Show CELTIC LANGUAGES AND GAELIC Both Irish and Welsh are living languages They belong to the Celtic group as English belongs to the Teutonic group Celtic languages are divided into two sections the and the Gaelic The Irish language or Gaelic of Ireland as aswell aswell well wen as the ilie Scots' Scots Gaelic and Nana Manx come within the latter tatter category while the Welsh belongs to the time Cym Cym- I ric rIe group The languages within each of ot these groups resemble one another r closel closely yet they present many Important points of ot difference The Time Welsh has an almost perfectly phonetic spelling while the Irish spelling Is historical and consequently consequently consequently conse conse- does not give a true picture of its present pronunciation lation Irish Gaelic of ot Ireland whIch Is more than two thousand years old was perhaps the only language used in Ireland before the time introduction introduction tion of Christianity Then came Latin Latin Lat Lat- in but It it did not displace Gaelic Gaelic remained the language of ot the time people and the English emigrants to Ireland learned to speak It It But Cromwell's accession to power marked the end of ot its supremacy Under his laws the time Irish had to to tobe become become become be be- come English in speech thought and religion or become deprived oC ot educational educational edu edu educational opportunities The inhabitants inhabitants tants of ot the time Pale a Pale a strip of ot terrItory territory territory terri terrI- tory on the eastern coast of ot the Island Island Island Is Is- land nearest to England took England took up upEn En English but those outside of ot the Pale remained Irish and consequently consequently conse conse- had fewer educational a ad ad- 11 vantages During the last half century many attempts have e been ma made e to restore the ancient Irish language and amid culture culture cul cul- ture and Irish Ilish Is now under the Free State the time official language although although al al- though the English language is 15 equally recognized The Irish language language language lan lan- guage Is a compulsory subject In Inthe Inthe Inthe the schools the Gaelic league carries carries car car- ries rles on the work of ot teaching adults and many other organizations endeavor endeavor endeavor en en- deavor to establish the habit of ot speaking Irish so that It may permeate permeate permeate per per- ever every aspect of social life Ute But it has not yet reached the daft dall or time tIle senate Irish Is s rarely If ever spoken in either of ot these two houses house Welsh Is the time nearest sister tongue to Gaelic and over oyer a short stretch of ot sea Is spoken by perhaps a million mil ml- lion people It Is the language of ot church i and chapel and produces a large crop of ot prose and poetry It Itis Itis is the mother tongue of ot Lloyd Cleveland George Cleveland Plain Dealer DenIer |