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AN GAODHAL
REMARKABLE EVENTS,
So that the readers of the Gael may have a ta¬
ble containing the dates of remarkable events, we
collate the following chronology to be continued to
the present date.
BEFORE CHRIST. (B.C.)
4004.
The Creation of the World, and Adam and
Eve.
2348.
The old World destroyed by the Deluge.
1921.
The covenant of God with Abraham.
1961.
Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed for their
wickedness.
1555.
Moses performs miracles, and the Israelites
depart from Egypt.
1451.
The Israelites fix themselves in the land of
Canaan.
1372.
The Milesians land in Ireland from Spain.
1198.
The siege of Troy which lasted ten years.
1048.
David sole King of Israel.
758
The foundation of Rome by Romulus.
720.
Israel overthrown and the Ten Tribes car¬
ried into captivity.
670.
Byzantium, now Constantinople, built.
538.
Babylon destroyed by Cyrus, who favored
the Jews.
430.
History of the Old Testament finishes a¬
bout this time.
400.
Socrates, the founder of Moral Philosophy,
put to death.
336.
Philip of Macedon put to death, and suc¬
ceeded by Alexander the Great.
285.
Dionysius computed the year to be 365 days
5 hours and 49 minutes.
Ptolemy Philadelphus employs 72 interpre¬
ters of the Bible.
264.
The First Punic War which continued 23
years.
140.
Carthage and Corinth razed to the ground
by the Romans.
135.
The History of the Apocrypha ends.
55.
Julius Caesar invades Gt. Britain for the
first time.
44.
Caesar killed in the Senate.
5.
The Temple of Janus is shut, and univers¬
al peace.
John the Baptist born before our Savior,
six months-
Our Savior born on Monday Dec. 25.
AFTER CHRIST. (A.D.)
Our Savior baptised by John in the Wilderness.
33.
Our Savior is crucified on Friday Apr. 5.
His Ascension May 15.
36.
St. Paul converted.
39.
St. Matthew wrote his gospel.
40.
The name of Christians first given to the
followers of Christ.
44.
St. Mark writes his Gospel.
50.
London founded by the Romans.
52.
Council of Apostles at Jerusalem.
55.
St. Luke writes his Gospel.
60.
Christianity preached in Britain.
62.
St. Paul sent to Rome — writes his Epistles
between 51 & 66.
63.
The Acts of the Apostles written.
66.
St. Peter and St. Paul martyred.
64.
First persecution under Nero.
70,
Titus takes Jerusalem and razes it with
the ground.
96.
St. John the Evangelist writes his Revela¬
tions, his Gospel in 97.
140.
Dublin founded.
274.
Silk first brought from India.
(To be continued.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
J. M. New Y. — The great difficulty
which an Irish-speaking person finds
in understanding Gaelic when read to
him from a book is, because the read¬
er does not pronounce his words pro¬
perly. The same remarks are appli¬
cable ta a person reading any lang¬
uage of which he is not master. For in¬
stance, nearly all readers pronounce the
final ibh of the Dative plural of nouns
when they should be pronounced like
the nominative plural. Again, in such
words as chuideóchadh they pronounce
the final adh when it should not be
pronounced at all. A good many of
our Gaelic writers would and do spell
such words chuidfeadh. Now, we would
beg the reader's attention to this
word in the tenth line of Mr. Treacy's
letter. He wrote the word exactly as
it is pronounced, and we believe he is
master of the spoken language. In the
sixteenth line he writes labharóch in a
similar manner. Some of our Gaelic
scholars write labharfadh &c, in the Po¬
tential as well as in the Indicative !
We adverted to this subject in the
Gael before. It is a matter of con¬
siderable importance to the student,
and we are somewhat surprised that
Irish grammarians do not account for
it. We never heard such words pro¬
nounced in any other way than that
indicated by Mr. Treacy's orthograph¬
y. Which, then, is chuidfeadh or chuid¬
eóchadh the proper orthography? Sure¬
ly there must be some way of distin¬
guishing the Potential from the Indi¬
cative mood. We believe that in the
Conditional and Potential moods of
such words Mr. Treacy's style of orth¬
ography should prevail, as the additio¬
nal adh serves no earthly purpose.
