The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-11-07
THE GAELIC LEAGUE

rOr Tue DenenC or the Gaelic League
of Ireland, delegates from which are
now visiting st. Paul, grand concert
and display of Irish folk dances, folk
songs and traditional Gaelic music will
be given i'm X. G. hall, Smith avenue
and Fifth street, st. Paul, Friday eve
ming at 8:15. Miss Nellie O'Brien,
president of the Gaelic League party,
will lecture on the revival of Irish
folk dances and customs.
"Our idea is to show exactly what
the Gaelic League is doing to sustain
nationality, brighten life, and improve
conditions in Ireland" said Miss
O'Brien.
Irish Folk Dances.
I'VE shall give glimpse of the
graceful Irish folk dances which we
are reviving. They were once so
popular that they could be seen every
Sunday afternoon at every cross-road
in Ireland, but were nearly forgotten
owing to emigration, evictions and
bad times, until the betterment of the
tenant farmers and laborers in their
conditions and the advent of the
Gaelic League under the leadership
OF Mr.. Douglas Hyde gave a new heart
to the country people,"
Artists to Perform.
Fionan McCollum, Teresa Halpin
and Anna Cassidy will contribute some
of the typical Gaelic songs, such as
lullabies, hunting songs, milking
songs, drinking songs, love lyrics,
keens or laments, and occupation
songs, which, as we'll as the folk
dances, have been handed down from
time immemorial in Ireland, but were
ignored by British systems of educa-
ton until the Gaelic League estab-
lished its own system of travelling
Irish teachers, evening gatherings and
summer Irish colleges, to revive the
national culture, folk lore and tradi-
tions, which made Ireland interesting
in the past for the Irish people and
can do so again.
Similar entertainments have been
held in each city visited during the
present tour of the Gaelic League
party. Large audiences have been
delighted with the lectures on "The
Gaelic Revival" given by Miss Nellie
O'Brien.
To Address Audience.
Fionan McCollum will also address
the audience. He has been head Or
ganizer of the Gaelic League in Ire
land for many years. During that
time he has visited almost every dis
trict in Ireland.
A special feature will be the render
ing of songs in the Gaelic of Ireland
by Mr.. McCollum, assisted by the
women of the exhibition party, in the
following numbers: An Maudrin Ruadh
(The Little Red Fox), Bo ma Leath
Adhairce (The One-Horned Cow,
Aililiu ma Gamma (The Little White
Calves). Besides these Miss Halpin
will sing "Spailpin Ruin" and "The
Battle of Keimaneigh." An instructive
feature will be the discourse on Irish
Traditional Dancing" as handed down
by the foremost dancing masters of
Munster, to be given by Miss O'Brien
who is an authority on the subject,
as we'll as graceful exponent of the
art. Her discourse will be practically
illustrated by Miss Teresa Halpin, who
will dance some steps of the "Single,"
Double" and "Hop Jigs," the Irish
Reel" and "Hornpipe" and other step.
dances. Miss Halpin has, since she
was 10 years of age, carried off most
of the prizes at the Feiseana of Nuns
ter and is called the pride of Garry
owen"
Remarkable success has marked
this years Gaelic League exhibition of
Irish art and industry which opened
in St. Paul last Monday and is being
continued every day this week. From
morning to night large crowds at
tended the display, which has fine
location at GO East Sixth street, near
Minnesota. The st. Paul Institute is
responsible for bringing the exhibit
here at this time to inaugurate ses-
sion of research into Celtic civilization
which is to follow.
The exhibition will conclude Satur-
day afternoon and goes next week to
Duluth. Big preparations are being
made in Chicago for one of these ex.
hibitions, opening November 16, at the
!, store of Mandel Bros, and in connec.
tion reception is being arranged
by the Irish societies for the Gaelic
League ENJOYS, Miss Nellie OBrien
and Fionan McCollum.
GAELIC week IN ST. PAUL