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com<:5 their way of increasing the sale of books published by Clodhama, the publishinz department of the League, Until of very late years an annual subsidy to the Publication Committee used to be a heavy drain on the [League funds. and_ C1odhan!1a, now a registered fcompany, is not1yet a nch source of income to the Coiste Gnotha. It was inevitable that money should be lost in the early years of our efforts when the number of readers of Irish was small and no publisher could be found with sufficient courage or patriotism to put Irish books on the market. But things are now different, and there is no reason why the sale of our own publications should not result in a big annual balance on the right side. The number of readers of Irish is increasing by thousands annually, the teaching of the language is jumping ahead in the schools and colleges, and the publishing of Irish books has become a business of profit for regular publishers. There is now scarcely any publisher in Dublin who has not Irish books on his list. They have, when it has become profitable, gone into competition with the publishing department of the League, and Gaelic League teachers, and other workers in the movement seem to have forgotten that in transferring even a small portion of their patronage to the regular publishers, they do an injustice to their own organisation by reducing the sale of its books, and, thereby its income. Now, that the Branches are re-opening and classes re-forming, we hope that in every class held under League auspices League books will be used. l School teachers, also, who are members of our organisation, own a duty to Clodhanna. There are upwards of twenty Gaelic League tex�s on the list approved of by'. the National Board, and these are distributed in a 11 the standards, so that there is no actual necessity for using the books of other puolishers. Clodhanna's list includes books by writers from every part of Gaelic Ireland, and among these are such well-known names as "Conan Maol" . ' "Gruagach 2n Tobair," Micheal O Maille, Eoghain O Neachtain, An t.Athair Padraic O Diunnin, Seaghan O Ceallaigh, Una Ni Fhaircheallaigh, "Torna," Tomas O Coincheanainn, and Enri O Muirgheasa, and "Beirt Fhear." The genera] editor cf our publications.i.; Seosamh Laoide. is one of the best informed �nd most careful of Gaelic scholars of to-day, and his n 1mP on any book is a guarantee that its editorship and literary standard may be relied on. We look to the organisers and teachers to push Gael�c League �ooks every where they see an openmg for then- sale. Messrs. M. H. Gill and Son are our booksellers, and they will supply our catalogue, post free, to any one who writes for it.
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Craobh Lulmnlghe, . Th� usual quarterly meeting of Craobh L,m�mghe ':as held �n last Sunday evening. The Cha11:11an, in referrmg to the departure of An t.Atha ir de Bhal from the city, said that " he was sure there was no member of the Branch there that night but felt intensely the loss that Father Wall They all knew the power for was to them all. good that Father Wall was in the Branch, the work that he had been doing for years and the work he was doing up to the very mom:nt he left the1:1. They all knew that, and therefore they realised to some extent the loss they sustained by the departure of Father Wall. Bu.t thev did not fully realise yet, nor would they for some time, the loss they had suffered. They all knew how the very personality of Father Wall influenced every member of the Branch. The transparent earnestness and :simplicity of his character, the deep-seated and _ lofty enthusiasm that inspired l1�m on all occasions, and along with that, .the kmd�1�ss and �eniality that belonged to him, were qua lities that impressed and influenced everv one nf ·th�m. Then his spirit of self-sacrifice, his work in the League, and the way in which he constantly kept before them the ideals of the Gaelic Lt·ague-these were a constant standing example to all of them. He alwavs seemed to him to be the em?o?iment, ac; it were, of the new spirit that was st.u_nng in the heart of Young Irelandl !1fc' �pint that was leavening the whole of Irish I e.
