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all teachers of Irish. Mr. Carr is one of the most successful bilingual teachers in Ireland. For several years he has been giving special demonstration courses on bilingual methods for the benefit o.f the students of Ard Sgoil Cholmcille in the neighbourhood of which his school is situated. He is an active member of Cumann Dhatheangthach Thir Chonaill and has lately compiled a list of Gaelic geographical terms for the use of its members. The new rule of the Board which admits the gradual introduction of the bilingual programme removes one of the worst grievances of teachers of Irish. The system of inspection employed is still very defective, but we believe that the Board's Irish inspectors are about to make a special study of bilingual teaching so as to fit themselves for the examination of bilingual schools. The delay in this matter amounts to a scandal. It has been the cause of frequent injustice to teachers and has consequently served to discourage the progress of bilingual education. There is another matter in connection with the Board's inspectors that needs instant reform. A few years ago a number of " Organisers of Irish Instruction " were appointed by the Board to assist teachers in acquiring the best methods of We have been informed by language teaching. one who is prominently connected with Irish primary education that the organisers are now employed for the most of their time in inspecting schools. The work of organisation for which they were originally engaged is being neglected, and examining in Irish is being done by " cheap labour.'' When the organisers were appointed it was understood that a large number of additional men would be added to the new staff, but, instead, the Board has spirited away the few officers it was forced to employ and set them to other work. The Ard-Fheis should not fail to express its views on these very legitimate grievances.
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National Bilingual Society.
A conference on matters connected with the . working of bilingual schools will be held. during Oireachtas week. All bilingual teacfiers and persons interested �n It is bilingual education are invited to attend. that a Irish worker will language prominent hoped deliver an address on the teaching of Irish in the schools. The election of officers for coming year will also take place. A small exhibition of the boo�s, charts, etc., for bilingual teachers will be on view at Industrial Exhibition.
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Traditional Music, Irish Warpipes.
The suggestion of Miss Alice .Milligan �ha� a conference on Traditional Music and Smgmg should be held during the Oireachtas was w_elcorned by Coiste an Oireachtais, and the meetmg has been arranged for r 2 o'clock, noon, on Wednesday, August 3rd. It is hoped t�a� all visitors interested in Irish music and traditional singing and playing will attend. We stated some weeks ago on the information of a valued _correspondent that Irish warpipes made ?utside of Ireland were being sold under an Irish name. Since then we have received several letters, each repeating the same complaint. A� CLAIDHE�MH can do nothing more than give voice to a grievance and since we have done so much already, our �orre;pondents should address their f:1r�her letters to the Industrial Development Association, whose business it is to take whatever action may be necessary to put a stop to the grievance complained of. The offer of £ 5 for the b�st m�de set of pipes, which was made by Mr. Bigger m our columns a few weeks ago, should help to promote the manufacure of this native instrument at home.
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Enda's School, R.ATHF.ARNH.AM:.
A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR CATHOLIC . BOYS. Head Master, P. H. PEARSE, B.A., Barrister-at-Law. · FOUNDED at Cullenswood House, Rathmines, in 19�8, with the object of providing a secon�ary educati_on of a distinctively Irish complex10n for Insh Catholic boys, ST. ENDA's SCHOOL has been s_o successful and has developed so rapidly as a boardmg sc�ool that a removal to larger and more suitable pr�m1s�s has become necessary. The beautiful and h1�tonc mansion and demesne known as the Hermitage, Rathfarnham have been secured as its future home. The grounds include fifty acres of delightful :Voodland and pasturage, with gardens, orchard, playmg-fields, tennis-court, etc., etc. They are watered by a busy stream and contain a picturesque island-atudded lake. Spacious study hall, library, laboratories, ar:t room, classrooms, g ymnasiurn , refectory, and dormitories are in course of equipment. School re-opens after Summer Vacation Monday, 12th September. For Prospectus apply to the Head Master.
The following communication from Seaghan O Siotchain, of An Phairc Ghlas, Dun Droma, Conndae Thiobruid Arann, shows that Ireland has at least one maker. He writes:�" In reply to Seaghan O Faolain, there is no doubt L11at he encouraged Mr. O'Keeffe to start making the Irish warpipes. That the latter is a successful maker is well-known to those who have played on his and other instruments. But what encouragement has Seaghan or other members of the Cork Pipers' Club given to Mr. O'Keeffe since? How many sets of O'Keeffe's or any other Irish make of warpipes are in his band? None, I believe. I am also of opinion that this can be said of all other pipers' bands existent at the present time, wrtn the exception of the two in Dublin, and one here in Bealach. If I am wrong I am open to correction, and in the interest of Irish manufacture I sincerely hope I am. On a rough calculation I estimate that there has been something over £800 spent on foreign-made sets up to the present time. I think it is now time to put a stop to this sending abroad of Irish money. This. could be done by debarring all who purchased foreign sets after a given time from competing at feiseanna, or any other entertainments organised by the Gaelic League. The names of those who have already purchased could be collected; but they should not, in fair play, be debarred from competing. O'Keeffe was, I understand, the first after a lapse of over 40 years to make the Irish warpipes, and the members of the Bealach Irish-Ireland Society were the first purchasers of the only real Irish warpipes made in Ireland, and it is proud they are of them. What a pity it is that all other Gaels would not get their sets made in Ireland also." " An Piobaire " writes : " In view of the recent correspondence in AN CLAIDHEAMH, and the offer of Mr. Bigger to stimulate the manufacture of Irish warpipes in this country, I think an effort should be made to have them Irish in form and distinct from the Scotch instrument. I understand that both Dublin bands and almost all the individual warpipers in and around Dublin have adopted the three-drone pattern on the plea that the two-drone pattern as used in almost every other band keeps the added Scotch drone, and neither pattern is correct, as the two drones of the Irish warpipes were not separate but came out of one stock in much the same style as the union pipes." We trust that the Pipers will be represented at the conference which has been arranged by Coiste an Oireachtais. If they desire to have a discussion, a place will be found on the conference Mr. agenda for this most Interesting question. O'Keeffe should not miss the opportunity of exhibiting several sets of his pipes at the Oireachtas exhibition. A large band of pipers will accompany An Craoibhin to the stage in the Rotunda on the opening night of the Oireachtas.
