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AN GAODHAL.
Tá neart Gaodhailge le léigheadh ag
Éireannaigh i bhFáinne 'n Lae anois, ní
h-ionann & an uair nach rabh acu ach an
Teagasg Críostuighe, Doctúr Golchair
& beagán leabhar eile nach fiú a n-air¬
eamh 'sna laethibh seo. Nach mór an t-
athrughadh é sin bhfaras mar bhíodhmar
ocht mbliadhna deug ó shoin, nuair 'chuir¬
eadh an Gaodhal ar cois?
Ní'l aon chosamhlacht trághadh ar an g¬
cogadh eidir na Státaibh Aonta 'gus an
Spáin go fóill Ní h-ait le na Spáin¬
ibh cath do thabhairt do mháirneulaibh na
Státa — táid ag imirt "folach a's tór¬
nigh." — cuir an "Drúchtach" laide-croidhe
ortha i Manila, in Oileán na bh-Filbín.
what hypocracy to suggest an
offensive and defensive alliance be¬
tween the United States and Eng¬
land! The United States, who are
spending millions of dollars to free
the Cubans from Spanish tyranny
to form an alliance with England
to keep the Irish in a more degrad¬
ed state of slavery than the Cub¬
ans have ever been subjected to at
the hands of Spain ! No, no.
The Gael.
The late Archbishop McHale — “The
Lion of The Fold" — believing that there
could be no Irish nation without the na¬
tional Language, insisted on its being
taught in all the schools under his juris¬
diction. These schools are continued to-day
by his followers — and their organ is THE
GAEL, which is printed in Irish and Eng¬
lish, and gives easy lessons in Irish, com¬
mencing with the Irish alphabet, “ab" etc.
Are there Irish-born men in this country
who do not know their native language or
its alphabet? If there be, for their own
credit and in justice to their childen, they
should not delay a moment without send¬
ing $1, for a year's subscription to the
editor of THE GAEL, M. J. LOGAN,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
F M’Cosker,
Sanitary Plumber, Steam & Gas
Fitter,
Mobile, Ala.
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, finc
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
PHILO-CELTS
The Brooklyn Philo-Celtic Socie¬
ty takes its annual vacation, com¬
mencing June 26, to re-open on the
first Sunday in September. The
Society has ordered five dozen of
the “'98” handkerchiefs, for the
use of the members, through J. St
Clair Boyd, Esqr. M. D., President
of the Belfast Gaelic League.
