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PHILOLOGY USEFUL TO CLERGYMEN.

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ing proof, point out clearly the archaic civilisation and primitive refinement of the pagan Irish race.

A knowledge of philology as a science supports the truth of history. This branch of study is therefore especially useful, at the present time, to every intelligent believer of the Christian religion, and to Catholic clergymen, who in an age of growing infidelity, must necessarily meet from time to time those who will oppose not alone Catholic teaching, but Christian truth; and who therefore will be called upon to shew that the words of the mosaic narrative are truthful, and to point out from scientific data that man, in pagan times, had not been progressive, but that on the contrary he had been in mental power and in knowledge retrogressive, until the coming of Christ, who, as God-man, not alone redeemed mankind, but ennobled them, and raised human nature in dignity above the angelic.

For the historian the Irish-Gaelic is useful, showing the value and significancy of names of persons and places connected with ancient European history.

The Gaelic-language is, in the words of Geddes, for scholars, "a great field of investigation, as yet comparatively unexplored; and for Irishmen it is their own. tongue lying before them at their doors, an El-dorado for the winning.'

A thousand volumes of Irish-Gaelic lie still unpublished in manuscript.

There are at present only a few texts books-the Easy Lessons in Irish, composed and published by the writer; and the College Grammar. The writer has a Dictionary ready for press, but in the present state of public apathy, he is unwilling to risk publication; he cannot afford to lose money, and time, and labour. There is, at times, a spurt of patriotic spirit made

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manifest here and there, but there is nothing permanent or fixed-nothing calculated to support Irish publications. The Government is at times called upon. as it has, on a late occasion, been, by the hon. member for Louth, Mr. Alexander M. Sullivan; and then promises are made, and some little good effected, but nothing of a permanent character has yet been done to keep alive all that is still living of the Irish-Gaelic speech. Germans have established at Berlin what English Statesmen and Irishmen have not done in Dublin.

One young man from the metropolis has sent ten pounds to the present writer, with a promise of ten more, to pen an Irish First Book, or Primer, as an introduction to the Easy Lessons. He leaves, besides, the profits of the pubIcation, when it shall have been issued, to the writer. Instances like this show the spirit of our young men ; but they never can produce permanent results. The hierarchy of Ireland alone, including bishops and priests, can, if they wish, make Irish-Gaelic a success in Ireland.

It is not the business nor the duty of the present writer to offer any suggestions. However, it is certain that a slight encouragement to the teachers of the National Schools, who are most anxious to help the cause, would effect much good. They have lately petitioned some of the Irish Hierarchy-his Grace the Archbishop of Tuam-to encourage them in their earnest and practical endeavours to keep Gaelic alive in Connaught. Thus a great body of National Teachers, and many private literateurs, are ready to act; but there is no sound organisation for that end, and no one with the power to make it a success is found willing to make a beginning. As it is, each must only do all that time and circumstances enable him to achieve.

The words of the lamented Thomas Davis on the lan

GENERAL INDEX.

Alison, Sir Archibald, Bart.,
F.R.S., explains the cause of
the French Revolution, 31.
Anglo-Normans, invasion by ;
caused loss of M.SS, 32.
Annals of Ireland, written in
cottages near Donegal Abbey,
27, 37.

Anderson Christopher, " on the
native Irish," 54.
Acts (human), good or bad, ac-
cording to the end in view, 66.
Anecdotes, by the Very Rev. T.
M'Hale, S.T.D, 69; by Most
Rev. Bishop Moriarty, 75; by
the Archbishop of Tuam, 90,

91.

Aryan speech, what does it

mean, 108; primeval, 115;
spoken in Armenia and Iran,
115; dialects of, 108, 115;
name accepted by modern
philosophers, 116; root of the
word, 117; split into two dia-
lects, Low Aryan, High
Aryan, 181, 191; potent in
development, 192; its perfec-
tions, 192, 196, Zend, Greek.
Ararat (Mount). 109; 181, 293.
Aryan region, 109.
Aryans, 18, 19.

Araxes (River) 10, 109, 180.
Aristotle, 295.

Ausones (Gr. Aurunes) 114.
Ausonians 114.

Alt Indisch, or Sanskrit, 108.
Alphabet (Irish), 17 letters, 139;
pronunciation same as that of
the Latin, 126, 143.

Ar, er, and her, 117; "ar" to
plough, 204.

Eolic Digamma, 147; see "yau”
Aner (Greek), 153.
Aster (Greek) 153.

An, as a prefix, see pp. 209. 210,
211.

Argos, of the Cyclopean temples
and palaces, 191.

Armenia, 10, 178, 180, 181.
Athens, founded by Cecrops,
291.

Amergin, 285.

"As-me," Gaelic form, (it is I,
I am); Sanserit, "asmi," I
am, 157, 168, 169.
Arnold Matthew, professor of
poetry in the University of
Oxford; his essay on the study
of Keltic, p. 2.
Andronicus (Livius) 202.
Antrim, 207.

Albion, 208; meaning-white
cliffs, from "all," cliff; and
"bán," white; or "all" beau-
tiful; and "binn," peaks,
cliffs.
Egypt, 291.

olians.
Aspiration and eclipsis in Irish

Gaelic, are founded on the
same principle as that on
which Grimm's Law is estab-
lished. 230.

What aspiration is ? What
eclisis is?

