Show Gaelic G elic League Le glIe Stirs New Mope Hope in Ireland l d Hundreds of or Dolo in All Pails of or lo tho World will Attend Tho iho Annual Convention to bo Mold hold in Dublin Movement to KLonow f Ancient un o and Literature Sd 1 iI I d I di 3 iI r I dI H l I iI III HII 1 I HI iII H I 1 II I HI I i I I I I IH hl 1 P I j L iN IT r i r r rr 4 r rAS f M AS A t IN INc tea I p t c L i t r t N t I c t tt H r p 1 r 1 H IIII I H 1 3 III H d I 1 Hl iI H HI II I II I H H HJ J lt DOUGLAS PATRICK Energetic and Aggressive President of the tho League L aDue Tho The General Secretary of ef the tho Gaelic Gullo League special I Correspondence i July 20 of or In hue Inland l hueland D land havo been heen filled with to re n new sal id 4 tl ll hope hOllo by hy h Y the ro growth popularity mud and stability of ot the tho lactic Gaelic league tho new move movement ment Mr f r the lion who o annual convention In is to beheld be bo beheld held heir heie hol during time the first week In ht Au August gust guit rime Tho convention will bring brill to together gether hundreds of s represent tug IllS branches of tho the not only In ht Jr Ireland but In all alt parts of or the worM world Tho The t themo of or discussion will iIi be bethe hI hIthe bethe the best means menna of ot reviving tho the national of building up an nn Irish Ireland that will III look within itself for bur Its lis In Inspiration Inspiration Inspiration and Its ilK reward limo of ot the tho league being primarily the pin pm of Irish ns as the national lan Ian of ot Ireland and an Its extension as os I h Ki It q p RrT I I I 1 j I 1 I If 1 f tl i I I I i iI iI r f I I ery L I j I l II DR DIL lW O An Gorman Supporter of tho time Gaelic Revival a I spoken tongue the tho popular feature of the tho condo convention con Lion will bo tie oral literary and anI vocal competitions competition In Gaelic nut Hut Its UK moro more practical work will trill be lIe i pio stinted by hy an exhibit of or Irish Indus trice tiles for the members of ot tho the troll Dun II are pledged not only to do their utmost to o native nalle products but to wear only I Irish made clothing and to purchase only on y Irish goods when they will supply tho the place of foreign articled article l WIll HE REVIVAL mIVAL Nhat Vh hat l Is l known no as the tile aa Gaelic GulIo o revival was Willi In n a 1 small room mom In Lower O street Dublin 1 11 11 barely eleven cloven I years ego ago The Tile great success which h has ban attended It Is IH largely duo due to time tha energy tact and contagious enthusiasm of ot lt its president Jr nr Hyde Hyle who lan has hold hoid that position since the Iho foundation tion Uon of or time tha league Ho Ito Is n a man mallet of or hiat and n product of Trinity Dublin where Iw ho h l ob Db obtained his hla divinity degree with the In intention of entering the church and fol following ol lowing Ida fathers father footsteps Hut fur for fo for his lih country ho he finally cho chose cholo o a 11 broader brondEr field and decided to devote himself to tho limo unification and ot or Ireland BO so tang long detracted by hy party dissensions dimensions and religious strife That ThIll he a 1 Protestant should bl be b recognized as nil the leader and amt la lit of ur tho the new renew movement Is le l In itself It Itself self sete significant of tho limn breadth of or Its diameter character It ft derives much of liB its strength from tho fact tact that Its Ite platform plat platform form torm Iff la nondenominational non and nonpolitical non nonpolitical political For over Ocr n a hundred yours years Ireland reland has boon been a 1 prey to agitations i sometimes openly revolutionary at oth other othor I or er timed limes In tho the form of secret i clan clos but always having for their ob oh object object tho the overthrow of or British h rule these efforts have havo all failed They dy e i A Ik I r I i have only Increased popular discontent and stimulated that disastrous emigration tion which huts maths made barren wastes ot or what ono onre populous lets GNU TACT e The Irish people ale aio awakening to tho Iho fact that the tho salvation of o Ireland can cannot cannot not no bo bt attained hy h I political agitation Whether revolutionary evolutionary i or 01 constitution constitutional al ai and are tallying rallying to the support of ot tho Jat lo league m In which ancient lIliC ent nm nt bulled and men of divergent diver gen sen gent and party pC can ean wore shoulder to shoulder r fur for ft 1 4 1 hn cause Thus Thu Jt it comes about aboul that mn men n hike IIII ll Ie gh W J Captain Taylor l Lord and Cud others othera of at equal prominence prom e In tIme the professional commercial mill and social life 10 of ot Ireland are aro now for the filet Hist Hint lino found cooperating In behalf of ot the iho league How rapid has bas bran Its growth unity may bo ho inferred cried ton the fact tact that whereas n few yearn jears rou no It numbered branches 8 In Ireland It 11 now line has close dOle on a n 1 thousand Patrick ODI the con secretary who has hao rare rara talent nt for or In III kept ally busy forming new lOW brandies B POLITICS I While the league holds Itself rigidly aloof from Crom politics Its existence proved almost fatal to the tho government during the Ares nt Of or parliament ut At alms th h he t of the tongue league Irish mem members members bers hers divided tho the house houe of ot commons on tine the question of educational expenditure In Ireland eland It particularly with olIh reference to tho the need of affording greater facilities ties flea for or Irish In ht tho the national schools und the time government not being t prepared for the division lon was wai defeated by hy a 1 small majority A cent con com mission minion appointed to Inquire Int Into time the subject und end Hyde who ap nl appealed pealed peered beorn It made out such