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aibh, & d'fill siad ar ais do 'n Eaglais
fhír. Mar sin gabhadh níos mó ná caill¬
eadh le creideamh Naomh Pádruic.
Ach ná'r marbhadh nó ná'r díbreadh na
sagairt go h-uile? Budh é sin mian an
námhaid go deimhin, ach níor bh'fhéidir
leis é iomchar amach in Éirinn na Naomh;
óir d'aimhdheoin na n-dlightheadh míothróc¬
aireach a rinneadh in aghaidh fóghluim d'
fhághail 'san m-baile nó i g-cian, chuir an
t-athair & an mháthair Éireannach a mic
go Belge nó go d-tí 'n Fhrainc le h-iad
a bheith in a sagartaibh; & tar éis tam¬
aill d'fill siad a bhaile le cúram spior¬
adálta thabhairt do dhaoinibh a d-tíre
féin.
Thainic siad ar ais go deimhin, ach is
mionca do shiúbhladar i g-culaidh tuata
ná i g-culaidh sagart. Gabhadh mórán
díobh, & cuireadh chum bháis iad, ach d'iamh¬
dheoin fealltóir & brathadóir Sasanach
bhí ceithre mhíle sagart ag tabhairt sól¬
áis & beannachta an chreidimh naomhtha
go mhuintir na hÉireann.
Agus anois, a chlainn dhílis Naoimh
Pádraic, le críoch do chur ar mo shean¬
chus ar leathtromaibh & ar bhuadhaibh an
chreidimh naomhtha in Éirinn, tá súil ag¬
am nach m-beidh easbhuigh grása Dé orr¬
aibh go deo, ionnas go m-beidh sibh féin
& bhur g clann a g-comhnuidhe mar bhí bhur
sinnsearaibh naomhtha, a chaill a maoin
go h-uile & a shil a g-cuid fola go fial,
sarsaing ar son chreidim Naoimh Phád¬
raic. Agus anocht, mar mheamhruighmid
ar an m-buaidh a ghabhmaoid as cionn
Shacsan & Ifrinn, bidheadh ar b-paidrea¬
cha ag eirighe go cathaoir ríoghdha Dé mar
an túis a dóightear os cómhair na sac¬
raimeinte naomhtha, ag tabhairt buidhea¬
chas do Dhia ar son A bheannacht d' ar
n-daoinibh, & go h-áirighe, ar son beann¬
achta an chreidimh. Tabhramuis buidhea¬
chas mar an g-ceudna do 'n Mhaighdin
Mhuire, óir budh h-é a paidirín páirteach
a thug sólás & misneach d' ingheanaibh na
h-Éireann ar feadh laetheadh leathtrom¬
ach a n-géirleanamhna
Agus anocht tá súil chinnte againn
anuair a thiocfas an t-Ainteal ag séid¬
eadh a stuic ar an lá déighionach ag
glaodhach ar na mairbh theacht chum bhreith¬
eamhnais go m-beidh mic & inghíne na h-
Éireann le feicsint i nGleann Iosaphet
go glórmhar, mar dhuais ar son a seas¬
mhachta & a n-dílseachta do na subháilcibh
& do 'n g-creideamh naomhtha a múineadh
dhóibh le n-a n-Absdal glórmhar Naomh
Pádhraic.
[Críoch.]
for His blessings to our people, and, particularly
on account of the blessings of religion. Let us
give thanks in like manner to the blessed Virgin
Mary, for it was her holy Rosary that gave comfort
and courage to the daughters of Ireland during the
woeful days of the persecutions.
And to-night, we have assuring hopes that when
the angel shall come to sound his trumpet on the
last day calling on the dead to come to judgment,
that the sons and daughters of Ireland will be seen
gloriously in the Valley of Josaphat, as a reward
for their steadfastness and fidelity to the virtues
and to the holy religion which were taught to them
by the glorious apostle Saint Patrick. — (Finis.)
A splendid article on the Irish Language Move¬
ment from the pen of the Rev. Prof. O’Growney,
appeared in the Irish World of Dec. 14. The
article covers three-fourths of the front page,
and, as a synopsis of the Gaelic movement and the
men who have taken part in it for the last half-
century, is worth a year's subscription to the pa¬
per.
The Gael can now be bought off the news stand
in the following places. —
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