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AN GAODHAL
Free Trade.
FONN, — IS MILSE PÓG BHIDIDH.
le Tomás Ua Gríomhtha.
Tá brón air fhearaibh, mo mhairg, ní'l ceol ag éin,
Tá cailínighe an bhaile gan pighinn 'na lámha ná réal,
Ní'l sgilling 'na spagadh chum hata no bán cockade
Acht buairt d'a ngradadh gan sosa ó tháin free trade.
A chomharsain 'sa charaid is aindeas an sgeul é súd
Le rádh le aindir bhreágh cneasda na mbán ghlac fionn,
Do thuilleach go tapadh is sgaipeach gan spéis an punt
Air bhochtaibh an bhaile, is air thaisdealadh tíor gan chúmha.
IS minic do thugasa teagasg shlíghe bheag fein
Do dhaoine an bhaile gan ceangal le rádhtaibh bréag,
Seasamh am aice mar fhearaibh gur mhian bheith saor,
IS brúid na Sacsan do sgaipe 'sé a g-cuid free trade.
Is iomdha céad mallacht 'sa bhathas air locht an fhill,
Do mhealladar sinne le gliocus, is claon 'na gcroidhe,
Do ghealladar obair gan sosa, is págha mhór groidhe,
Acht "fairiaor" ní'l aguinn 'na n-ionad, ach gádh gan sgíth.
Dá siubhalfuinsi trasna gach baile go Heabhroch Nuadh,
Mar a bh-feicinsi gasra calma, áluinn óg,
Bhíoch ceol is aitios, is bainnis gach lá air bórd,
Anois ní'l aco ach práiseach, is súp gan feoil,
Tá m' éadan lasda le sealad, is fíor an sgéal,
Ó léigheasa startha d' fhág dealbh mo dhuithche féin,
Tá náire is aithis am ghearradh gach lá dam shaoghal
Éireannaigh bheith ceangailte, snamaighthe aig locht free trade
An Ceangal.
Do léigheas go minic ar thubaist gach crioch fa'n ngréin,
Gur claonta duine do tharaing gach díth, mo leun;
Tá an tír seo aguine d'a sgriosa le sgiursa géar,
Ag smisde duine gan tuigsint 'na cheann nó léighean.
The Gaelic Congress held in the
Mansion House, Dublin, March 27th,
at which the Lord Mayor presided,
passed resolutions declaring that all
Public Officials in Irish-speaking dis¬
tricts should pass an examination in
Irish. And in obedience to that reso¬
lution, the Tuam Board of Guardians
passed resolutions giving preference
to doctors, nurses, and other officials
who speak the language. These are
practical steps, 'san m-bealach ceart!
We would recommend all those de¬
sirous of possessing a solid interesting
Gaelic reading matter to write to Mr.
Patrick O'Brien, the Gaelic publisher,
46 Cuffe st. Dublin, for his 'very in¬
teresting book, Bláithfhleasg de Mhil¬
seáinibh na Gaedhailge. Price, in cloth,
3s.
The Irishmen of New York and vicinity can ob¬
tain gratuitous instruction in the language of Ire¬
land by calling at the rooms of the P. C. Society,
263 Bowery, on Thursday evenings from 8 to 10,
and on Sunday afternoons from 3 to 6, o’clock.
For the Gaelic Journal send 6s to the Rev
Eugene O’Growney, Maynooth co. Kildare, Ireland
