THE SENTIMENTS OF OUR SUBSCRIBERS
Ala — Mobile, F S M'Cosker, The Blue Store,
per Mr M’Cosker.
Cal — East Oakland, Rev W Gleeson.
Conn — Hartford, John F Conroy — Poquonock,
Thos. F Tracy.
Colo — Denver, M D Shea.
Ky — Shelbyville, John M Casey.
Mass — Holyoke, Jerry Kane, M D Flaherty, E
Dean, C M Donnelly, per Martin J Henehan, Pro¬
vidence, R I — Marlboro, J H McCarthy, T Byrne.
Wollaston Heights, P Donovan — Boston, Mathias
Gorham.
Me — Portland, M Hanrahan, P Hanrahan, per
P Hanrahan, who commences his note. —
"Enclosed find dollars three,
Two from Mike and one from me."
J Cunningham, per M Hanrahan.
Mich — Muskegon, D Drinnan, W Brennan, M
Tobin, P J Carey — Warren, J Roach, all per Wm
Harte.
Minn — Rosemount, M Johnston.
Mo — Kan. City, D V Hunt, P F Heydon, Thos
Houlihan, M Kilroy, all per P McEniry — Sedalia,
J Sullivan — St Louis, T Gardener, per P Hannon'
Chas. E Bradley — Westport, Jas Tobin.
N Y — Brooklyn, T Erley; Counsellor Devenny,
per D Gilgannon — City, Doctor O’Meagher, Thos
J O’Sullivan (who chucks in $5.), Miss M A Lavin
per T Erley, Thos Concannon.
O — Berea, T O’Donovan, (one of the old guard)
— Straitstille, P Fahy, M F McDonagh, per Mr.
Fahy.
Pa — Avoca, J Meade, C T Osborne, J F Conno¬
by, J J Coleman, per P McDermott — Phila, Fras
O’Kane, Philo-Celtic Society, per Jas P Hunt.
R I — Providence, Martin J Henehan, Miss Mag¬
gie Coyne, Miss Hannah Crowley, Wm Dempsey,
P Harrington, per Mr Henehan.
Tex — Dallas, P Curran.
W Va — Wheeling, Dillon J McCormick, Sister
Xavier, Chas F Gilligan, per Mr McCormick.
Ireland. —
Maynooth College, Revds. W O’Byrne and M
O’Rielly, per Rev Mr O’Byrne ; who also sent us
two ivy leaves off the tomb of the last king of
Ireland, Roderic O'Connor, whose remains rest in
the old graveyard in the town of Cong, Co. Gal¬
way. The incident may seem trivial to the un-
thinking ; to us, it is full of food for reflection. We
shall put the leaves in a golden frame — Trean, M
Henehan, W Gillen.
Roscommon — Clooncagh, Miss Tessie Gormley,
all per Martin J Henehan, Providence, R I.
In view of the comparative success of the Gael¬
ic movement, brought about by the Gael, every
Irishman into whose hands this copy may fall,
whether he be a subscriber or not, should try to get
at least two new subscribers. That, friends, is the
only intelligent way of propagating the movement.
The Gael had a very pleasant call from Mr Mar¬
tin J Henehan the other day, heightened by his
throwing a crisp $10. bill into its treasury.
The Irish Standard, Minneapolis, Minn. had an
excellent article on the Irish I anguage movement.
But it is most remarkable that in its discussion of
the various elements engaged in the promotion of
the movement, not one word did it say about the
Gael, the first agent in the foundation of the move¬
ment as now in operation.
The Northwestern Chronicle had a very appro¬
priate article on the Wolf and the Lamb, touching
England's tactics towards Nicaragua, the other day
THE GAELIC ALPHABET.
Irish.
Roman.
Sound.
Irish.
Roman.
Sound.
a
a
aw
m
m
emm
b
b
bay
n
n
enn
c
c
kay
o
o
oh
d
d
dhay
p
p
pay
e
e
ay
r
r
arr
f
f
eff
s
s
ess
g
g
gay
t
t
thay
i
i
ee
u
u
oo
l
l
ell
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,
i " "
i “ ill;
" mil, honey
o " "
o " got,
" lot, wound,
u " "
u " put,
" rud, thing.
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.
