The New York herald., 1878-12-14
TEANGA Ma H-EIREAM.

INTERESTING MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR
AND HEBREW STUDENTS LEARNING THE GAELIC
! TONGUE.
The preservation Of the Irish language Ia in fair
way Of being secured If the earnest desire exhibited
by the classes that week after week meeting here and
there through the city. bent acquiring this almost
dsused tongue be sustained for any length OF time
with the fervor shown at present Last evening the
society organized for this object met at Clarendon
Hall, Thirteenth street. and the attendance Of young
people Of both sexes was quite numerous Two large
blackboars for chaiking exercises stood at either
side OF the room Of the students showed
great facility in writing whole sentences without
hesitancy in the Celtic characters. There nye
classes represented. the first and second primary
classes passing through the elementary stages OF
learning. the second book class mastering short an
complete sentences, and the grammar and compo-
siton classes penetrating into the bowels Of the Ian
guage. and eated with their power 20 comm aud
whole batteries OF the ancient vocabulary. The
teachers-Messrs Logan o'Neill. Eagan o'Brien and
Cromien-were enthusiastic in the work OF tuition.
The articulation in some instances OF the words
the eacherH emphasized them rcsembled an explosion
Of detqnating powder. One young lady showed great
aptitude in the language and ratified the most
rocky arrangement OF words with unbroken ease II
was evident, Judging from the sounds that filed the
room, that the Irish language is not adapted to
whispering, but comes forth, when IL comes at all.
in bold, defiant tones, like the mountain torrents
OF the old land itself. The advanced classes as
sembed last evening have been at the study Of the
Irisn tongue only six months. and though they
began with the alphabet only they able TO
read, write and sing Moore's melodies and compose
original Subjects Mr. r. ,. Eagan wrote the follow
ing original stanza in Irish on the blackboard:--
chon teang hsr a.drasthe - har nhaos dhana so.da,
A nhardrg gls har mavmh Is har .agna aighe lei rhnta
chaom teang bar iaochs s har shnshear 8 hsr saor
gheinte.
Ar s-elu siu eashta ma staonam de d'chosnamh.
He translated IL into English follows
Sweet tongue Of Druids and bards Of past ages
Sweet tongue Of our heroes and free born sirss
When We cease d preserve thee glory expires
After the exercises, which were as eagerly entered
into II the students crsmming for compesi-
read tho SUBJECTS of. the "Ballad Poetry ~
Ireland ''fhe Harpcrs Of the Eighteenth Ce1i-
tury, = "The Career Of Hugh ODonnell' and "The
Origin Of the Round Towers" Then followed solo
singing in the venerable tongue. The
Philo-Cetic Quartet sang the "Hising of the Moon
each note Of the mclodica plunging forth like can
ball. that IN Imagination the listener saw whole
Irish army with pixies cleaning and green banner
waving aud covering the hlltops and valleys Of the
very effective and went like this in Lish:-
be CLAIM. .erigh ma reaiaigbe,
Qepeated twice.
A. M ptcidhe beth le eheiie,
Ne glainAerigh ma geaiaiRhe.
The English Of the foregoing goes this way
At the rising Of the moon,
liteyeated twiceJ
For pixies ust be together
~ the rising of the moon.
On Sunday In tho afternoon the classes meet aga
Half the members Americans. and singular to re-
late several are Gerinans and Hsbresa