The sun., 1901-08-11
GAELIC SCHOLARS TO MEET.
Purposes OF the Convention 10 Re Held
IN Chicago This Month.

Preparations are being made by tn,
Gaelic language societies In Now York
Philadelphia, Baltimore and other citie'
for the annual convention OF tho Gaeli'
League Of America. Conradh Gaedilge q
san Olilean Ur. which meets In Chicago OF
Aug. Is and 90 The sessions Of the con
vention will be held In St. Bcrnard's Hall
Elaborate arrangements have been made
by the Chicago societies for the entertain'
ment Of the delegates.
The convention will open with military
mass, which will be celebrated al st
| Thomas's Church, and at which a sermon
In Gaelic will be preached. Addresses OF
welcome will be delivered by the Rev. J. X
Fielding, and Mayor Carter Harrison OF
Chicago to which the national President
Stephen J. Richardson Of New York will
! respond.
A mass meeting will be held at the Audi
torium on the adjournment OF the conven-
ton at which the Rev j. X Fielding will
preside. Tho Rcv John j. Carroll will de-
liver an grafton In Gaelic. and the Rev, P.
g. York Of San Francisco, ono OF the leaders
OF the Gaelic movement will deliver an
address In English. Short talks m the
Gaelic revival will also bo given by the
Rev DR.. Richard Henebry, professor OF
Celtic languages at the Catholic University,
Bishop Scannell Of Omaha and the Rev.
j. b Dollard, who under the name Of Sieve
M Mon,' has become one Of the best known
writer's OF the Gaelic movement. The
musical programme will he under the
direction of Francis O'Ncill, Chief of Police
of Chicago who Is widely known not only
as a Gaelic scholar but also IA performer
on the Irish bagpipes and harp and as an
authority on Irish music.
The sessions OF the convention will be
presided over by Presidclt Richardson
Delegates arc expected from the Gaelic
Society, Philo Celtic Socicty. Harlem Irish
Language Society, Red Branch League.
Sahlne O'Neil Irish Language Society
all Of New York city; the Philadelphia Philo
Celtic Society Brooklyn Philo Celtic Society,
Section Of the Irish Historical Society Of
Maryland, Boston Gaelic School; Brockton,
Irish Language Society, iolyote Philo
Celtic Society. Providence, X l., Irish
Language Society; Buffalo Irish Language
Society: Chicago Gaelic League, Irish Lam
gIage League OF uhtcago south south chicago
Springfield Mass, Gaelic Society; West-
field, Mass Irish Language Society; Wor-
cester, Mas, Gaelic Society; Yonkers Philo
Celtic Society. the san Francisco Gaelic
League and tho state Celtic League of
California
Tho Gaelic League wes founded In 1898
at New York as nm adjunct of tho more
powerful Gaelic League OF Ireland. which
has grown in few years from a few zeal
Gus Societies OF students TO membership
Of 100000 and which occupies the central
position to-day in Ireland as prcscr-
vator of national ideals and inEtinots "a
we'll as Of the national language Each Of
tho societies nffil ated with the American
branch condu 'ts Gaelic llnglag> study
class. Both In IrSland and in this coun-
try the members Of the league arc stu
dents Of the Gaelic language and Of Irish
history, music. folklore, poetry AID tra-
ditions, not only for their intellectual value,
but also for the purpose Of preserving IN;
tact and OF rrvivins distinct national
spirit freed entirely from the inf'uenco of
! English literature. customs and thought.
Much has been done in few years with
out attracting the attention OF the world.
| In generation tho basis OF a new literature
| In the Gaelic and the Anglo-Gnelic has
been laid OF which Dr. Douglass Hyde,
William Yeats. the Rcv. Eugene OGrow-
ncy. Katherine Tymnan and others are the
| chief exponentS.