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AN GAODHAL.
La. Col. O'Neill (a direct descendant of Tir
Owen) will attend to Franklin, Brother Durnin to
Mayer, and P W Mulqueen to New Orleans.
Me. Portland is in excellent hands under Mr
P Hanrahan and friends.
Md. Our friends in Maryland are generally in
small towns but we think Brother Sheridan could
get up a branch in Cumberland, and Mr Lacey
has material to no end in Baltimore — His Emin¬
ence, the Cardinal, having imbibed the language
at his mother's breast.
Mass. We leave Boston to all its Irish scholars
and Lawrence to Mr Griffin, Holyoke to Mr Ge¬
ran, Lynn to Mr McHugh, Marlboro to Mr Jere.
O'Shaughnessy, and Fall River to the friends of
Miss A E Sullivan. Messrs. O'Flynn and Ahearn
will attend to Worcester
Mich. Montague is all right — Brother Downey
is there; Brother Tindall in Detroit, and Brother
Harte in Muskegon.
Minn. We leave Minneapolis to P R Howley,
St. Paul to Messrs. Conroy, Kelly and friends and
Avoca to Brother Spelman.
Mo. Kan. City is sure of asserting itself it has
one of the best organizers in the country. Mr Mc¬
Eniry, supplemented by Mr Kilroy and others.
In St Louis there is a host of Gaels — Messrs. J
G Joyce, Lane, Finneran, Mangan, etc. and Mrs
Cloonan. Nothing can exceed the patriotism of
ladies in Irish affairs. St Joseph will be attend¬
ed to by Mr Loftus, and Sedalia by Mr Sullivan.
Mont. Mr P S Harrington will take care of Butt
City, and T Strappe of E Helena.
Neb. E Carey and friends will see to Omaha.
N H. M O'Dowd is at home in Manchester, P
F Niland in Nashua.
N J. Jersey City has T Lyons, Paterson Purcell
Gibson and Molloy, Trenton, Deasy, and Newark
McCann
Nev. Virginia City has P S Corbett and John
F Egan, and Reno D Hurley and friends.
N Y. Brooklyn will do its part, Barnes an Moy¬
nehan will see to Cohoes, Mee to Auburn, Hop¬
kins to Utica, Fleming to Rondout, McCartny to
Yonkers, Sullivan to Buffalo, McTighe and Fahy
to Binghamton. The City is so large that we ex¬
pect to see several branches organized in it. Mess¬
rs. O'Driscoll and Manahan will see to S Island.
O. P Dever will attend to Cleveland, J McCabe
to Columbus, Logan, Murphy and Donlan to Bel¬
laire, and D McCarthy to Sandusky.
Pa. There are so many competent Gaels in
Phil. that, like New York, we expect to see seve¬
ral branches there. We cannot see why each of
the following Gaels could not organize a branch;
J J Lyons, T McEniry, T F Halvey, D Gallagh¬
er, P J, Crean, P McFadden, J Robinson, and J
O'Callaghan. In Scanton the material is bound¬
less — Lovern, May, Walsh, the Barretts, O'Mal¬
leys, and a host of others; Pittsburg, T J Madi¬
gan, Lansford, C C McHugh.
R I. Providence, we expect, at least, three clubs
there, one each by Messrs. Martin J Henehan, P
O'Casey, and John W O'Malley.
Tenn. Mr M J Ginley will attend to Clarksville.
Texas. J Clifford will see to Hancock, P Curran
to Dallas, P S Rabitt to Galveston.
Utah. Mr D A Coleman will see to Salt Lake.
W Va. Wheeling is in good hands, Messrs. Lal¬
ly and McCormick are there.
Wash. T J Lynch will manage Seattle, and P
D Cronin, and M M Kelleher Spokane.
Wis. Mr McLoughlin has Eau Claire.
We have mentioned above only those cities and
towns which we thought large enough to embrace
material for a branch of the League, and only the
names of men known to us to command a conver¬
sational knowledge of the language. If we have
omitted any town containing twelve or more Irish
speakers, Gaels residing in such may consider
themselves addressed the same as if named above
We hope all will send us reports of their exert¬
ions and prospects that we may publish a summ¬
ary of them for the encouragement of our friends
at home Let not our friends be afraid of paucity
of numbers to start with; we think six to ten in ru¬
ral districts very good.
This is the most important move ever made to¬
ards the preservation of Irish Nationality though
simple it may appear to the unthinking mind.
There is no expense attached to it; and therefore
it is no burthen to rich or poor to take part in and
promote it — the rich in Irish National aspirations
certainly will.
The League runs parallel with and will, with¬
out doubt, be the means of sending a large num¬
ber of students to the Gaelic classes.
As the object of the League is to keep the Irish
Language spoken in Ireland, our using it here
will encourage its use there and put the shoneens
to shame. Hence, we hope that wheresoever one
dozen Irish speakers reside a branch of the Lea¬
gue will be formed there.
Read Father Keegan's article carefully. It comes
home to every Irishman who does nothing to pres¬
erve the language, and especially to those Gaels
who make a "spurt" in her cause and then drop it,
heedless of the world's experience, that perseverance
commands success. THE GAEL, because of the ex¬
tensive territory covered by its readers, is already a
powerful propagator. Why, then, not try to make
it general by sending copies for distribution to these
various centres ? Should not Father Keegan's arti¬
cle be in the hands of every Irishman? But how can
it unless it be circulated? And can it be circulated
without the means to do it?
A FINE for USING the IRISH LANGLAGE
At Castlemartyr petty sessions last month, Mr.
James Gleeson, of Ballymacoda, county Cork, Fa¬
ther of Mr. Timothy Gleeson, Galic editor of the
Cork Historical and Archeological Society's jour¬
nal, was fined for allowing a car his property to be
used on the public street without having his name
and residence properly painted thereon. Mr Glee¬
son's name was properly painted in Irish on the car
and the question to be decided was, whether the
name being properly on the car in Irish satisfied
the requirements of the law (the act of parlament
specifies no language). The courthouse was crowd¬
ed in anticipation of the outcome of the case, but,
without the slightest warrant of law, the buickeen
magistrate inflicted the fine. Mr. Gleeson will not
alter the name on his car but will see it out in the
higher courts. The incident has caused increased
interest in the language movement, Mr. Murphy,
the wealthy Cork brewer, says that he will have his
name painted on all his wagons in Irish, and in no
other. Mr. Gleeson deserves the thanks of Irish¬
men all over the world for his noble stand in behalf
of Irish autonomy,