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An t Athair . de Bha 1 is all that an Irish JJrie�t �nc1 a patriotic: Irishman should be. His splendid letters <lurmg the earlv stage of the University controversy riddkd, 'sh�t-like, the false· arguments of the opponents of the national language. Tn Luir1;�earh, where, until his de-. parture, he was an artrvr.. worker and· missionar:v in the cause, he will he missed, but wehop- that.,his services will not be lost to the movement for which he has already done so much. · ·
A Temperance Crusade for Connacht. In accordance' with a decree of the Tuam Provincial Council of the Catholic Bishops the machinery of a new temperance movement has been set going in the West. The name cf the organisation is the "St. Patrick's Temperance League of the West." In has a Standing Committee, of which the Most Rev. Dr. O'Dea, Bishop of Galway. is Chairman, and it will have a small army of twenty-three missionaries whose sphere of action will extend over all Connacht. The objects of this new League are threefold :-To promote total abstinence among the weak, the youna, and the generous; temperance for all others ; and the complete suppression of treating in public houses and wherever drink is sold. Its objects. therefore. include those of the Total Abstinence Societies and of the Anti-treating League. The pamphlet containing the constitution and rules of the League contains also some useful information and advice concerning the drink evil, and the crusade which is now being launched in Connacht against it. The first of a series of publications dealing with the temperance Its title question has already been issued. is " St. Patrick's Temperance Crusade." It is bilingual, and has been written by a Redemptorist and Eoghan O N eachtain, Eoghan being the writer of the Irish version.
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It must not be concluded that because this League has been started in Connacht, and for Connacht, that the West is more addicted to drink than any other part of the country. It is not; but Connacht being naturally poorer than the rest of Ireland can less afford to waste her wealth on drink than the other provinces. Poor Connacht was treated hardily by Nature, and her wide bogs and barren hil1s compare very unfavourably with the rich fields and vales of Leinster and Munster. But Connacht has many pleasant spots to live in, wide uplands where the soil is deep and the sun kind, and gentle seas that abound in fish, and she might indeed be made a " land of morn," as Mangan called her, if all her people were wise, industrious and frugal. But they all are not. Ireland spends upwards of £r4,ooo,ooo annually on drink, and Connacht contributes a big amount of this. The publican and the " poitin " vendor are the curse of Connacht. The representative of the former class of trader often being the only man of means in a western parish, and, as in the Dublin slum, where the gin shop is the only bright looking "!-iouse to be seen, his house is often the only one not a cabin, and he jg the only man who can afford to send his daughters to school, and his sons to college. Several thousands sterling are annually spent on drink in every Connacht parish. Yet the people of the West contribute considerab]y less than £r,ooo to the Language Fund, and the League would gladly expendf5000 in Connach t could it afford that sum. Connacht wants money for better homes, for draining and planting its waste lands, for new schools, for the preservation of the Irish language, and the better payment of Irish Ireland teachers. It spends more money on drink than would suffice for all these purposes, and because St. Patrick's League has set out to check this unnecessary expenditure, we wish it success, and recommend every member of the Gaelic League in Connacht to support it.
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The Memorial to Eibhlin Nie Niocaill. ,...... The Eibhlin Nie Njocaill memorial Committee has decided to establish a�·few visiting scholarships to enable girl students of Irish to visit Irish sl?eaking districts. In subscribing to the memorial fund Gaels will be assisting not only in commemorating the memory of a noble Irish woman, and of the brave young Irish man who lost his life with her, but they will also be helping in the revival of our language, the work which was dearest of all earthly __ labours to Eibhlin Nie Niocaill herself. .....
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rneaoon fo$ti1Att\ 18, 1909 . September 18, 1909
LANGUAGE DAY.
