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Title: The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: American-Irish Historical Society
Subjects: American-Irish Historical Society Irish Americans Ethnology
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : The Society
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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ought to be a matter of record forthe purpose of inspiring some action at later times, and notwith any intention of asking for immediate action. These arefacts that were culled in desultory reading and may possiblybe well known, but they are generally overlooked, and sometimesthe Gaelic race is not understood here. I believe if it wereunderstood, the American people would cultivate not only theGaelic people here, but the Gaelic ideals of the past. I thinkthe so-called Anglo-Saxon myth has had so much wide circu-lation, the people of this country are not inclined to look withfavor upon any other race as having contributed to the sumtotal of civilization as we have it to-day; but the contrary isthe fact, and the race that has produced most of the ideals thatare regarded by our people as most worthy have come from theGael. (Mr. OConnell then read the paper A Plea for the Studyof Irish History, which appears at page 126 of this volume.) Mr. OConnell: It seems to me that something ought to
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Til E HON. WOOD ROW WILSON, President of the United states. Elected Membei ol the Sw lets (911 Elected Fourth Honorary Membei January 1913- MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING. 47 be done by the Catholic colleges or universities of this countryto stimulate on their part a study of the ancient Gaelic language.It is the sons of the Gael that established these schools in thiscountry, and they should not be neglected and despised; and, Iam sorry to say that some of our educators have—in ignoranceof the historical situation—have come to despise that whichought to be the most cherished thing they have to give to thoseto whom education is given. I hope that the officers of thisSociety will take up with the heads of the Catholic colleges,which are sustained and founded by Irish money, the subjectof the study of the Irish language and the history of the Irishpeople. (Applause). President-General McGowan: . The object of course isvery very good, but it is entirely outside the scope of thisSociety. Th

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