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- From the sons of Ith, the first of the Gael to get his death in Ireland, there came in the after time Fathadh Canaan, that…
- Once in my childhood I had been eager to learn Irish; I thought to get leave to take lessons from an old Scripture-reader who spent…
- The Gaelic language itself depends very much on ear and rhythm, and when those who are thinking in Gaelic speak in English, they get the…
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