PHILO-CELTS.
The Brooklyn Philo-Celtic Society meets every
Thursday and Sunday evening at seven o’clock,
Jefferson Hall, corner of Adams and Willoughby
streets, for the purpose of improving themselves
and instructing others in a knowledge of the Irish
Language. The affable and eloquent president
Mr. Gilgannon, will receive all who pay him a
visit with a Ceadh mille failthe —
Philo-Celtic Personals.
Costello — Musical director Costello is busily en¬
gaged in preparing his young Philo Celtic class
for the reunion and ball which comes off im-
mediately after Lent.
Casey — We have not seen Philo-Celt W. Sarsfield
Casey visit the Hall lately!
Kyne — Mr. J. Kyne, another Philo-Celt, is mark¬
ed absent quite often.
McLeer — Col. McLeer is one of the best Hon.
members of the Philo-Celtic Society.
Larkin — We have not seen our old members, Mr.
and Mrs. Karkin at the Hall in a long time.
Fleming — Philo-Celts will read with pleasure the
remarks founded on Mr. Flemings article in the
Gaelic Journal, in page 171 of the GAEL.
Deely, A. Morgan Deely, though not yet out of
his teens, is the second oldest active member of the
Philo-Celtic Society — we being the oldest, — he
joined at 11.
Finn — H. C. Finn Rec. Sec. P. C. S. has become
an accomplished violinist since he joined the soci-
ety.
Byrne. We have not seen Mr. Byrne at the P. C.
Hall in a long time. This could hardly be ex-
pected of the O'Byrnes of Wicklow.
Kavanagh. Where is Mr. Kavanagh who used to
visit the Hall so frequently some time ago?
Brennan. We presume that P. M. Brennan who
was a very regular attendant at the meetings,
some seven years ago is now too busy with his
business to spare time — However, he appears in
our advertising columns.
Costello — Miss Nora T. Costello P. C. Treasurer
never misses a meeting of the society,
Costello — Thos. Costello, a late member of the
Brooklyn Philo Celtic Society, is now in Philadel-
phia Pa. He says they are working hard there
to get up a good society.
O’Brien, Murphy, Archer, Cassidy, and Lennon
of the P. C. Orchestral Union have not made
their appearance in some time. Come up boys.
Crowley, We have not seen Miss Nellie Crowley,
the accomplished speaker of the P. C. S. in quite
a while. Why?
Courtney. Judge Courtney tho' an Hon. member
of the society, has not turned up in a long time.
Gray. Mr. P. C. Gray an honored ex-vice prest.
of the society is missed by the old members.
Morrisey. Vice President Morrissy is always at
his post, though sometimes a little late.
Heeney — M. J. Heeney, the Philo Celtic Fin. Sec.
is sure to be in good time.
Burns — The Hon. Denis Burns of the N Y. P. C. S.
is one of our most regular teachers.
Ward, Ryan, Gordan, Egan, and O'Keeffe our old
members of New York City are are never seen now
in our midst — gentlemen, eaten bread should not
be forgotten. Remember when you had no Gael-
ic society we sheltered you.
Non P. C. Personals
McGuire. Counsellor John C. McGuire, though
not a member, is a warm supporter of the Philo-
Celtic movement. His spacious office is now in
the Low Building.
O'Connell. Whether there is anything in a name
or not, Alderman Daniel O'Connell carries the
Ninth Ward against all opposition. Perhaps it is
because his father is a first class Irish speaker.
Carroll, — If the politcians did not ignore the
popular will, Col. Carroll would be our County
Register for the next three years. Well, bought
experience is apt to have an effect.
Griffin, Bodkin, Shanakan &c. &c. There are
a host of educated Irishmen in Brooklyn such as
Drs. Griffin and Bodkin J. M. Shanahan &c. Why
don't these gentlemen come to the Gaelic Hall and
encourage others by their presence !
Look, gentlemen, at the comparison referred to
in Mr. Fleming's Report, and see whether it is
to your credit or discredit to be bilingual. The
O'Connor Don, who claims to be the lineal descend-
ant of the last king of Ireland does not consider it
beneath his dignity to be president of a Gaelic so-
ciety. Nor does Archbishop Croke to be its pa-
tron.
O’Rorke. We call on Mr. O’Rorke, the Heir of
Breffney, who is in our midst, to come forward
and take an active part in the cultivation of the
language in which his forefathers fired their clanns
to action long before the language which he now
uses had an existence.
Come forward, one and all of you, Brooklyn-
ites of Irish extraction or nativity and give an un-
selfish, patriotic support to the movement which
was initiated in your city for the preservation of
your native language, and which is destined to re-
flect a greater honor on your country than any oth-
er movement ever inaugurated, because it demon-
strates the early civilization and cultivation of your
unfortunate country.
Rossa — Kinsella — We see by the journals which
these gentlemen respectively conduct that they
give one another some pretty hard knocks. The
Eagle says that Rossa should not attempt to free his
native land from the foreign tyrant — at least by
the use of dynamite — The United Irishman retorts
by characterising the editor of the Eagle as
a soulless slave — well, that is what it amounts to.
We would put the interrogatory, How can Ire-
land be freed, taking into account all the surround¬
ing circumstances, when seeing him who was our
neighbor thrown into jail for stating the sim-
ple truth — in his own native land ! What a cruel
mockery for an Irishman to-day to claim a native
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