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AN GAODHAL.
THE SENTIMENTS OF OUR SUBSCRIBERS.
Ala — Felix S M'Cosker, M Gorman, Ed A Cal¬
len, per Mr M’Cosker. Ah, Gaels ! follow Mr M'¬
Cosker since the first issue of the Gael. We do
not desire to make invidious distinctions, but we
are by truth compelled to declare — as far as our
light leads us — that Ireland will never see her
autonomy until a sufficient number of her children
of Mr M'Cosker's caliber arise to assert it To any
man of ordinary intelligence the data of our dec¬
laration is self-evident. those who cannot com¬
prehend it — their support, or inaction, is of little
value. J Cumming. All of Mobile.
Colo — Guston, John Kennedy, John Burns, per
Mr. Kennedy.
Ill — Cairo, M Galvin, D Galvin, Con Lenehan,
P Greaney, E Cadigan, all per D Kelly.
Ia — Burlington, J Hagerty, J Casey, per Mr.
Hagerty (a true Hibernian).
Kan — Laclede, Jere O’Sullivan.
Ky — Louisville, Rev N Ward, per Rev Martin
L Murphy, Springfield, O.
Mass — Lawrence, Dr McGauran, per T Griffin
(omitted in last issue).
Mich — Detroit, Daniel Tindall — Montague, J.
P Whelan.
Mo — St. Louis, Mrs H Cloonan.
Neb — Lincoln, Hon John Fitzgerald, per Thos
J Lamb, Michigan City, South Dak.
N Y — Brooklyn. Rev. Thos J Fitzgerald. Mgr.
O'Connell, per Fr. Fitzgerald — City, Rev. Father
Cuniffe, C. R R. S per Rev Martin L Murphy,
Springfield, Ohio. Hon Denis Burns, Miss Mary
Needham, per Mr Burns: M P Reilly, per Mr T.
Erley (omitted in former issue), Counsellor John
L Brower — Binghamton, Jas. O’Neill — Brasher
Falls, B Lynch.
N Dak — Michigan City, Thos J Lamb, Mrs J.
Lamb, per Mr T J Lamb.
O — Springfield, Rev Martin L Murphy.
Pa — Beatty, Rev Bro. Philip Cassidy.
Wis — Hudson, Miss A E Foley, per T J Lamb
Michigan City, S Dak.
Ireland —
Cork — Glengariff, P O’Shea, (other things soon)
Kerry — Ardmore N School, per Thos Griffin,
Lawrence, Mass.
Waterford — Mount Mellerary Abbey, Rev Fr.
Marus — Modiligs N S, Miss Johanna Harrigan —
Lower Dromore Mrs Wm Fitzgerald, all per Rev
Thos. J. Fitzgerald, Brooklyn, N Y ; City James
O'Callaghan, St. Stephen's Schools, per Daniel
Tindall, Detroit, Mich.
Scotland. —
Brechin Public Library, James Craigie, Esqr.
Why is the Gael so friendly to the A O H? Be¬
cause, apart from the Gaels, it considers it the only
really Irish patriotic society in America. It has
been noted, and it is a fact, that the real patriotism
of any country is comprehended in those of moder¬
ate means — the mechanical class. Take the Gaelic
movement, for instance. There are thousands of
wealthy Irishmen in America who would not miss
$50,000 to endow the Keltic Chair in the Catholic
University of America, yet it was left to the hard-
working members of the Ancient Order of Hiber¬
nians to do it. It is so with this, the first journal
ever published in the language of Erin — It would
have been dead long ago were it not for the hard-
working sons of toil.
Now that we have the highest authority on Gael¬
ic literature, Professor O’Growney, M. R. I. A., of
Maynooth College, here with us for the next six or
more months to recruit his health, we hope
the officers of the A. O. will take immediate steps
to have the endowment fund made up that the pat¬
riotic Professor may see the Chair in working order
and be enabled to report the glad tidings to our
brethren at home on his return. We say “At
Home,” for we challenge the Irishman — there is not
such to be found — who cannot truly adopt regard¬
ing his native land the sentiments of the poet. —
“Wherever I roam — whatever realms to see,
My heart, untraveled, fondly turns to thee !”
Bh and mh sound like w when followed
or preceded by a, o, u, as, a bhárd, his
bard, pronounced a wardh; a mhart,
his beef or ox, pronounced, a warth ;
and like v when preceded by e, i, as,
a bhean, his wife, pronounced, a van, a
mhian, his desire, pronounced, a vee-un
Dh and gh sound like y at the beginning
of a word; they are almost silent in
the middle and perfectly so at the end
of words. Ch sounds like ch; ph, like f;
sh and th like h ; and fh is silent.
Sound of the Vowels — long. —
á sounds like
a in war, as
bárr, top.
é " "
e " ere, "
céir, wax.
í " "
ee " eel, "
mín' fine.
ó " "
o “ old, "
ór, gold.
ú " "
u " rule, "
úr, fresh.
Short. —
a " "
a in what,
as, gar, near.
e " "
e " bet,
" died,
í " "
i “ ill;
" mil, honey
o " "
o " got,
" lot, wound
u " "
u “ put,
" rud, thing
