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"A nation which allows he age to go to ruin, is
parting with the best half of her intellectual independence,
and testifies to her willingness to cease to exist." — ARCH¬
BISHOP TRENCH.
"The Green Isle contained for more centuries than one,
more learning than could have been collected from the rest
of Europe ... It is not thus rash to say that the Irish
possess contemporary histories of their country, written in
the language of the people, from the fifth century. No
other nation of modern Europe is able to make a similar
boast." — SPALDING'S ENGLISH LITERATURE, APPLETON & Co.,
NEW YORK.
Who are the Scotch? A tribe of Iris Scots who crossed
over in the 6th century, overcame the natives, and gave
their name to the country. — J. CORNWELL, PH.D., F. R. S.'s
Scotch History.
The Saxons Ruled in England from the 5th century and
were so rude that they had no written language until the
14th, when the Franco-Normans formulated the English. —
SPALDING.
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SIMPLE LESSONS IN IRISH.
FOURTH SERIES. — Written for the GAEL
BY
REV. EUGENE O'GROWNEY.
PROF. OF KELTIC.
LESSON X (continued).
100.
As the letter s is never eclipsed,
words beginning with s are not affect¬
ted when other words would be eclip-
sed; as, ar solas, our light; i seomra,
in a room; ar an saoghal, (on) in the
world. But when s is aspirated AFTER
the ARTICLE, then the form ant of the
article is used, and this gives the
phrase the appearance of eclipsis; as,
thug Aodh an capall do 'nt shagart, u¬
sually written do'n tsagart as if it
were a case of eclipsis.
In Ulster, of course, we have ts af¬
ter every preposition followed by the
article.
101. In the plural the noun is ec¬
lised by the prepositions (in, iar, ria
go with) that eclipse, and aspirated by
the prepositons that aspirate; as, in
the plural — the preposition with the
article na has no effect on the follow¬
ing word, when that word commences
with a vowel, when h is prefixed; as,
ins na bádaibh, do na h-uanaibh (hoo'.ăn-
iv).
102. In Munster the form san of
the article is used in the dative plural
not only after in, le, go, but after all
prepositions ending in a vowel; as,
ós na h-uanaibh, from the lambs.
103. Bárr (baur), top.
bun, bottom.
Teać an phobuil (fub'.il) chapel-house
of the congregation.
Teampull (tam'puL), church.
Do b'fhearr do na capllaibh sean-fheur,
acht is fearr leo an feur úr. Ní h-iad
na capaill atá ar an mbóthar acht na
