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THE SENATE DECIDES FOR COMPULSORY 1--;;: IRISH. i
THE Senate of the National University has decided that Irish is to be an essential subject for its entrance examination in 1913, and the decision has united at a stroke all the forces in Ireland that stand for Irish Nationality, and drawn them to the side of the University. The institution is still in its infancy, as regards time and has its reputation to make; it is . ' poorly endowed, and has to co�pete m �o�e directions against a wealthy nval, and 1t is still unhoused and without the halls and buildings that' give location and dignity to almost every University ; but it possesses what few other institutions of its kind in the world can claim the hearty support of the nation. It has now won the moral support of the Irish people, and they will willingly give it. m�terial The concern of the pubhc m the aid also. University and manner in which this .was shown during the past two years, have given hope to manv who feared that our Nationality was dead. Thousands who had never before recognised the signi�cance of our work came to realise that the revival of our language was the first step on the way back to nationhood, �nd, now after a two years' struggle, the Revival has 'behind it every party in the country that stands in any way for Irish �ationality .... The defeat of the twelve irreconcilable members of the Senate is not our greatest victory. They stood for a foreign civilisation, and neither t�e fear of popular disfavour nor the . promise of financial assistance by the Councils could shake them in their determination to fight to the end for principals and ideals which belong now exclusively to the scattered forces of We�t Britain. • Our victory lies in having g�t a big majority of the Irish people to recognise t�at in deserting our language we were throwmg away the last chance of securing the continuity They had been of our Gaelic Nationality. blind to that truth until the Gaelic League began to teach it, but the victory w� have just won proves how gloriously the seed it scattered ,. A people who accepted has borne fruit. which their native from schools primary language was excluded for half a cent�ry have shown that they would prefer to be vy1thou! a University rather than accept one m :Vh1ch a knowledge of Irish would not be essential tor its students.. A people who were content with clergy and teachers and professional men, who, for the most part, ignored the native lapguag.e, have now decreed that higher education will be open only to those :Vho show that they. are willing to perform their duty to �he nat101;. Anglicised Ireland has conquered itself, or it has gone a long way in the process ?f the conquest. We have won our first great victory. We have succeeded in uniting all the best for�es of the nation in a fight for the first essenti�l of nationhood a national language. That is where the real' victory lies, not �n the de�eat of twelve Senators of the University, but m the fact that we have convinced our _people that they were on the wrong educational ro�d, that we have made them see that. educ�t10n was being used to destroy all their nat10�al traits and that we have got them to determme that 'in future Irish education shall. be used to conserve and revive the things which West British education was founded to destroy. IRISH PHONETICS. Is eclipsis a linguistic nightmare? Irish Phonetics by Rev. M. O'Flanagan.
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The first Caltra Feis was held on Saturday and Its competitions attracted great Sunday last. numbers of school children and of adult speakers of Irish. The spirit of the Feis was enlivened by the news of the victory for Irish in the University, but the feeling of the people regarding the Revival and the work of the Gaelic League generally, is The school most favourable and encouraging. children were not all prizewinners, but some of them showed an extensive and exact knowledge of the language and many others had made encouraging progress in it. The local schools are doing most creditable work, and with the co-operation of the League and of the parents the teachers should have little difficulty in securing the safety of Irish in their district. The breezy remarks of those who attended the public meeting on Sunday during the progress of the Irish speeches, and the purity of the language used by the competitors in the storytelling and other competitions showed that Irish is still very much alive in the parish. If it be allowed to die, who will be to blame? The great event of the Feis was the address of An tAthair Micheal O Flannagain, who has just returned from the States. His great success on a business mission proved that he is no mere dreamer, but a worker who makes dreams realise. He told how the want of their own language in America left the Irish people there without the independence of the races who preserved their native tongues, and without the respect which other European peoples there would wilfingly give to a race which they could not easily mistake for the English if our people spoke their own tongue. He discovered in America a " St. Patrick's " parish, where fourteen languages were spoken, but Irish was not one of them. Ireland at home, he gladly acknowledged, was gaining ground. The Irish people at home were, he said, on the We should be poor specimens of right spot. humanity if we let Ireland go. We must do all for ourselves, fight our own battles, produce our own food and requirements in Ireland, as far as possible, and make this country a credit to the race.
Irish War Pipes. Mr. Francis Joseph Bigger, Ard Righ, Belfast, writes:As one who has taken his part in the revival of the Irish war pipes, and has had much experience with pipers and pipers' bands, and has also had much satisfaction in seeing the progress made and at the same time has not on any occasion gone past Irish manufacture if it could possibly be avoided, I wish to make an offer that may help. to I hereby offer a prize of Five clear the air. Pounds for the best set of Irish war pipes made in Ireland (there must be at least three competitors), the same to be sent to me before the. rst of August next, and judged by my own piper (Liam Hope), whom I need hardly .add has no private interest in the matter,. nor W11l he know when judging who made the pipes. <?£ course I will accept any other competent tnbunal, but being proud of my uwn_ piper, and knowing h�s skill, I think my word will be accepted that merit alone will win. The only condition I attach to the competition is that the maker of the pipes must be prepared to make and hand over at a reasonable figure, within three months, twelve sets of pipes at least as good as those sent in for competition. This I consider only fair, as there is a brisk demand for pipes at present. I have no sympathy whatever with firms trading on the Irish sentiment, deliberately using Irish names and phrases regarding If I had my way I pipes not made in Ireland. know how I would deal with such folk. I would like all Ireland to know that we can. produce our own pipers and make our own pipes, and skirl up to high heaven on Irish . �illsides our m:n old Irish tunes in our old traditional way and in our own old Gaelic costume. P. S.-I will undertake that the name and fame of the prize winner be spread over Gaeldom.
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