Sgoil Eanna.
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Two years ago Mr. Pearse founded Sgoil Eanna. The encouragement he received from the general public at the outset was very limited, but a few who knew the man and believed in his educational methods came to his support. Pupils came to him from every part of Ireland, and some from places outside of it. The increase of boarders in the second year was so great that he has found it advisable to remove the school to larger buildings, and henceforth Sgoil Eanna will be at The Hermitage, Rathfarnham. The new is a one with extensive large grounds in building a beautiful situation at the base of the Dublin hills, only a few miles from the cairn above the grave of one of Ireland's Ardrighs, Niall Glundubh. No one but a man of courage and patriotism could be found to make the sacrifices that were necessary at the founding of Sgoil Eanna. All the qualities of the fighter were at the start, and they have still to be necessary Patient toil is ever the lot of the employed. The worth of new pioneer educationalist. methods in which few but the originators and their disciples believe has to be demonstrated to the public. This Mr. Pearse has done. QThe short history of Sgou Eanna has justified his venture and proved that real Irish education is not beyond men with the necessary knowledge and spirit to work for it. His success places all who believe in the cause for whicn he has been working under the obligation of supporting him. In his new school, which will, we hope, make a promising start next month, boys will not be crammed for examinations without any care for the ultimate effects on their character of the education thev receive. The main purposes of education will The natural bent of each pupil kept in view.
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will be taken into consideration, and the spirit of Gaelic nationality, which is the driving force in all Mr. Pearse's work, will give life and tone to all the school. In our fight for the revival cf Irish and the restoration of Irish ideals in education it is not the man who criticises the English language and the foreign ideals who serves Ireland most. The better patriot is he who builds. All of us have criticised the Anglicisers and the Anglicised. How many have put a stone in the edifice of the new nation? Mr. Pearse has put many stones in that edifice, and any of us who can assist him in the work should do so.
Sg1il Ide. Sgoil Eanna is leaving Oakley Road, but the grounds and buildings will be retained by M r, Pearse for a girls' school, which he has established on the same lines as Sgoil Eanna. Mr. Pearse himself will be the school director and the staff will consist of a number of ladies, some cf whom are among the most distinguished graduates of the late Royal University. Miss Cotter has a deep and extensive knowledge of modern and old Irish. Miss Butler has specialised in teaching, and is an ex-student of Colaiste Laighean. The school is starting with an expert staff of teacher'>, all of whom are devoted to the cause of IrishIreland. They may, we believe, be trusted to do for the education of girls what Mr. Pearse has already done for the education of Irish boys. IV'
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" Ceachta Cainnte Gramadaighe,'' It is a heartening augury for the successful study and teaching of the language to find that the first edition of "Ceachta Cainnte Gramadaighe, ·, costly-as Irish text books go--and written on lines to which many students are not accustomed, is already out of print. This will probably cause some temporary inconvenience, especially to students of many of the Gaelic Colleges, but it seems that a new and greatly enlarged edition, revised throughout, will be with us during Oireachtas week. The forthcoming book will, it appears, contain so much new matter, in the shape of additional lessons, grammar notes extended to twice their original bulk, a full vocabulary, and an appendix on the irregular verbs, that it will be practically a new work, extending to over two hundred pages.
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Sonth Eastern Conference . The second annual meeting of the SouthEastern Conference of the Gaelic League will be held in the Town Hall, Waterford, on Monday next, at 2 p.m. Delegates are invited from all the Gaelic League branches of Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford, Kilkenny, Wexford, and North-East Cork. A large muster of the Gaels of these counties is expected. A long and important agenda is to be dealt with. The annual report of the Managing Committee of the Ring College will be read, as will also the financial report of Desmond House. It will be remembered that the ownership and management of the Ring College was handed over to the representatives of the Gaelic League in, the above counties at the last conference. It is now managed by a representative committee elected from above. Every branch in the conference area should send forward a delegate.
Belfast Industrial Pageant. An industrial pageant organised by the Belfast Industrial Development Association will be held in Belfast on Monday next, the first day of "Irish Week,'' during which the shop windows of the city will will be miniature exhibitions of Irishmanuf actured goods.
Held Over. We are holding over until next week reports of Feis Mhonachain and Feis Chaislean Mhuilinn, of a Gaelic League meeting in Nenagh, of an aeridheacht in Bealach an Doirin, of the Feis and Aonach to be held in Springfield, Mass., at the end of October, of a Gaelic League meeting in Tir Chonaill, of an aeridheacht in Bniree, and of several other events to which the pressure of the Oireachtas on our space prevents us referring to this week. EIRE Oo, the children's corner, is unavoidablv held over this week.
Mr.
CAREY,
Surg�on i)�ntist,
PR.INCIPAL for a number of years with
Dentist MacDonnell,
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