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"A nation which allows her language to go to ruin, is
parting with the best half of her intellectual independence,
and testifles 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 Irish 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.
The
Gael.
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the autonomy of the Irish Nation.
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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
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