WELSH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 



WELSH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 



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different parts of Ireland- 2 the Gaelic of 



sSS-si 



, but now extinct 



in 



- 

 { r are not cnected. 



mon use in different parts of our own inland 



The prevalent opinion for a lon^ -irTj, ^ K ' 



bearing a close P "stmban^ ^ to e^ch ^T 



Unted Susp i cion8 of the ^rrecto^of tL 



Betham, in his' Gael and Cymri ' published in l<u 



were wholly dissimilar. Professor Forbes tl( -t' aSS6 ? e n that the ^ 



whose native tongue is GaeHc maint^n ^' *. amed Onent list, 



he 



sisssss-s 

 saS=mss=- 



. . J ttu "MUM that serious iniimr ,.... *i ^ "? * 



tue ~ 



were accustomed to "speak" of" th "V" 7"" m St Celtio sc h"lars 

 inference which he drew from it, of a totaTwant of counSn be"* ^ 



HS Vt?SHr? d ^r ^Si^s. 



Gentleman's Magazine 'for May ISSqlh f ' F e P orted "> the 



jii- _ . ^ **** *-"J> iOOif, Tll;it (ill fTarniniif t-V\n 



Rjllabtc words in thp iTrHvwfnw>. ^-Admiiiiug tne mono- 



about 270 hT!a?hi fof ^ ^ f Nell80U ' S Irish G^^niar, 



Clearly cognate 

 env^from the Latin/Sa, fe, repetitions 



PecuUar to the Gaelic . ' 



Welsh terms in 



140 



40 



SSSftSaSSffiSJeSg 1 * 



hardly so great between IceLdTc "^ am unt " f 

 unquestionably kindred language; 



Insh and Gaelic have a very closeTsembk A f mo " cai >- The 



separation from each othnr at ; resem blance, and in fact, their 



The book that is generally cSL L *Vf n ^'T 1 ^ recellt - 

 translationfof John Knox'^'Lit * Pnnln aelic - 



' . 



Saxons and the 



many of the Germanic and even of th P su i ^ en U8ed in 



appellations of the Walloons Mr] I t7, W 1 1 ^ Wlochy," and the 

 from the same root. sSarly enough ^ tt " S" * be derived 

 respondence with the 





Cimbri of Roman history 





the 



four yea brfTre yMnT^?J ?"? at ^burgh in 1567, 



The Her. Thomas Maclauchlan? a G^uc SSjfn^ r? J? IrelaDd ' 

 mgs,' a course of lectures delve? L* , ' ? .0Mto Glean- 

 us that "the dialect of ^Gaeac used by C^sewelf -'V? 7 ' nfO 8 

 known as the Irish, but which was com, fi c mmonly 



countries. It is manifest," he adds " tW r, M^T*** of both 

 this dialect in Ireland, for we have nn a Ca ? ev r e ' ^ not acquire 

 visited Ireland, and his sayinTthThe kn T * hat he ever 



S^-wSKSaSg^agS 



F^<^^3SH^^" 

 ^^^SSSI^^^i.^ 



Mr. MaclauchLrsttes thlt ". Tl,* f the ? COtti8h Hi ^' a "ders, and 

 remembered hearing th'e Irish B^Te T W WaS UviDg ab ut 18 7 ' 



