The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26
TIE IRISH BRoGUE.
Irish Observation-Disclosures of
''oId Hays" on a Local Grievance.

TIE IRISH BRoGUE.
Arlsh Observation-Disclosures of
"old Hays" on Local Grievance.
The appended humorous article from
the pen OF some Ito us unknown gem
nus appeared in a recent issue of the
Waterford Star, a paper published in
waterford City, Ireland. We offer it
10 our readers as a treat in the line of
hight reading" and it will certainly
De priced by those amongst them who
are lovers of humor.
10 portray the Irish dialect faithfully
one has to grow up with, or at least
spend an indefinite period among the
characters whom he essays to portray,
and familiarize himself with their use
OF language. The Irish dialect does not
consist, as so many seem to think,
merely in broadening the "As" and
adding H to the It's Many of our
foreign would-be dialecticians and HUI
morists wantonly err both by excess
and defect in thus imagining. Others
again Halter themselves that they are
thorough masters in the use of Irish
brogues when they succeed in making
AS" of 'Es," such as ''belaive" for
Tbeleye," ETC.; and thus-to the casual
observer and least familiar-they be-
tray their ignorance on almost every
page. 1t must he remembered that the
untutored Irishman sometimes uses
brogue" in one connection, where in
a different connection he uses correct
English; thus (eXperto crede) an Irish
man will not say: THE king made a
great spache (speech) at the opening
OF parliament" but he will say: HE
was spacheless (speechIess) for three
hours The 'brogue," then, is not a
fixed entity; on the contrary, it is very
variable, and hence we say that one
must be thoroughly conversant with its
use before he can be a success in its
portrayal. For a foreigner, and one.
we understand, who has never even
visited the scenes of her dreams. the
author of Carroll O'Donahue'' has been
fairly successful in her use of the Irish
brogue; yet even she errs a little bv
eXeess-she overdoes it in quite a few
instances. In this respect we give Mr..
+. +. Dunno, the author of the ''DooIev
Dialogues" of current fame. credit for
being a success as an Irish dialectician
and humorist. He has happy faculty
OF maintaining safe medium, To
these productions of Mr.. Dunno CDR.
q Hara Among the Ladies' will be
judged not inferior, but is, in our opin-
fair sample of the correct use of brogue,
as well as of rural philosophy, wit and
humor.
In order to save our readers a "vov-
age at sea" in the perusal of the dia-
logue between the ladies' it will be
necessary to give a rough sketch of
the facts which form its subject mat
ter. These facts we have CLEANED from
the same source, the Waterford Star.
1t appears that the Rt. Rev. DR..
Protestant bishop of the do
cese of Cashel and Emily. whose seat
of jurisdiction and government is in
waterford City, visited the north of
ireland by choice or invitation some
time in May last, and during his visit
MADE several speeches or addresses at
Coleraine, in which he stigmatized the
Catholics of the south. and especially
OF Waterford, as "benighted. ignorant.
supersttious and intolerant, who
forced their Protestant fellow citizens
to live by grudging concessions" These
addresses, published by the Coleraine
Chronicle, were afterward taken up
and republished with fiery comment by
the Catholic press of the country, and
by none more vigorously than the
Waterford Star. This aroused the in
dignation of the citizens, who imme-
diately clamored for redress of the
calumny and stigma so unjustly placed
upon their creed and character. Mass
meetings were called, in which the
mayor and city council participated.
Resolutions were drawn up at meetings
of public boards city and county coun-
ellis. and Catholic societies, demanding
a denial or a recantation of the ac-
credited ISLANDERS from their author.
These resolutions were ignored. DR..
Sheehan, the Catholic bishop of Water
ford, in an address on the occasion of
the annual procession of the Sodality !
Of Mary Immaculate, made reference
TO the O'Hara sermons. which drew
from the bishop of Cashel letter in a |
local newspaper in which he stated |
that his remarks were grossly distort- !
ed and his meaning misinterpreted" |
Like a veritable bolt from the blue |
came the contradiction of the Cole |
raine editor, who averred that "the |
sermons were published verbatim from |
his reporters notes. which We're still |
on file" Still DR.. O'Hara did not re-
can't or apologize further than to state |
in a letter to the Waterford board of |
guardians and district council that "he |
was sorry that any words of his had |
caused pain to any one" Later he |
at q PROTESTANT meeting IN the |
city hair and made an address, in |
which he placed climax on the former
offence by declaring. that he not only /
refused to deny, contradict or apollo
size for the accredited SANDERS. but I
openly and impressively reiterated and |
them, ito the great adj
and applause of his audience"
He then declared his intention of TAX
ng a protracted yacation-avoWedly to |
better his health, but presumptively to
allow the storm of Indignation to blow
over, and leave "Old Father Time to
heal the wounds with his never-failing
PALM
Having thus briefly stated the facts
n the case, we now vacate the chair
n favor Of the "old hags" on the bank
IF the SUR,
DR.. o'HARA AMONG THE LADIES.
Cundick, Ferrybank,
Waterford.
T,;t,1a = n N, 1-,.ob Molly did |