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THE UNITED IRISH.
A NATIONAL WEEKLY REVIEW.
What does from the United Irish belong to the people affairs which are to be allowed to be saying the steps that we can take to foreign languages which do not need to be regarded as languages of the United States or of the United States of America.
No. 285. Vol. 12
DUBLIN, AUGUST 13th, 1904.
(PRICE ONE PENNY)
ALL IRELAND.
The event of last week in Dublin was the Oireachtas—there was no other. It was the staple of discussion—the topic of the man in the street, and yet the Dublin Press did not discover the fact. Since the failure of that press to discover that he had published the National Weekly—which have been nothing more humorous. The Irish Times devoted thirty-five lines, or an average of six lines per day to the Oireachtas; the Daily Express, a total of four or three-quarters of a line per day, but the Freeman was able to give a total of a full column on its back pages. On Saturday, it gave a full column and on Monday nothing at all. But though it could not devote a line to the Oireachtas on Monday, it was able to give one and a-half columns to the drivel in afflicts on its readers under the heading of Paris Correspondence, six columns to Mr. Wm. O'Brien's definition of silence, six columns to an account mailing of the addresses in English present to Cardinal Vannutelli; who, we are glad to say, sunbut to some of the English addressers by responding to them in Italian and Irish, and also, replying to an address in Irish from the Killarney Gaelic League, spoke of the organisation as "that league which is, working to preserve Ireland's national traditions, and which will help to asford them in the future"—two and a half columns to an article about some Italian journey, a couple of columns to the Russo-Japanese War, one and a-half columns to an election meeting in Scotland, and fourteen and a-half columns to betting, sporting, and stock lichage news. It went, therefore, be seen that Monday morning's Freeman had no room to the Gaelic league reader that the Ard-Pheis had no room to the Gaelic league reader and continually from ten o'clock on Thursday morning, until five o'clock on Friday morning, arranging the future policy of the League, and that the most successful Oireachtas ever held had concluded on Saturday night with prolonged cheering from the vast audience in the Rotunda for Irish-Ireland. This kind of thing is not even f
It is not ride to say that the eighth Oireachtas was advanced the language movement. All were doubtful whether it would equal its predecessors—it had surpassed them all. The change of date—which was decided on as an experiment, has proved of real benefit. It has enabled a much larger number of visitors to attend from the country and alroad. Historically the Oireachtas will be formerly say that the competition was attended by a large number of visitors, each night with the Round Room of the Rotunda was thrown with audiences assembled to lotuse to the plays or concerts. The centres in the competitions increased by fifty per cent, the inaugural industrial Exhibitions proved an extraordinary attraction and a business transpirancy, and the Ard-Pheis considerably more practical work than it did on the last occasion.
It went to the root of the causes which related to the growth of the Irish language. We have been continually noting out that education, while right and proper in itself is no soal, and even smacking a little of dishonesty while silence is maintained about the training of the training colleges. We have examined from the first training colleges since made a living tongue cannot be revived except after made a compulsory voluntary in the primary schools. Voluntary work, laborious voluntary work outside the schools, can preserve the language. But it cannot be revived in the spoken language of Ireland unless it be taught in the schools to the driets, throughout the medium of English—to allow him to do so. The mixture of the teachers now know to teach it, and the mixture of the teachers now know to do so. The five mixtures of the teachers now know to teach it, and the mixture of the teachers now know to do so. The mixture of the teachers now know to teach it, and the mixture of the teachers now know to do so.
There are seven training colleges in Ireland, one of which is supposed to be associated with West Ireland—four of the remaining five are under the protestant—four of the remaining five are under the direct management of the Gaelic library. To the extent that the Irish compulsory—in all, we think, it is an optional subject; but in two of these colleges at least—Baggot-street, Dublin, and Brumcondra, obstacles are thrown in the way of these deforms to learn it. We have on many occasions conferred to learn it. In which these colleges are conducted the Irish girls in Baggot-street who were desirous of learning their native tongue have been—and we presume are still, we have no reason to believe any improvement has occurred in that strengthen of West Ireland—penalised and insulted by those in immediate control. In Brumcondra the same state of affairs, which we expressed just twelve months ago —in our issue of August 29th, 1903—prevails. We pointed out at that time that the atmosphere of the place was distinctly West-Ireland, and wrote:
When a student enters the Straw he is confined with his bound volumes of the Irish Magazine, the Language of Ancient Greater England, and the South of Temple Bar, but teaches in vain for "Knocking-bow" or kinder work. On the record of the numbering enhancement of a starship and valant band of Gaelics succeeded in not only keeping alive the ancient Gaelic game of football, but in successfully competing against teams whose resurroundings for practice were much more competent and encouraging. The college authorities did not directly encourage the practice of the football upon the grounds, but they certainly encouraged the practice of foreign games in the same field at the same time to the great discomfort of the Gaels. With a Bernsch of trumpets of foreign association footballers was organised a couple of years ago, and the most disinterested spectator must admit that it has received more than half a body of young men who have played hurling from their childhood were anxious, during last season, to continue their practice of foreign games in the same field at the same time to the great discomfort of the Gaels. With a Bernsch of trumpets of foreign association footballers was organised a couple of years ago, and the most disinterested spectator must admit that it has received more than half a body of young men who have played hurling from their childhood were anxious, during last season, to continue their practice of foreign games in the same field at the same time to the great discomfort of the Gaels. With a Bernsch of trumpets of foreign association footballers was organised a couple of years ago, and the most disinterested spectator must admit that it has received more than half a body of young men who have played hurling from their childhood were anxious, during last season, to continue their practice of foreign games in the same field at the same time to the great discomfort of the Gaels. With a Bernsch of t