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Thu Most Ucv. l)r. Fogarty. at the opening of a Feis in Ncmagh on Sunday, iIuik* JIO, said he recalled the fart that when he was a child |tll the I old people in North Tipperary couldspeak Irish. It was, he said, a re-markalde fart that fifty years of national decadence in prosperity and population had U*en those fifty years in which the Irish language hud reused to l»e the language of the people. Ho I advocated the teaching of Irish in all the primary schools. anlt;l on this head he said. we owed a word of thanks to Mr. Rirrell. who, though he might In*, in his own words, an unfortunate politician.” yet seemed to have a kind heart and to Ik* |HUHonally sincerely anxious to help Ireland If ho only had a free hand by getting the Treasury to allow decent remunera-. tion 'for the teaching of Irish in the National Schools. By appointing six organisers of Irish he had provide ed a powerful stimulant for the teaching of the language. It would now Ik- their own fault if in another, generation they had not an Trish-sjleaking population.
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Perth W A Record
Perth, Western Australia, AU
Sat, Aug 10, 1907
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