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the direction of Mr. J. P. Sinclair. A Scotch bagpipe selection 

 which was added served to point the contrast between the Irish 

 and Scottish pipes as regards musical quality. 



Mr. Adam Duffin, in moving a vote of thanks to Miss 

 Oldham, said she had in her beautiful and eloquent essay- 

 touched some of the finest chords of Irish patriotic feeling. It 

 was a pleasant thing to think that in this movement the North 

 was not precluded from joining hands heartily with the South, 

 and they were thankful to Miss Oldham for trying to impart 

 to them some of her own enthusiasm in regard to the Feis 

 Ceoil. 



Dr. St. Clair Boyd, in seconding the vote, thought it was 

 only fair to say that but for Miss Oldham the Feis Ceoil would 

 certainly not have been the success it was, even if it had been 

 held at all. He hoped, now that the movement had been 

 taken up in Belfast, that every one interested in it would do 

 their best to assist it, which they could do by becoming sub- 

 scribers. The local Committee were doing all in their power 

 to make the forthcoming gathering a success. 



The vote was passed with acclamation, and in acknowledging 

 it Miss Oldham said Belfast choirs had carried off two of the 

 principal prizes at the Dublin Feis, and this year Dublin was 

 going to send down at least one choir as a direct challenge to 

 Belfast. 



A vote of thanks was also passed to Messrs. Thomas, Curran, 

 and Sinclair, on the motion of Professor Fitzgerald, seconded 

 by Mr. A. S. Matier. 



