 | 692 σελίδες
...containing matter interesting to the antiquarian and the politician, as well ollowing passage : — ' It has been estimated that the number of Irish who...occasions, as the natural vehicle of their thoughts. This estimate agrees with the opinions of Dr. Stokes, who published the results of his inquiry in 1806,... | |
 | 1826 - 518 σελίδες
...summary of that evidence, as it appears in their late Report : — " It has been estimated," they say, " that the number of Irish who employ the ancient language...less than 500,000 ; and that at least a million more, though they have some understanding of English, and can employ it for the ordinary purposes of traffic,... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1828 - 300 σελίδες
...report laid before Parliament, dated the 30th of May, 1825, there is the following passage : — " It has been estimated that the number of Irish who...occasions, as the natural vehicle of their thoughts. This estimate agrees with the opinions of Dr Stokes, who published the results of his inquiry in 1806,... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1828 - 302 σελίδες
...report laid before Parliament, dated the 30th of May, 1825, there is the following passage : — " It has been estimated that the number of Irish who...occasions, as the natural vehicle of their thoughts. This estimate agrees with the opinions of Dr Stokes, who published the results of his inquiry in 1806,... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1830 - 374 σελίδες
...individuals, though to the present hour the magnitude and urgency of the case are by no means understood. " It has been estimated that the number of Irish who...occasions, as the natural vehicle of their thoughts. This estimate agrees with the opinions of Dr Stokes, who published the results of his inquiry in 1806,,... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1846 - 304 σελίδες
...report laid before Parliament, dated the 30th of May, 1825, there is the following passage : — " It has been estimated that the number of Irish who...occasions, as the natural vehicle of their thoughts. This estimate agrees with the opinions of Dr Stokes, who published the results of his inquiry in 1806,... | |
 | Andrew Donlevy - 1848 - 456 σελίδες
...Irish nationality. The Commissioners of Irish Education Inquiry state in their First Report, 1825, that " the number of Irish who employ the ancient...the ordinary purposes of traffic, make use of their native tongue on all other occasions." Some years later, but while the census of population was still... | |
 | Andrew Donlevy - 1848 - 456 σελίδες
...Irish nationality. The Commissioners of Irish Education Inquiry state in their First Report, 1825, that " the number of Irish who employ the ancient...the ordinary purposes of traffic, make use of their native tongue on all other occasions." Some years later, but while the census of population was still... | |
 | Douglas Hyde - 1903 - 688 σελίδες
...English, the Commissioners of Education in Ireland, in their first report laid before Parliament, state " it has been estimated that the number of Irish who...it for the ordinary purposes of traffic, make use 1 Grattan's " Miscellaneous Works." p. 321, edition of 1822. of their [own] tongue on all other occasions... | |
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It has been estimated that the number of Irish who employ the ancient language of the country exclusively is not less than 500,000 ; and that at least a million more, although they have some understanding of English, and can employ it for the ordinary... 