Remarks On The Irish Language With A Review Of Its Grammars Glossaries Vocabularies And Dictionaries PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827 edition. Excerpt: ... a situation which he filled with honour to himself and advantage to that patriotic and valuable establishment. His death is attributed, with every appearance of justice, to excessive application to his fa vourite literary' pursuits. His labours for the preservation and improvement of our language deserve considerable praise. O'brien'S irish grammar.--Dublin, 1809. The author of this Grammar was the Rev. Paul O'Brien, Professor of Irish in the College of Maynooth. He entitled his work "A Practical Grammar of the Irish Language," and commenced by an Introduction, which points out the tendency and system of his grammar, and the requisites in addition to it for completing a course of instruction in the language, viz. a book of Exercises, another of Dialogues, and a Dictionary. He offers his services, if at any future period his labors might be of use towards the accomplishment of what was wanting in that respect. This is followed by a poetical address to the four provinces of Ireland, in which the neglected state of our literature is deplored in pathetic strains.. Orthography.--In this department the learned Professor commences with the ancient Alphabet according to the Ufictjce-pc, as given by Vallancey, with another from an old copy of the same, and a third Alphabet from the Book of Leacan. These are followed by the modern Alphabet, a classification of the Letters and the vowel sounds, with their quantities, corresponding English sounds and Irish examples. The vowels have many other sounds besides these which he has noticed in the table of their quantities. Between some of the corresponding English sounds of the Irish consonants and the Irish Examples there is no coincidence; moreover, each of them has a two-fold sound, which is not...