REFORM OVERDUE 37 



simpli for 



criostui 



unsui 



siorrui ,, piof\tvAi > 6e, fiot\t>Ai > 6e 



riocht ,, |\io'OA(ic, -pio$A6c 



achunicha ,, ,AtCuineA6A, AtCtungfOeACA 



diobhail 



fail 



tuice 



telici ,, ceitste 



uafais 



ceana 



B. Insertion of Vowels : 



lorag, lorug for 



anama ,, 



balabh 



marabh ,, 



eagana 



feirig 



orom ,, 



freagara ,, 



seacharan 



marathach ,, 



fearagach 



serebhis ,, 



uruchoid ,, 



In the face of examples like these from a contemporary 

 of Keating, will anyone maintain, after the lapse of two 

 hundred and seventy years, that the time is not yet ripe 

 for a general move in the direction of simplicity ? Surely 

 even the most cautious may, without any sacrifice of 

 principle, admit that reform is overdue. 



I cannot conclude without drawing your attention to 

 the fact that the door for reform has been kept open chiefly 



