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ceajfty^Ab ;<e<J.cc<J aju/- bl; je feOjb j:e;n ; bo ;i;rie<Xb pn j<e 3*obl*)l5 -Aja^ 6 yp 

 « lejc b' p<xn<xbft^ foccijl J,h<xO]he)l^e iij ]:aj;ie<xn n* p^KXjiice ; ixcuf t;d.;y-bean<xjb bo 

 3b*obl<x;b, be cujmn;uj<ib na m<xjce<i^<x pn, rne*^, Uf\j\<\]m o^'^uf S^^*** ^"* ^^^ 

 medf noo/i <i;;i an nj^ebejlj <x ba;' olju^ t«U m<i.ji ceiXnjAb be<xct, l;oiT)C<x, ble6n<i;be, 

 B;tJojm<Xft, jfijn, j<x^c<x, bl<x;-b4, b;n. 3";^ '^o;5 bub-^bAjU ceAn ;)r- J ^^oieCfiuJjeAb 

 iXja^^lab/iab ;<e j:;le<xb<i)b, b&;ibajb, <3iO;r-ban, l;a; jc;b, b/<u;bcjb, ^eftncbAb<x;b» ^6)f- 

 ealaban, bfie;ceamn<i;b, ^cja/itajb, ;io-fl<xcajb ajut" f^;^c;b. J;^ p /io loLb<x;f< 

 p&cc^ujcc naomca a^a^ a bejfjjobajl aj polu j<xb <vn c-^oj^cejl j n-i'njf p&;l n« 

 ;i;o j. )f f) bo l<xb<x;;i Colcm nciomcci na C;Ue cij ceaja^-jab po;;ine n<x b-<f Ibcw : 

 oju^ bft b-; aii allob cecwjab bjlea;^ ojbeabOL jrojlajaoe ;<Xftt:a;i<j. Co^ipa. <(f fO 

 Y^le ;^ jnmeayba 50 fio;b fj <x' n-^/ib-mea;^ aj <\n ;t; j ma;i aen ]i)f «n ^clcibA;be ; 

 <fcc <xno)f mft/i ^ftb-bjle 6ibbalm6;i <xn tr;i<ic 5e&;i;ic<x;t pii n-<x bun e, juyi <xb a<xc- 

 mjcilta, C/tojme <in <x cajtjm ;onci <xn /taycin bej ceaii-jpoll ;i5 bjbeay <i b-jroju;^ 

 bo'n b-edlmr^n ; b'e;;ijjb <xn fi;occ ce<xbna bo rajyijb 3*obal coiT)-m<x;t ;te a b-ce<xn- 

 50i;n. )/" bjombSi; j jeu/i l;om <xn Cbjneab uajr-al, t;iejbeo.c, laocbo. ;^o bo bejc ^ b;c 

 ce<xn<i;/-, <xc<x;tbo.cca a^uy bjl-mdOjoe, <i;^ <x b-cujan ^ci) j;ycj/i J^ob (Saja/ic 

 3 S?)Oic^<x;n bo b;b aj yeol<xb y-co;le <x' Lajmneac ;/• an no-bljaMjn 1566) an ce;yt-y\3 ; 

 " C;ne<xb a ta la;b;^ <x' 5-co/ip a^uy- lutma/t, po;^c;l a' n-jnt)h ajuy ^/ib-a^jeantac 



pose of instructing them in the jurisprudence and laws of Ireland. The Gael complied with 

 their request and ever since, many Irish words are found incorporated with the French lan- 

 guage. That people shew that they are not forgetful of that benefit, by the esteem, respect 

 and affection which they entertain for Irishmen. 



The Irish language was in high estimation at home and abroad. It was considered a polished, 

 pointed, bland, copious, energetic, facetious, philosophic, sweet and melodious dialect, during 

 some thousands of years, until the land was overrun and infested with the depredations of the 

 Danes. It was cultivated and spoken by poets, bards, minstrels, physicians, druids, antiqua- 

 ries, men of science, judges, priests, chieftains and kings. It was the language which St. 

 Patrick and his disciples spoke when propagating the Gospel in Inisfail of Kings. It was the 

 same which Colum Cille spoke when preaching to the people of Alba, and formerly, it was the 

 peculiar language of the tutors of learning in the west of Europe ; hence it is obvious that it 

 was held in high estimation by kings as well as their subjects. But now, as a lofty and stately 

 tree of the forest when felled, falls with more dreadful ruin to the earth than the lowly shrub; 

 so has it happened to the Irish nobility and language. It grieves me to see this illustrious, 

 accomplished and brave race deprived of chieftainry, patrimony and property, of whom Mr. 

 Good (an English priest who kept a school in Limerick in the year 1566) bears the following 

 testimony : " They are a people robust in body and agile, magnanimous and high-spirited, 



