THE ARYAN ORIGIN

OF THE

Gaelic Race and
Race and Language,

SHOWING THE PRESENT AND PAST LITERARY POSITION OF IRISH
GAELIC; ITS PHONESIS, THE FOUNTAIN OF CLASSIC PRONUNCIATION;
ITS LAWS ACCORD WITH GRIMM'S LAWS; ITS BARDIC BEAUTIES
THE SOURCE OF RHYME; THE CIVILISATION OF PAGAN IRELAND;
EARLY KNOWLEDGE OF LETTERS; THE ART OF ILLUMINATING,
ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE.

THE ROUND TOWERS.

THE BREHON

LAW.

TRUTH OF THE PENTATEUCH.

KNOWLEDGE IN PAGAN TIMES RETROGRESSIVE, NOT PROGRESSIVE;
THE INDUCTIVE SCIENCES; PHILOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY CONFIRM THE
TRUTH OF IRISH HISTORY; GAELIC NAMES OF PERSONS AND PLACES
FULL OF HISTORIC SUGGESTIVENESS; IN THIS RESPECT AND IN

POETIC POWER

IRISH GAELIC SUPERIOR TO SANSKRIT.
ONE THOUSAND UNPUBLISHED IRISH MANUSCRIPTS.

BY THE

VERY REV. U. J. BOURKE, M.R.I.A.
Canon of Tuam Cathedral, and President 7 St. Jarlath's
College; Author of the "College Irish Grammar,"
Easy Lessons in Irish, &c.

LONDON.

LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW.

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