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Chapter 9
Afteraninstructivediscoursebythechairman,amagnificentorationeloquentlyandforciblyexpressed,amostinterestingandinstructivediscussionoftheusualhighstandardofexcellenceensuedastothedesirabilityoftherevivabilityoftheancientgamesandsportsofourancientPancelticforefathers.Thewellknownandhighlyrespectedworkerinthecauseofouroldtongue,MrJosephM’CarthyHynes,madeaneloquentappealfortheresuscitationoftheancientGaelicsportsandpastimes,practisedmorningandeveningbyFinnMacCool,ascalculatedtorevivethebesttraditionsofmanlystrengthandprowesshandeddowntousfromancientages.L.Bloom,whometwithamixedreceptionofapplauseandhisses,havingespousedthenegativethevocalistchairmanbroughtthediscussiontoaclose,inresponsetorepeatedrequestsandheartyplauditsfromallpartsofabumperhouse,byaremarkablynoteworthyrenderingoftheimmortalThomasOsborneDavis’evergreenverses(happilytoofamiliartoneedrecallinghere)Anationonceagainintheexecutionofwhichtheveteranpatriotchampionmaybesaidwithoutfearofcontradictiontohavefairlyexcelledhimself.TheIrishCaruso-Garibaldiwasinsuperlativeformandhisstentoriannoteswereheardtothegreatestadvantageinthetimehonouredanthemsungasonlyourcitizencansingit.
