Bards and Saints (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Bards and SaintsFor the sarcasm of those who, not without some justification, call their own division of the population Irish Ireland and the Anglo Irishman west-british. As he Stands in this uneasy situation, the first overture from the Celtic hinterland comes to him in the proposal that he Should join in reinstating the ancient language of the country, and, at the risk of seeming a little ridiculous, he has felt constrained of late to give some attention to the matter. Strictly speaking, it is not for language and literature, but rather for the thews and sinews of nationality, that we Should look to the peasantry: on the contrary, it is fitting that the peasantry should have the language of a superior culture imposed upon them. Where the peasantry, or the main body of a population, receives that superior culture and civilization, the product is a genuine nation ality and however defiantly both Grattan and Parnell may have vociferated that Ireland is a nation, it has never been one in this sense. An indigenous culture, or an inner life of some kind, is that which gives individuality to a people. The true justification of the claim to nationality is nothing more or less than the discovery of the possibilities of human nature in a community of which the geographical situation is sufficiently favourable - a discovery which has never been made in Ireland. The old Celtic nationality has not made it, and for.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.