| No. 12.—Vol. VI.] | APRIL, 1896. | [Old Series, No. 72 |
PRIZE COMPETITION.
A member of the Gaelic League offers, through the Gaelic Journal, a prize of £1 for a composition in Irish. The sub- ject of the composition will be the motto, ' Cii)|unnY le cile,"' which means, as most of our readers are aware, " Let us combinc, and also, let us act loyally together." The competitors will be expected to apply the lesson of combination and cordial unity of action to the present circumstances of the Irish language. The compositions must. in no instance, exceed in space one page (two columns) of the Gaelic Journal in the larger type. Competitors can easilx compute the space their writing wouUl occupy by first writing out a few lines of large type matter from the Journal. Onlv one side of the paper is to be written on Each composition is to be accompanied by thc writer's name and address, for publica- tion if successful. The latest date forsend- ing in papers will be May lOth. and thc successful paper wiU be printed in thc Gaelic Journal for Junc. In all other respects, the competition is unrestricted In awarding the prize, the editor will havc regard mainly to the excellencc of the ideas cxpressed and to the idiomatic character o the Irish used. English formsof expression should be avoided. SPEED THE VORK We ask our readers this month to make evcry exertion to furthcr increasethe number of our subscribers. During the past few months considerable progress has been made, and it has heen decided, when sufficient further advance is manifested, to to inake a reduction in price. New sub- scriptions should bc sent in as early in this month as possible, that it may be .seen whethcr the reduction in pricc can be com- menced with the May number. the first of Volume VII. Readers are once more re- mindcd that the full benefit of any increase in the circulation of the Journal comcs to themselves. Those who can promise to bring fresh subscribers might kindly write in advancc to say how many subscriptions they expect to obtain. In addition to the reduction n price, the foUowing inducements are offered to those who obtain additional subscriptions : Five new^ annual subscriptions forwarded within a year will entitle the sender, as soon as they are forwarded, to the Journal for one year gratis, or, at his option, to Irish books to the value of five shillings net. . y larger number of subscriptions for- warded will entitle the sender to a pro- portionately increased value in Irish books, with or without the Journal, as he may desire. All communications on this sub- ject to be addres.sed to the Gaelic Leaguc, Dublin. The Most Rev. 1 )r. ODonnelI, Bishop of Raphoe, in his Lenten pastoral, ajain recommends the people of old Tyrconneli to speak and cultivate the Irish language. Oiu readers wiU rememher that last year Dr. O'Donndl's pastoral contained a strong exhorlation on the same siih- ject and a commcndation of those le.xchers who teach it m their schools.