Aspiration, explained, 231.
Assimilation (vowel) in Irish-
Gaelic, 245. The law of towel

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assimilation crystalised in the
old rule, "caol le caol agus
leatan le leatan," slender (e, i,)
with slender; and broad (a, o,
u,) with broad, 248, 249;
source of assonance and of
rhyme; of spelling; of pronun.
ciation; traces of this found
in the Romance languages;
and in English.
"Ba," was, Gaelic, imperfect
tense, origin of the Latin end-
ing "bam," equal to "ba" and
"me," I was:-"ba," was;
"me," I.

Bacon, Lord, recommends a con-
ciliatory policy. 36.

Bedell, in favor of Gaelic, 36.
Blackie, John Stuart, apostle of
the Gaelic cause, 3; best
linguist in Scotland, 52; a
great lover of Gaelic, 53; his
observations on the Gaelic
language, 53; his visit to
Tuam, 62; extract from his
lecture, 97; money not the
one thing needful, 101; his
appeal on behalf of the Gaelic,
101; his proofs that Homer
existed, 112; his argument in
favor of the s sound in Celtic,
136; shows the antiquity of
Gaelic, 190; refutes Wolfe,

298.

Bede, Venerable, 273.
Barry, Giraldus de, 270.
Benan, St., or Benignus, 277,
280.

Books, highly prized by the
learned, 100.

Baktrisch or Zend, 108.
Bopp, 108.

"Braoi" (Irish), modern;
"gruaid," brow, 153.
Bermingham, John, Esq., astro-
nomer and poet, Millbrook,

Tuam.

Boulder (linguistic), 163.

Bituriges.

Basil, Saint, 218.
Boyle's law.

Beauty? what is beauty? a
thing of beauty-Irish-Gaelic
a thing of beauty, 261.
Bollandus, Father, S.J.
Burke, Oliver J., A.B.,T.C.D.,
Barrister, Author of the
Abbey of Ross.

Burke, or de Burgo, Very Rev.
Thomas, O.P., Author of the
Hibernia Dominicana, 271.
Burke, Very Rev Thomas N.,

O.P., the most wonderful
preacher of modern times, 273
Britain, the "tain," possessions,
territory of the "Brits."
Barnouf.

Brilliancy of dyes and color-
ing evidence of the knowledge
of the early Irish.

Cause, one seldom acts alone,
30; cause of the French Re
volution, 31.

Corcoran, pedagogue, beat a girl
for speaking Irish, 41.
Catholic University, what has it
done for the Gaelic, 51; high
hopes of, entertained, 58; no
scholar knowing a word of
acquired Irish has issued from
its halls, 61.
Connaught, five counties, 78.
Caledonia, 11.

Cambro-Britons, point to the
deduction that races fuse
but languages do not," 40;
while they learn English they
retain their own language,
42; they offer rewards, 47,
74; judges, lawyers, and
clergymen, must know Welsh,
76, 82.

Colgan, John, 273.
Cantire, 207.
Chaucer, 173.

"Caisil," 16.

GENERAL INDEX.

Coloring of the dress, worn in
pagan times; the different
colors mark the different
grades, 338.

Coney's, Thomas de Vere, 57.
Concha, Marshal, 67.
Campbell, Dr., 76.

Conway, Most Rev. Hugh, 87.
Cambridge, scholar of, bewil.
dered, 92.

C, the letter, correct Latin
sound, 130; how Irishmen of
the fifth century pronounced
it, 143.

"Cos," a foot; "pous," Greek,

153.

Cadmus, the story about him,

with his 16 letters.
Consonants, slurring them over,
197; examples of, 198; Irish-
Gaelic explains this trait
found in European languages;
omitting to sound "ent";
French, or final consonants
in French words explained.
Cimbaeth, 284.
Congal, 285.

Cambrensis, Giraldus de Barry,
271.

Cambrensis Eversus, by Very
Rev. Dr. John Lynch, Arch-
deacon of Tuam (1662, A.D.)
Cinderella, Irish-Gealic the,
of the sister languages of
Europe, 203.

Cormac MacArt, son of Conn,
279, 280, 284.

Cicero, 214; story regarding
him, 322.

Coleridge, Henry Nelson, 290.
Cyrus, 181.

Cox, Rev. George W., 8.

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Columbus, 217.
Comprehension of scientific
truth quite a different thing
from the certainty of scien
tific truth. One can know a
thing to be true, but often
cannot comprehend it, 242.
Who can comprehend [the
plainest action of the eye!
the fleetness of light? the
electric phenomena? the na-
ture of colour? the differ-
ence between pressure and
weight in the hydraulic
paradox. The limitless ex-
tent of creation.

Cusack, Sister Mary Frances,
273.

The letter "c" is always "k" in
Irish-Gaelic, and in Latin ;
Germinal cause of its soft
sound and hard sound in the
Romance languages, daugh-
ters of Latin? 252, 253.
Character (the old Irish, as it
was usually called)-was it
Roman, or peculiar to the
children of the Gael? 302.
Danes, burned and drowned Irish
M.SS, 32.

Drummond, Lieut., Ordnance
Survey, 48.

Dorregary, General, 67.

Duggan, Most Rev. Dr (Bishop
of Clonfert) 88.

Derry, Most Rev. Dr. (do.) 87,
91, 94.

Digamma, 146, (see Vau.)
Dalton's Law, 239.

Dot (.) or aspirate mark in Irish,
Donaldson, Dr.; his New Cra-
tylus, 153, 181.

Dialects of the Aryan, became
parent tongues of the modern
European languages, 181, 184.
Darwin, 13.

Democritus, 13.

Developements of sound; two

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