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Just at a time when we are patting each other's back in approval of our recent victory a call for better methods and more thoroughness comes from a worker in the ranks, from one who is a student, The Rev. T. A. an observer, and a thinker. Fitzgerald, O.F.M., has published a little book which he calls " Stepping Stones to Gaeldom," -� and we find in the third chapter of it some remarks and advice concerning the revival of Irish which every teacher and worker in the League should consider. Fr. Fitzgerald is chiefly concerned about the making of speakers of Irish, and his own success in the study of the language is a proof of the soundness of the methods he advocates. He was born in an English-speaking town and left Ireland in early manhood. He returned after an absence of twenty years, and in less than three years he learned to speak Irish among the Gaedhilgeoiri of Galway, and at an age when most people have no taste for study. -.He is confident that we give far too little attention to the spoken language, and that the methods generally employed retard the making of Irish speakers.> \ Our failure is illustrated, he says, by '' the thousands of children and of grown-up people who are conversant with Irish text-books, and two or three authors, and who cannot express even the simplest thoughts thoroughly in Irish, or keep up a short conversation, or understand what an Irish speaker is saying." ,The habit of setting beginners, whether adults or children, at the study of books before they know a word of the spoken language is contrary to the laws of nature and to common It is attempting to compel "the eye to sense. usurp the habits of the ear," and is accountable for the thousands who turn away from the study of Irish in the belief that the task is too difficult for them. "It is," says Father Fitzgerald, "the conviction of many interested in the advance of Irish as a spoken tongue that the failure to make Irish speakers of our children will not be remedied " until two years of teaching by the ear alone be made to precede anything in the shape Teachers who believe in the of book-work. Modh Direach will . agree with the wisdom of this opinion. Except with very young children, book-work might begin as soon as the learners had attained proficiency in easy The book test figures so largely conversation. in the system of inspection employed in our primary schools that it would be difficult. to satisfv the Board that good language teachmg could be done without the teaching of reading and spelling. This difficulty will be overcome when teachers get convinced that the time spent at book-work with beginners is largely wasted, and that the results, instead of encouraging students to go on, often turn them away from the study of Fr. Fitzgerald has some parIr1sh in despair. ticular advice for Gaelic League classes in which all work is suspended for the period between St. He recommends Patrick's Dav and October. that conversation classes should be continued throughout the summer, and, he adds, ." until St. Patrick's DaY be regarded as the opemng of the Irish Season there is no hope of Irish coming back as the spoken language of the people.". J\s example is always better than precept, we think it well to mention that large numbers of the Cork Gaelic League have been meeting regularly for Irish conversation and debates for several months past, and that the meetings at An Dun were . suggested by Fr. Fitzgerald. . The propaaandist value of one speaker of Insh ,. b is worth that of fifty "bookworms ' wh o never speak a word of the language. In the Irish colleges speakers are made and finished off. Stud<:nts who go to them ,yithout a word of Insh are The Kilkennv Woodworkers have a splendid ielection of Easv Chairs and Basket Chairs. If you want a special shape they can make it for you. Apply to 8 X assau Street, Dublin, for particulars and designs .
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initiated into its difficulties by the best and most natural ways, and those who possess an imperfect knowledge of the language may by attending any of them have their conversational errors and haltings But the colleges do more than this. corrected. They train teachers in the secrets of language teaching, and as skilled teachers are our " engines of progress " the work of the colleges must he regarded as the most important of all League work. The four original colleges, viz., [olsgoil na Mumhan, in Rinn, Colaiste na Mumhan, in Beal Atha an Gaorthaigh, Colaiste Chonnacht, in Tuar Mhic Eadaigh, and Ardsgoil Cholincille, in Gorth a' Choirce, are now in session. After the Oireachtas a second Connacht college will be opened in An Spideal, two summer shools will be opened in Chondae an Chlair, Sgoil an Da.ingin promises this year to rival the older centres, a new school will be opened at Cuan Dor, and the Eochaill summer school will cater for many All these students on the other side of Cork. centres of study are situated either close to the sea, or in places of great natural beauty, like Beal Atha an Ghaorthaigh and Tuar Mhic Eadhaigh. Their first sessions have begun with We tmst that no great promise this year. teacher, whether professional or volunteer, who needs improved methods will miss attending some one of them before they close in midautumn. - - - ----'-'-
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The preparations for An tOireachtas and an Ard Fheis are being rapidly pushed ahead. Some branches have not yet complied with the conditions necessary for representation and no time should be lost by them in doing so. Delay causes a rush of work and consequent confusion on the days immediately preceding the annual meeting. The Oireachtas Committee have taken steps to make the .entertainments during Oireachtas week of a first class order. Several of our best traditional singers and professionals have been engaged, and four plays, three of which have never before been produced, are in rehearsal. Two of these are Oireachtas plays which have been recommended for prizes. "Aine Ni Ruairc," bv Tomas Mac Domhnaill, was written specially for the Oireachtas. " An tOide as Tir na nOg," by Liam O Riain, has not yet been staged in Dublin we believe. All the players are working hard at rehearsals, and are endeavouring to make the staging of the plays worthy of the Oireachtas. They are working against great odds, and as we have to depend entirely on the Gaelic League for the development of Irish Drama, our amateur stage workers should get all the support that big audiences can give. Stage talent is rare, and it is only by uniting all our forces that we €an hope to make any progress towards a truly Irish theatre. For this reason we hope that all our Gaelic League dramatic committees in the city will unite immediately after the Oireachtas to form a permanent society of Gaelic actors. The various competitions have drawn satisfactory entries, and the Publication Committee of the League will have lots of literary matter to give the reading public during the coming year. One of the most notable events of this Oireachtas will be publication of Padraic O Conaire's novel, " Deoraidheacht," which took the first prize in the novel competition last year. The book is in the press, and will be on sale by August rst.
Traditional Music. Miss Alice Milligan suggests the holding of a conference on Traditional Music and its DevelopHowever experts ment during the Oireachtas. may differ regarding the traditional singing, and pipe and fiddle playing, it is undisputed that the traditional musicians have saved our old tunes. For this reason, if for no other, they deserve our The exponents of the support and attention. traditional stvle-> if stvle there be--mu.st not he condemned because some modern musicians do not believe in them. Some day "a gifted and skilled traditional musician may arise to explain and defend the st)fle the merits of which are now disputed. Sympathy and encouragement will
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