AN GAODHAL
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sgríobh mé bh-faid ó d'fhág mé 'n scoil
Tá súil agam go bh-fuil sibh dul chum
chinn go maith.
Cuirim críoch air mo leitir, le meas
mór na Gaodhailge, go bh-fuil tú féin
go maith.
Do chara dhílis,
Micheál J. O'Suilleabháin
Fall River, Mass.
Philo-Celts,
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branches are formed in Cork, Belfast, London,
Glasgow, Liverpool, Birkenhead, Donegal. Gal¬
way, Tralee, Dunmanway, Waterford, Kealkill,
Macroom, Derry, Farney, Castlelyons, Mount
Mellerary etc. The Irish language was taught
last year in 70 of the public schools compared
with 59 in '95, and 1217 pupils presented for ex¬
amination compared with 1,131 in '95; and the
Christian Brothers passed 544 of their pupils com¬
pared with 523 in '95; 29 Teachers received cer¬
tificates to teach Irish compared with 17 in '95.
Between the Public and Christian Brothers'
Schools the Irish language was taught in 120.
Your little journal, THE GAEL, which has been
the very life of the Gaelic Movement in America
and its readers a strong prop to the movement in
Ireland, as present and recent events demonstrate,
is in a prosperous condition and has distributed
not less than 1,440 copies, of each issue, among
Irishmen for the last ten years, a large number
of whom are to-day excellent Gaelic scholars.
When this Society was organized it had seem¬
ingly insurmountable difficulties to contend with
— the prejudices arising from the wily represent¬
ations of the enemies of Irish autonomy that the
Irish Language was a mere "gibberish”, spoken
only by the lowly and the mean — but now, that it
has brought it to the notice of the learned world
and that the learned world has embarked in the
study of obtaining a knowledge of it — the greatest
compliment which can be paid to any man or na¬
tion being to copy him or it — Ireland and the na¬
tional language are safe.
Respectfully submitted, —
M. J. Logan
TORDÁN
AIR BHÁS THOMÁIS UÍ GHRÍOMHTHA.
Go ndéinigh Dia trócaire air Thomás Ó'Gríomhtha,
An sgoláire léigheanta, 'san caínteóir líomhtha,
Croídhe na féile, an fear golánta,
'S comharsa charth'nach bhídh modhail macánta.
Caith sé, ó n-a chroídhe, 1 cuid mhór d'á shaoghal,
Ag foghluim 'sag múineadh teanga na nGaodhal;
Go mairig a chuid sgríbh' aguinn go brách
'Tabhairt solus 's fios air ár dteanga do chách.
Bídhmíd, gach am, ag guidhe dho chum Dé
Leabadh 2 thabhairt dó a bhflathas na naomh;
Bo maith 3 é chum an Ghaodhailge chosaint ó'n mbás
An fhaid 's bheith uisge ruch 4 's feur ag 5 fás.
T. Ó'FATHA.
Nótaidhe.
1. sé sin, le croídhe mór, maith.
2. s. 's. leabadh shámh annsna flathais.
3. s. s. bo maith an congnamh é an am an ghadh, s. s.
an aimsir tá láthair.
4. s. s. uisge rith
5. s. s. go deo 's choidhche.
