelic soci¬
ety has been organized in New Haven with Thos
Callaghan (the old Gaelic war horse — the right
man in the right place) for President, James T.
Maloney for Vice President and M. J. Fahey for
Sec. and Treasurer. The Executive Committee
is, Major Maher, Chairman (Mobile friends, do
you see the the fine hand of the Major?) Joseph
D. Kelleher, Patrick J. Hogan, James O'Regan,
and Thomas Callaghan.
The Gael credits the organization of this socie¬
ty to M. J. Fahey, M J. Henehan (of the Provid¬
ence, R. I. Society) and Major Maher. — Oh! could
the gallant Major lead his cammand of Tippe¬
rary stalwarts into Canada, would'nt there be an¬
other "Hooker Run?" — And, to crown their pro¬
ceedings, they have named their society,
"The O'Growney Philo-Celtic League.”
Mr. T. Lyons of Jersey City, brother to J. J.
Lyons, the noted Philadelphia Gaelic writer, paid
the Gael a friendly visit the other day.
