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AN GAODHAL.
LESSONS IN GAELIC.
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
Sounds of the Aspirates.
Bh and mh sound like w when preceded
or followed by a, o, u; as, a bhárd, his
bard, a mhart, his ox, pron., a wardh
warth, respectively; when preceded
or followed by e, i, like v, as, a bhean,
his wife; a mhian, his desire, pron. a
van, a vee-un ; dh and gh sound like y
at the beginning of a word; they are
nearly silent in the middle, and whol¬
ly 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 ,, pure ,,
úr, fresh
Short—
a " "
a ,, what,
as gar, near
e " "
e ,, bet
,, beb, died
i " "
i ,, ill
,, mil, honey
o " "
o ,, got
" poll, hole
u " "
u ,, put
" rud, thing
In explaining the large proportion of immoral¬
ity in English-speaking women compared with
the women of the Latin races, the New York
Press tries to explain it by attributing it to the
difference in their respective occupations. Not
at all. Immorality and debauchery are the char¬
acteristics of the race since the English language
came into existence, 500 years ago.
The Woodman in the fable is a counterpart of
the English in the Transvaal. They call the Uit
landers Reformers; in Ireland they would call
them Rebels and — hang them.
England, seeing that it is only a matter of a
few years until Russia hunts her out of Asia, is
fortitying her Canadian possessions and sending
her A P A emissaries through the United States
with a view of capturing them as a set-off. The
self constituted Arbitration Convention of Eng¬
lishmen and tory mugwumps who assembled in
Washington is a part and parcel of the same plot,
every rebel member of whom should be sent out
of the country.
These are the traitors who fill the daily press
with protestations against "expending money
uselessly” on building a navy and fortifying our
sea-board so that we might remain a prey to their
villanous designs.
The Mac-Talla, Sydney Cape Bret¬
on, reports that in 1881 266,549 per¬
sons in Scotland spoke Gaelic; in 1891
292,865 spoke it — increase, 43,738.
A 100 years ago, the Welsh language was near¬
ly dead, but through the patriotism of a few cler¬
gymen who began to preach it in the churches, ev¬
ery Welshman speaks his native language to-day
and reads it in his newspapers.
THE SENTIMENTS OF OUR SUBSCRIBERS
Colo — Belmontmine, John Kennedy.
Conn — New Haven, James P. Maloney, P. J
Hogan, O’Growney Gaelic League, per M. J. Fa¬
hey — Hartford, P. O'Donovan.
Mass — Boston, John O'Daly, per Mr P Casey,
Malden — Holyoke, M. Kern, M. D. Flaherty, per
M J Henehan, Providence, R I.
Minn — Avoca, D Downey.
N Y — Brooklyn, Mr. O'Connell, Rev. John
Sheridan, Miss Mary Guiren, Thomas Jordan —
City, P Hunbury; Rev. Father Cuniffe, per Rev
Martin L. Murphy, St. Martin, O.
O — Lowellville, M. Corcoran — St. Martin, Rev
Martin L. Murphy.
Pa — Phila., Philo-Celtic Society, per Sec. Jas
P Hunt; M Dougherty, per P McFadden, P Lof¬
tus, P J Crean, per Mr. Loftus — Mauch Chunk,
Rev. M. A. Bunce.
R I — Providence, P Corrigan, P J O'Casey per
Mr O'Casey; John Murphy, Maggie Coyne, per
Martin J Henehan.
Ireland — Galway, Kinvarra, Wm Dunne, per
P Hunbury N Y City.
As usual, the Brooklyn Philo Celtic Society
is getting along nicely, but they complain still
of irregular attendance. The whole burthen of
the Society's business is left on the shoulders of
Secretary Galligan and Brother Jordan; but O,
if there were political pap —
