... the tendency towards cities unfortunately was notcould not under the circumstances be—toward Irish cities but to English-speaking cities all over the world. From the national point of view, the preponderance of rural workers is very much to be deplored ...

... disappointing to find what a lot of children know a lot of Irish nowadays and vet can’t or won't speak a word of it. Evidently they haven’t been in the habit of speaking it, or of having it spoken to them, in the ordinarv way of business, but only as a task—the ...

... e surprise of their lives. Does anyone serioug] suggest that Irish-speaking boy messengers ay going to have any effect in Gaelicising the ‘\-i\ri(i Service, or that an Irish-speaking new entrang in any capacity is going to have any influence i that direction ...

... question i« to m him another. How does ae explain to a Jot of Ve Sllt schiolars, whose knowledge of English, p_\.‘pr; ng English speaking districts, must be very limu,fil the following varieties of pronunciation :—. A.---Are, ware, tather, and bather L —Ere, here ...

... SOME DISCLOSURES The repo t, which makes some remarkable disclosure., goes on to show how the deficit is met. Broadly speaking. It sari, there are two classes of racing stables: — (a) The betting stable, (b) TM nem betting stable (i.e., stables which ...

... SUGGESTIONS LACKING While there was plenty of plain speaking and many expressions of hope for the future of Irish athletics at the banquet to the Irish Olympic representatives at the Gresham Hotel on Tuesday last, there was a lamentable absence of practical ...

... than one of the English speakers during the weck. It seems to me, at any rate, that English-speaking audiences have more necd to be talked to so than Irish-speaking audiences, I don’t at all say that there is not ¢vil literature i Trish. Nor do I say there ...

... Deputy from Nenagh, spent some time in an Irish speaking part of the West during the recess, mn an attempt to gather up as much Irish as possible. We don’t suppose he gathered up much in the month, as we can speak as students of long standing. 1f Mr. Morrissey ...

... = will also give single vowels, dipthongs and con£ sonants the English sounds he has been giving them = since he began to speak and write his native language = —English. = Finally, * Mumha * ends his article by a quotation = from “ what a school child ...

... Furthermore, the Government has decided that the various tests of a ‘ competent * knowledge of Irish must be genuine tests. Speaking last Friday, in Dublin, the Minister for Finance said that the test of a single examination for Civil Service candidates ...

... formed the bulk of the tower. Going down on one knee, I looked at the undecipherable letters which had long since ceased to speak of the Lallys. But after a rubbing of grass they put on a semblance of life; they spoke to me, and this is what they said : ...

... should be widely diffused and that a great litera“ture should grow out of it. I suggest that the constant artificial check to speaking or writing it at present, the pervading influence of genders and cases could easily be abandoned, and yet its peculiar c ...