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AN GAODHAL.
scoláiridhe maithe. Acht budh chóir dóibh
a thabhairt faoi n-dearadh nach bh-fuil an
dara fear a sgríobh graiméar Gaodh¬
ailge aontuighthe agus, mar sin, cia chaoi
m-beidheadh muidne! Ní'l óididh na Laid¬
ne aontuighthe air an m-béarla sin, agus
cia an chaoi m-beidheadh muidne aontuigh¬
the air ar m-béarla féin?
Tá sé n-am anois aig gach h-uile dhuine
ciall a bheith aige, agus budh chóir dúinn
ar n-guaille [no gualana] a chur le chéile
a saothar na teangan in áit a bheith deas¬
póireacht le na chéile. Budh chóir dúinn
braith-sgeul na d-trí d-tarbh a léigheamh
go cliste agus a shuim a chur a bh-féidhm.
Budh chóir do gach h-uile Ghaodhailgeoir na
páipéir a m-bídheann Gaodhailge ionnta
a cheannach. A n-deunann siad seo?
Muna n-deunann budh chóir dóibh a g-
cloiginn a chur a bh-falach.
Déarfad anois leis an gCaiptín. — Tá
an toghadh thart anois, a Chaiptín,
fuairis do róghain, agus budh chóir duit
a bheith sásta. Mar sin, deun do dhíth¬
chioll an Gaodhal a sgeitheadh a n-gar sa
bh-fad; agus ní shé 'mháin an Gaodhal, ach
gach h-uile pháipeur eile a chlodhbhuaileas
Gaodhailge.
Go measamhuil,
M. J. Ua Lócháin.
and we submit it to the Gaelic read¬
ing public. Any one reading the letter
would see at once that the errors were
the compositor's We do not blame T.
O'N. Russell for his actions in the mat¬
ter for reasons which appear directly.
Suppose T. O'N. Russell had the in¬
terest of the language at heart, what
course should he pursue? He should
do all in his power to promote the cir¬
culation of Gaelic literature in every
possible form so as to create a Gaelic
reading constituency for a select and
carefully written paper, such as our
Dublin contemporary, the GAELIC JOUR¬
NAL.
That would be his duty, and it is
what our most eminent Gaelic scholars,
including Prof. Windisch, advocate.
The GAEL was founded to circulate
Gaelic matter in all forms, and to pub¬
lish the exertions of Gaelic students.
These exertions could mislead no one
as none expected perfection in them,
and as a regular grammar of the lan¬
guage was within the reach of all, the
price being only fifty cents.
From what will appear by and by
the fact that T. O'N. Russell is the
only Irish scholar who seeks to injure
the GAEL is highly suggestive,
The Very Rev. Canon Bourke, Wm
Russell, Capt. Norris, David O'Keeffe,
John Fleming, D. Comyn, M. Cusick,
etc., all Irish scholars and its natural
speakers, never intimated that the mat¬
ter which appeared in the GAEL tended
"to destroy" the language; and no one
will say that these gentlemen have not
the interest of the language at heart.
It will be seen by the Report of the
Dublin S. P. I. L. that though the Com¬
misioners of Education ostensibly facil¬
itate the study of Irish in the National
Schools, they try to kill it underhand¬
edly.
The British government would give
anything to destroy the Irish language
so as to effectually undermine Irish
National sentiment.
Owing to the activity in Irish nat¬
ional affairs, this country is swarmed
with British detectives; who they are
or what business they pursue no one
seems to know but past experience
show that they mix in the ordinary
crowd and manage to avoid being de¬
tected. Every one knows how McFar¬
land got into the Molly Maguires
and what he did. And some of our
readers will probably call to mind
Detective Talbot of Carrick-on-Suir
notoriety. This Talbot, a police Head
Constable, assumed the name of Kelly,
went to Carrick-on-Suir, and pass¬
ed himself off as a water bailiff, of
course, he had plenty of money — treat¬
ed all round — cursed the Queen and
the British government, and in a short
time got into the Fenian organization,
and climbed to the top of the ladder.
He swore in fenians by the dozen, and
went so far as to approach the altar in
the chapel of Carrick-on-Suir, though
a Protestant, and receive the Holy
