A nineteen-century Irish nationalist and political leader known as “The Liberator.” Maire invokes his name when demanding that Hugh teach his students English, saying that O’Connell declared the Irish language “a barrier to modern progress.”
Daniel O’Connell Quotes in Translations
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Maire: I'm talking about the Liberator, Master, as you well know. And what he said was this: “The old language is a barrier to modern progress.” He said that last month. And he's right. I don’t want Greek. I don't want Latin. I want English.
Manus reappears on the platform above.
I want to be able to speak English because I'm going to America as soon as the harvest's all saved.
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...her feet and asserts they should all be learning English. She says that the “Liberator” Daniel O’Connell called Irish a “barrier to modern progress,” and Maire agrees that it is far more...
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