LESSONS IN GAELIC.
THE GAELIC ALPHABET.
Irish,
Roman.
Sound
Irish,
Roman,
Sound.
a
a
aw
m
m
emm
b
b
bay
n
n
enn
c
c
kay
o
o
oh
d
d
dhay
p
p
pay
e
e
ay
r
r
arr
f
f
eff
s
s
ess
g
g
gay
t
t
thay
i
i
ee
u
u
oo
l
l
ell
Sounds of the Aspirates.
Ḃ and ṁ sound like w when preceded
or followed by a, o, u; as, a ḃárd, his
bard, a ṁart, his ox, pron., a wardh
warth, respectively; when preceded
or followed by e, i, like v, as, a ḃean,
his wife; a ṁian, his desire, pron. a
van, a vee-un ; ḋ and ġ sound like y
at the beginning of a word; they are
nearly silent in the middle and whol¬
ly so at the end of words. Ċ sounds
like ch; ṗ, like f; and ṫ like h ;
and ḟ is silent.
Sound of the Vowels — long. —
á sounds like
a in war,
as bárr, top
é " "
e " ere
" céir, wax
í " "
ee " eel
" mín, finc
ó " "
o " old
" ór. gold
ú " "
u " pure
" úr, fresh
Short. —
a " "
a what, what,
as gar, near
e " "
e " bet
" beb, died
i " "
i " ill
" mil, honey
o " "
o " got
" poll, hole
u " "
u " put
" rud, thing
How humiliating to the patriotic Irish
man to be classed as a Saxon by Eng¬
land before the powers of Europe, sub¬
jects of the same government, speaking
the same language etc. The question
is, would the self-respecting Irishman
suffer himself to remain in that catalo¬
gue, with his present opportunities, and
permit England to play him as a polit¬
ical pawn?
Every Irishman should have an I¬
rish paper in his house.
Irish-American newspapers should
keep the Language Movement drum¬
med into the minds of their readers;
Now, when the movement is on top,
is the time to push it, for nothing suc¬
ceeds like success.
Let there be a Gaelic club in every
city and town in the country.
What are Prof. Lovern and friends,
Scranton, doing?
What are our old friends Egan and
Feeny, Virgia City, doing ?
What are our friends of Newark, Pater¬
son, and Trenton, doing, who used to
be ablaze with Gaelic fervor and en¬
thusiasm ?
Where, too, are Binghamton, Roch¬
ester, Syracuse, and Yonkers?
And Nashua, did its life depart with
with Father Higgins?
And Lawrence and this, too, when
you bombarded the old sod! What
Would you think of Commodore Dew¬
ey were he to relax his efforts after his
success at Manila?
The Gael.
The late Archbishop McHale — "The
Lion of The Fold" — believing that there
could be no Irish nation without the na¬
tional Language, insisted on its being
taught in all the schools under his juris¬
diction. These schools are continued to-day
by his followers — and their organ is THE
GAEL, which is printed in Irish and Eng¬
lish, and gives easy lessons in Irish, com¬
mencing with the Irish alpabet, “ab" etc.
Are there Irish-born men in this country
who do not know their native language or
its alphabet? If there be, for their own
credit and in justice to their children, they
should not delay a moment without send¬
ing $1, for a year's subscription to the
editor of THE GAEL, M. J. LOGAN,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Sanitary Plumber, Steam & Gas
Fitter,
Mobile, Ala.
