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h-asail (Lessons 776). Atá Diarmuid
ar an mbóthar go Baile-an-Róba indiu;
go soirbhighidh Dia dhó (562). Do bhí im¬
nidhe agus aithmheula ar na fearaibh
nuair fuair a n-athair (their f.) bás.
Béidh clú agus cáil fós ar oileán na
naomh. Tabhair an t-abhrán dúinn, is
maith linn ceol. An maith leat ceol na
n-eun? Is maith, ní'l ceol ins an domh¬
an (dhou'-ān see § 834, which I pref¬
er to it § 764) is fearr liom ioná é.
Nach é Diarmuid atá slán, láidir, atá
sláinte an bhradáin (Wrodh'-aun) aig¬
e," mar adeir an seanfhocal. Ceol na
n-eun ar bhárraibh na gcrann. An é so
teach an tsagairt, a Dhiarmuid? Is é
go deimhin, acht ní'l an sagart astigh, a¬
tá sé amuigh i dteach an phobuil. Ná
cuir an t-aol ar bhalla an teampuill.
Is é Aodh O'Domhnaill an fear is fearr
ins an bpobal so (bub'-al).
104. Smól, a thrush.
Preuchán (prae'-ăCH-aun), crow.
The music of the bards is better than
the music of the birds, but I prefer the
music of the birds. The bird was sit¬
ting on (the) top of the door and sweet
music was coming out of his mouth (as
a bheul). A wren in the fist is better
than a crow on a tree (=a bird in the
hand etc). Do you prefer the music of
the thrush to the music of the bard ?
The crow is a black bird. That was
a big fair. Is this the road to the
chapel ? The little bird was sitting
on the top of the church.
(To be continued)
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA,
Saint Patrick's Day, '97
Dear Mr. Logan,
I ask your permission to say a word to those
kind readers of the Gaodhal who assisted me in
bringing out part III of Simple Lessons in Irish.
I received from the Societies of New York, Prov¬
idence and S. Francisco 50 dollars each, 45 dol¬
lars from individual readers of yours, and gener¬
ous subscriptions from the Society of Philadel¬
phia and the Gaelic Society of New York as ack¬
nowledged in the Gaelic Journal. Of this amount
(about 225 dollars in all), 40 cents on the dollar
went to send copies of the three parts to all sub¬
scribers, leaving in dollars. Of this 10 dollars
went to print a supply of lists of subscribers, to
be sent to all subscribers and as far as they would
go afterwards. The remaining 125 dollars went
towards the cost of printing the Lessons,
The best plans some times go astray. Just as
as everything seemed in order and the first batch
of part III was printed off, the printer backed out
of his contract for part I and raised the price of
part II, so that the gratifying sale of this part was
in fact losing me some money. At the same time
he refused to print any more of any part.
In these circumstances, it was impossible for
me, at a distance of 4,000 miles, to arrange mat¬
ters. I had to fall back on the Gaelic League and
ask their assistance. They have already staight¬
ened out matters considerably and have made it
next to impossible to have such things occur oft¬
en again.
But things were in such confusion for some
months that I found it impossible to discover
whether all the subscribers had received (1) their
three parts and (2) copies of the list of subscrib¬
ers. My object is to ask those who have not yet
got them to let me know, and I shall have all
sent, even if the lists should have to be reprinted
I remain, Dear Mr. Logan,
Yours sincerely,
E. O’Growney.
[The whole trouble is, the subscribers thought
that their names would be published in and a part
of the book for ever from the wording of the ap¬
peal made to the them on page 47, No. 4, Vol. 11
of the Gael. We shall publish all the names in
next issue. — Ed.
GAELIC LEAGUE,
1 Sackville Place, Dublin,
Feb. 18th, 1897.
To the Editor THE GAODHAL
Sir. — We beg leave to apply
through your columns to the pat¬
riotism and generosity of the Irish
Race in America for support on
behalf of the Oireachtas or Gaelic
Literary Festival which will be
held in Dublin on the 16th May
next. The programme and parti¬
culars of the Festival are contain¬
ed in the January number of the
GAELIC JOURNAL, from this it will
be seen that it is proposed to offer
prizes for original essays, poems,
and songs in the Irish language,