a n strong case ca e fot tor 01 on In al lIo that at nt present It U I being taught in lit schools throughout the tha country and tie the government line has even appointed n II special staff of ot whoso whole sole solo duty It Il will be to watch time the progress of children and see pee that competent teachers are aro employed Tho The league lt elf Instruction In Inthe Inthe the ancient language to somo sono pupils young anti old and employs n 11 staff tarr ot or paid agents to h to revive Interest In the national longue In tn districts whom where It tae hns fallen Into disuse dl use They hoy send rend suggestions to the In lit DUb Dun Ile an as to the best bost means ot or encouraging nail reviving Industries Indu In the tho d different I fro rent localities they visit They get In touch with employers of or tabor labor In order to af nf afford atford ford acuities for tho the return to their tHin corn land lund of o young oung Irish men and antl women who art are working abroad They Thoy distribute literature at fairs faire and mar mer hots In lit which tho the aims of or the tho league are arc set lIet forth foith and und emigration i ls discouraged aged They fhe upon Ind of or various sorts that tho life of or the tho peasantry may nun mil ho he to rendered I lees BS dreary and mono without having recourse to sit a loons THU TIIE L The Irish language hoe him been spoken for Cor over or 2000 years tar car and was Willi a 1 finished speech before any nn of the modern Kuro Fura I uro Peals neau tongues were d II It him an nn ex x of or nomo Romo words anti IH is especially to 10 the forma farina tion of or new words Word w out of ot old ones once und oath of ot foreign elements clemente The Th claim Is rondo made for It that In Ile value It ranks next to Its manu manuscript script literature now scattered from Arm Arron n to Moscow Is IH of or ex extent extent extent tent the portion written prior to tho the sixteenth century alone It has hUll been es el estimated would world till lilt 1010 octavo volumes limo Iho muss mass of It In is of or high h quality and great reat variety Including story song KOng legend hymn tracts on Oil religion works worle on law medicine botany bolam life and man manners ners affording much of ot It the key to tou u f u the social origin of or the tho European l races rno It has ban attracted to Its study tome some of tha lIlo th foremost Core most of or continental scholars French German Danish and Italian One of or tho the most mast powerful per In III connection with tho the Gaelic aile It revival reIal In Is InDr Dr Ur Kuno Meyers rt n 1 German savant Entirely l nt at his own expense n e ho hl giva gots through Ireland delivering lectures on nn time the of Its III ancient and revealing to U the Hili Irish themselves the value of the th age ose which so 80 many of them thom so to light y prized irked In 1831 It Ish wits was spoken In lit by b three millions of ot people Their number before the formation of the Gaelic league longue had dwindled to It h is no moro more olove or o orlove love JOo of which h prompts tho the efforts till the league Il li is no so 1 0 successfully making for tor the th revival and cultivation of Irelands language in lu no Ill other oilier way wn It Is IA maintained cnn can Ire Iru Ireland bo land mud ns liS a 1 nationality rd Practically says ono OliO Writer Wilier the tho whole history of out our country the nineteenth century humus hUll been ona oue onao o of the tho slow slaw IV but bul growth In Jim II Ire Ireland Ireland land of oC thought manner s iu cus cussins sins ld plans MiB and duals Th The rhe Anglicizing of ot Ireland proceeds and will pro 1110 to tied cued cIet unions she shu reverts revert otro more mol l to 10 the tIll speech which preserved her from turn It ItIn ItIn In iii the lie past and hits has limo tho power pour to slam the Iho tide which bids fair to IQ swamp her herI I WHAT UN AIMS 10 TO DU DO What tho the Gaelic longue really alms aims at mil is III to tn by educational me means ins that t tt lad and puy JIll pu Ill taI t I to ions I hl P 10 o H I gun I 1 y full uI I id ml to tu nationalization of lie Ire IlInd Its Ito speakers appeal to historic examples for proof that u tI nations lan Ian Is li associated l with Its us life to and ami mend rued and tics Ire cited as in that lint have stain Blan s i of or u national existences been hl 11 maintained against tremendous tr odds by the tho triumph of or time the national language u e over an no ullen tongue to In III uIn every epry ruse case BU hi H on Oil toi tut was at lit tho the of or ortho tho the national nl struggle and the time revival ot or tie tho ancient language WI wa wait B by hy the tha of lit industries und and 1111 1 resulted In hl material WONT ABANDON It Is not propos proposed d that t be given up Hie lIe purpose of or the league In Is to tt make tit It h eland a II lingual bl nation using for commercial purposes but hilt tho the is In of or the tho hem Learnt mud and home hOllie tho Held field the Iho farm Iho tho thu Intellect of or tho land Tho Bureaus of or the Iho movement li Is 1111 m a 1 prominent member 11 I ot tit Iho It limas has hilS aw likened the national l n a conscience to the tho sin In of hu t II neglect oily lert of or tho lh a old tongue tonsure U U it linn has amend amended a ed etl tho limo whole lu l t ot or I rater lity It has hM sill the center tenter tm of or gravity of or o tho time nation n tn to Itt Itu pf epee hap base It t haH In the time tl of f th the t n II modern untie rn a in lit tho the tutor U tJ a d 1 1410 and olM U IL has m restored a nn great Rr nt national nett Intellectual element to 10 Limo tho liven es of the tho people It hall hns ono ens a to tobo tobe bo ho proud of or he past and 1111 traditions lions It Is la building hull tin 1111 p an tin Irish lie Ire lieland Ireland land I DON IP UI II |