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AN GAODHAL
No tathfann toll na conairte
An geirrfhiadh anns na beinn.
No búaithre an leomhain na h-inmhidhe
Ó choilltibh coimhigheach cúil,
Do sgannruigh Aodh na rógairidhe
'Gus bhailigh leo chum siúbhail.
Le láim ghníomhach lúthmhar láidir,
Le eagna fíor gan locht,
Fuair sé buaidh ar a námhaid
A's chuir go léir faoi smacht:
'S dá nglacfaidhe a chómhairle an oidhche
sin
Roimh an m-briseadh brónach mall,
Bheidheadh atharrach dlighe andiú againn
O Cheann-a-sáile go Dún-na-nGall.
THE SENTIMENTS OF OUR SUBSCRIBERS
Ill — Amboy, Rev. J. S Gallagher.
Ia — Burlington, A. O. H. Div. 2. per Secretary
M. W. Hagerty, James Hagerty.
Kan — Lincoln Centre, Godfrey Downey, Ed.
Dillon, per Mr. Downey.
Mass — Boston, S. L. Joyce — Lawrence, Rev. M
J. Murphy, P. Foley, per Mr Foley.
Mo — Kan. City, P. McEniry, M. White, Thos.
Houlihan M. Kilroy, Ed. Lynch, D. V. Kent,
per Mr McEniry.
N J — Trenton. John Deasy.
N Y — Brooklyn, Capt. T. D. Norris — City, M.
H Linnane, Matthew J Reilly.
Pa — Phila, J. J. Lyons, Miss Mary Mahony.
Ireland — Cork, Knockawillig N. S. P Lehane —
Cork City Model School, T. Cronin.
Kerry — Cahirdaniel N. S. . O’Sullivan — Killar¬
ney N. S., P O'Connell — Kilgarvan N. S., Patk.
Buckley — Masterguihy N. S, P. Sugrue, all per
Capt. T. D. Norris, 213 South 4th St Brooklyn,
NY. We hope others will follow the gallant
Captain's example. — Ed.)
Gaels, make your very best to cir¬
culate the Certificates of Spalding and
Zimmer by circulating the Gael. Some
of these Gaels may come under the ob¬
servation of some patriotic millionnaire
Irishman who would donate a quarter
million dollars to promote the work.
If Irish-American editors desire the
preservation of Irish Nationality, why
don't they agitate for the preservation
of the Language? That's the rub!
There would, at least, be 15,000,000
Catholics in the United States to-day
had the Irish retained the Faith hand¬
ed them by St. Patrick — Why didn't
they? Because "Irish” was to them
the synonym of “Ignorance" ; and not
only they but their Yankee employers
honestly believed the same thing We
know this from our correspondence
with backwoods Irishmen, a large num¬
ber of whom heard of the Gael by mere
chance Look over the Catholic Dir¬
ectories, whose statistics are made by
the several diocesan Secretaries, and
you will see, we must suppose, tolera¬
bly correct returns. Deduct from these
one third for German, French, Spanish
and Italian, etc Catholics and there re¬
main what remains of the lrish! And
we challenge criticism ; and we hold
Irishmen wholly responsible for the de¬
plorable results.
Some imperialists have recommend¬
ed the shooting of refractory Cubans,
Philipanos, etc. — Is it to follow the free
booting tactics of the British? We
hope the fair fame of the Land of the
Brave and the Free shall never be sul¬
lied by such damnable, double-dealing
policy.
The degradation of slavery is so firm¬
ly implanted in the majority of Irish
breasts that they cannot believe the
facts of history: Verily, England did
her work to (almost) perfection. That
is the reason they will not assist in as¬
serting themselves — even the rich.
Irishmen, what exertions, if any, are
you making to teach your children the
truth in regard to the brilliant antece¬
dents of their forefathers — a matter
which German children have in their
School histories? In the absence of a
more extended dissertation on the sub¬
ject, why don't you circulate the Gael?
We hope all Irish-Americans will
join the Gaelic League; a movement
of its kind is a necessity.
