The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-06-15

word still makes the port of Galway with its fishing village
inhabited as all who visited it perceive by southern
race of whose and supertons the present
writer was struck with the resemblance existing between them
the inhabitants of Maorca and lvc which have
undoubtedly PhGnican origin Cath, BATTLE is the prefix
or intermediate syabe of many old local British of
others ancient France, span and Italy, where find
also component of personal The Roman poet Catu
lus instance, has purely Celtic name tit is written CH
in old Gauish nscption and equal multitude
in battle" it evidently the title given to some Celtic
chefain from whom the poet descended The greatest
literary of Italy from the north Cisalpne Gaul
whose original population Celtic the names of places
and persons testify Thus Verona the birthplace of CauuS
originally residence of the Fear noble men, the
cheftains of Celtic tribe Virgil also was born in this re-
gon Mantua the river Mincio and will be sur
psed to the of the author of the Bucocs and
Eneid while pure Celtic illustrates the original location or
occupation of the tribe from which he sprung Virgil is Far
Oil the of the river' the Celtic changing
into the Latin as in all such cases
derived several of their gods from Etrua the
Tuscanywhose inhabitants have long formed puzzle
historians, supposng they from Lydia in Asia
Minor from Egypt chiefly the ground of few such
indications in the Latin WRITER'S who equally ignorant of
country whence they orgnatedand from their writing
from the right hand the left like all Semitic and most
cent peoples We that the fragments
of the language of the mysterious Etruscans found in in
scptons Luna, Corona Cusum and other ruined CYCLIC
pean cities have been compared with the Celtic general
y considered excepting few words ncomprehehble by CLASH
scholars there be doubt that the of the
dees alone referred to- not to speak of many local Etrian
Names of Celtic origin such Luna from lu the
Venus from f DESIRE Minerva she) with the wise mouth or
Speech and the goddess OF wisdom &C. The Celtic settle
mens indeed extended not only the centre of north
Italy, time also the Latin plain, the site of
Rome and the neghbong antique cities with whom her ear
wars memorsed by Lyy, commenced. Of this fact we
could adduce many traces but will merely offer remarkable
one of Caesar The Romans have generally three
Names personal like Christian illustrating
their tribe agnomen Indicative of personal pecu
arty historical association In this they resembled alike
the chefans of Greece find in Homer and those of
Ireland Thus have Nea Of the nine hostages Shane
ionoais John of the ambition, Aed Geinea Aedh OF the
Feter In the in poot julius derived his second name
from the Julian tribe which numbered among it the chiefs or
kings of Alba Tonga. The third agnomen Caesar
the emperor of France in his late biography of the Dictator
be the Phencian for elephant and adds
supposo that he assumed it from his having been
distinguished in the Carhagenan wars Sueonius however.
~ his life of Augustus audng to the circumstance of the
first letter of Caesar statue of that having been
struck lightning &c stands for l0O and the aupces
interpreted the that the emperor would only live but
hundred days moe that the remaining word @sar
the Etruscan for god Here we come at its origin In Celtic
cesar a noble man, superior to all others, man.
and a sign of the superlave case in Celtic meaning
ble or supremement Derivaons like the above indicating
the indestrucbe of the Celtic peoples directions
history and philosophy have yet followed em
could extend indefinitely Europe alone western
Asia The shine in local and personal names
in countries which been inhabited for thousands of years
by peoples speaking Caucasian languages of later origin
prove descendants of Gomera word which the Ce
derive from gom, kindred, and noble and Semitic scholars
from the Sanskr CO. CATTLE and possessor-enoyed the
civilization of grammatical language not only before the
Vedas of Hndooan written but before the nation who
spoke the primitive Sansrt left the table lands of Asia for
India