One of the final meetings in preparation for the All-Ireland Demonstration on next Sunday was held in the Gaelic League Ha�, 25 Rutlal:d Eom Mac Neill Square, on oth September. presided, and a large m:mber �f �elegates we�e present from the following societies and public bodies :. . \Volfe Tone Memorial ExecutiYe C omm1tt�e; Oliver Bond '98 Club ;_ Confederate H�rlmg Club· Carpenters (Dublm 4th Branch) ; Fianna na hEireann ; Clarence l\Ianga1: (\Vo?d Quay) Branch Sinn Fein ; Craobh Chuilm Ch1lle, �3:ile Breac ; City of Dublin �abourers ; Trinity Ward Registration Society ; . Craob� na mBiadhtach; Michael D:Vyer N��10nal Literary Society; Craobh Bhriam �ho1nmhe; Craobh Deilginse; United Corporat�on �ab<?urers �rade Union; Branch Owen Roe O Neill In?h Na_honal Foresters; National Society of Operati:7e Pnnt_e�s nEadmghtheo_1n; Assistants; Craobh na Co. Dublin Board G.A.A.; Craobh Na�imh Chaoimhghin ; U:nited �abo�ers Trade �mon ; Central Branch Smn Fem; Fianna na bEireann National Club ; Sawyers ; Dublin Industrial Development Association; C�mann Gaedhealach an Chroich; Sunday Hurling Leagu� G.A.!,.. O'Mahoney Hurling Club ; Craobh Mhic hE1l ; District Council, Tallaght, Firhouse ; Workers Union· North Dock Branch Sinn Fein; Clann na hEireann · South Dublin Union ; Sunday Football League ; Fianna na nEireann ; C.ity of Dublin Band (Barrack Street) ; �ookbmders Trade Union ; Buidhean Cheoil Emmet ; Sarsfield Fife and Drum Band ; Drumcondra Band; Sinn Fein ; Lord Edward G.A.J\. ; Craobh an Cheitinnigh ; Ard-Chraobh ; Saint Kevin's Fife and Drum Band ; Brother John Redmond I.N.F.; Craobh Mhic hEil: Tomas Daibhis Sinn Fein; Brother A.M. Sullivan I.N.F. ; Craobh Duna Laoghaire, Connradh na Gaedhilge ; Crao bh na mBiadhtach · Brian Boru Hurling and Football Club G.A.A. ; John Redmond I.N.F. ; Inghinidhe na hEireann; Boys' Brigade, Church Street; Craobh an Chliabhraigh, Connradh na Gaedhilge; North Dublin; O'Byrne I.N.F.; Craobh an Athar Mhic Aindrias ; Lord Edward Fitzgera]d G.A.A. ; Branch William Aylmer I.N.F. ; City of Dublin Bread Van Drivers; Craobh Mac Artain Gaelic League; Saturday Hurling and Football League G.A.A. ; An Ard-Chraobh. RESOLUTIONS. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted at the meeting:" WE SUPPORT THE DEM;\ND OF THE GAELIC LEAGUE THAT THE IRISH LANGUAGE, BOTH ORAL AND WRITTEN, BE MADE AN ESSENTIAL SUBJECT FOR MATRICULATION, AND UP TO THE POINT WHERE SPECIALISATION BEGINS, IN THE NEW UNIVERSITIES, AND THAT PROPER PROVISION BE MADE FOR THE TEACHING OF IRISH IN ALL THE COLLEGES OF THE UNIVERSITIES." "THAT THIS CONFERENCE OF DELEGATES, REPRESENTING THE SOCIETIES AND PUBLIC BOARDS OF DUBLIN, CALLS ON THE CITIZENS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE IRISH LANGUAGE FUND, AND SO ENABLE THE GAELIC LEAGUE TO CARRY ON THE WORK OF SAVING THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE." "THAT THIS MEETING OF DELEGATES, REPRESENTING A GREAT MANY PUBLIC BODIES, IS OF OPINION THAT IN THE MARKING OF IRISH IN THE RECENT INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATIO�S A HIGHER STANDARD WAS ADOPTED THAN THAT .SET FOR ANY OTHER MODERN LANGUAGE, AND THAT WE ARE OF OPINION AN INJUSTICE HAS BEEN THUS DONE TO OUR NATIVE LANGUAGE, AND WE DEMAND A REVISION OF THE MARKS AS THE ONLY SATISFACTORY SOLUTION OF THE QUESTION.''
EOIN MAC NEILL'S SPEECH. The Chairman said the meeting, which he was glad to see was of a very representative character had been ca1led to make arrangements in connection with the Language Demonstration on next Sunday. The main object of that meeting was to express the public opinion of the capital of the country on the great national question that had arisen during the last twelve months, and that was approaching the time for final settlement. Both Dublin and the rest of the country had expressed their opinion in a very decided way-they had 'not only expressed it but re-affirmed it through many channels, and no one jn Ireland could now pretend to have the slightest· doubt as to what the Irish people wanted with regard to the treatment of national studies in the new Irish University. That would be the main question .that would have to be