Larger English-Irish dictionary. Focloir bearla-gaidhlige

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by  O'Neill-Lane, Timothy

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INTRODUCTION
TwE first editton of this work, which was published in
1904, did not go far enough in the direction I had
intended, and the great mass of material collected by
me during twenty years, at a cost of about ;£2,5oo,
could not be fully utilized, owing to the fact that I had
other onerous duties to perform in connection with the
post I held in Paris at the time. Besides this there
were financial difficulties, as I did not get anything like
the support I anticipated.
The same want of support has followed me in the
present undertaking, the magnitude of which may be
to some extent estimated when I mention that during
my travels through the Irish-speaking districts I had.
made notes on half a million slips of paper, which had
to be arranged, collated, and co-ordinated before I could
commence the text, and for each letter of the alphabet
a fresh arrangement was necessary. The MS. of the
new edition when completed ran to about 5,000 quarto
pages. The book itself consists of 1,748 pages, and
the printer's bill amounts to £1,200, in addition to ;£75o
spent on compilation and in passing the dictionary
through the press.
My great aim has been to supply students of Irish
with an exhaustive guide to the various shades of
meaning of each word, and, where possible, giving
examples of its use drawn from the highest authorities,
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and also from native speakers who are so lavish in the
use of proverbs and wise old saw^s to drive their meaning
home, thus giving a clear insight into the mental
attitude of the people, together with some idea of their
manners and customs, their character, and their
philosophy of life.
In order that nothing should be wanting to secure
accuracy I have had the proofs read by various Irish
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scholars. I particularly indebted, in this respect, to
the late Professor J. C. Ward, of St. Eunan's College,
Letterkenny ; Rev. Martin O'Donnell, Professor of Irish,
St. Jarlath's College, Tuam ; Rev. C. Short, Carrickmore,
Co. Tyrone ; U^-oj; 'OontiCA-oA (Co-pnA), and Patnck
O'Kelly, N.T., who read all the proofs from beginning
to end. I am also indebted to Dr. J. P. Henry, Rev.
Thomas Boyle, J. P. Hannon, and Rev. Luke
Donnellan, who read portion of the proofs. I beg
specially to return thanks to Father Donnellan for the
loan of the Books and MSS. referred to in the text,
and from which I have drawn innumerable illustrative
examples.
To those who have so generously helped me by dona-
tions I return my very sincere thanks, and especially to
His Eminence Cardinal Logue, the Most Rev. Dr.
O'Donnell, Bishop of Raphoe the Rt. Hon. Lord
;
Ashbourne, the Rt. Hon. Lord O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir
Henry Bellingham, Bart. Mr. William O'Brien, M.P. ,
;
Mr. C. R. Cooke-Taylor, Mr. W. J. Robertson, Man-
chester; Rev. C. Short, Lieut.-Col. Sir W. Hutcheson
Poe, Mr. ^neas O'Neill, Right Rev. Maurus
O'Phelan, Lord Abbot of Mount Melleray ; Very Rev,