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Show Irish Language in the National Schools. Much satisfaction will, no doubt, be felt in Irish circles, says the editor of "By the Way." in the Dublin Freeman, at the extraordinary strides of the native na-tive language In the National Schools during the year 1304. While the number num-ber of pupils for whom payment was made in 3903 is given as 11,175, the returns re-turns for 1904 show the number as close on 26.000. Again, in 190.1 there were only 553 schools in which Irish was taught as an extra, wheteas in 1004 the number of schools had increased in-creased to 1.185. In this connection an esteemed member of the Society of j Antiquaries asks us to point out that J as far back as April. 1875 just thirty . years ago the Royal Society of Antiquaries An-tiquaries of Ireland sent a strong resolution reso-lution "recommending, to the Commissioners Commis-sioners of Education the importance of paying for the teaching of Irish in the National Schools." The reply to this resolutiop was that "the Commissioners Commis-sioners do not deem it expedient to adopt this recommendation." ! |
