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| Douglas Hyde
I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it.I believe for example that the character of the people has deteriorated in the east of the County Leitrim and in the County Lonford, where Irish died out a generation ago. It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish. Now if we allow our living language to die out, it is almost a certainty that we condemn our literary records to remain in obscurity. We are told that the keeping alive a language spoken by so small a number of the community is a barrier to progress. What we want in Ireland is a National University which will bring students together and educate them upon national lines. |
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