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proved edition was published in 1 782, octavo, with an " Essay on 

 the Celtic language, shewing the importance of the Iberno-Celtic 

 or Irish dialect to students in history, antiquity, and the Greek and 

 Roman classics." — The antiquary and scholar are referred to the 

 work itself for this curious Essay, as it does not come properly 

 within the limits of the present disquisition. 



The Grammar contains XX chapters. — The 1st treats learnedly 

 of the language of the ancient Irish, and of the Ogham, which last 

 is contrasted with the Runic Ogham. — The British and Irish are 

 proved to be of the same Celtic descent, which being a dialect of 

 the Hebrew, like the Phoenician, is the reason why the Irish lan- 

 guage retains many British words in their purity. It is stated, that 

 the whole language appears to be no other than the Scytho-Celtic 

 refined by the Phoenicians and Carthaginians who settled in Ire- 

 land at an early period. The Ogham is treated of minutely and 

 satisfactorily, and compared with the British Ogham. In this chap- 

 ter he displays much learning in treating of the ancient writings, 

 and even of the materials upon which they were written. 



The 2d chapter treats of the Alphabet according to the 

 Ufittjcepc ticc ti-e-jge-ttf which has been mentioned in a preceding 

 page. The ancient Alphabet is given according to Forchern the 

 author of the Uraicept. The names of the letters and of the 

 diphthongs, according to this ancient Grammarian, were called 

 after twenty-five of the most learned and celebrated masters of 

 the 72, who are said to have assisted at the school on the 

 plains of Shenaar, having been assembled for the purpose of 

 adjusting languages after the confusion of tongues and the disper- 

 sion of mankind. It is said by Forchern that each letter has been 

 invented by the person whose name it bears. The learned author 

 also gives the Beith-luis-nion Alphabet, according to O'Flaherty from 



