THE ARYAN ORIGIN OF THE GAELIC RACE AND LANGUAGE. THE ROUND TOWERS, THE BREHON LAW, TRUTH OF THE PENTATEUCH. BY THE VERY REV. ULICK J. BOURKE, M. R. I.A. CANON OF TUAM CATHEDRAL, AND PRESIDENT OF SECOND EDITION. BIBLIOTHERA AUG 18/7 SODLEIANA LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., PATERNOSTER-ROW. TO HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF TUAM, METROPOLITAN, AND PRIMATE OF THE PROVINCE, FIDEI ET PATRIE, THE FIRMEST CITADEL OF THE IRISH GAELIC TONGUE, THIS WORK ON THE ARYAN ORIGIN OF THE GAELIC RACE AND LANGUAGE, IS, AS A MEMORIAL OF THE CELEBRATION ON THE 8th JUNE, 1875, OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS CONSECRATION BY PERMISSION AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED; FOR, IN HONORING "THE GREAT ARCHBISHOP OF THE WEST," MARKED WITH A BLESSING OF LENGTH OF YEARS, NOT GRANTED TO THE PRESENT TIME TO ANY OTHER BISHOP OF THE GAEL IS HONORED, THE SHIELD OF THE POOR AND THE PERSECUTED, THE DEFENDER OF A NEGLECTED RACE IS HONORED, AND THE HAPPY UNION WHICH SHOULD REPRESENT LOVE OF CREED AND COUNTRY. IS COMMEMORATED. September, Sth, 1875. |