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SEANAD ÉIREANN.

TUARASGABHAIL ON gCOISTE AR LÁIMHSCRIBHÍNNIBH GAEDHILGE.

(Report OF Committee ON Irish Manuscripts.)

This Committee was appointed by Resolution of the Seanad, adopted on the 19th April, 1923, in the following terms:—

That a Committee of the Seanad be appointed to submit to the Government a scheme for the editing, indexing, and publishing of manuscripts in the Irish language, now lying in the Royal Irish Academy, Trinity College, and elsewhere; for the scientific investigation of the living dialects; for the compiling and publishing of an adequate dictionary of the older language. That the Committee have power to invite the assistance of persons not members of the Seanad and to take evidence on the subject; the Committee to consist of Senators W. B. Yeats, Mrs. Alice Stopford Green, Mrs. Costello, and Edward MacLysaght; two to form a quorum.

The Committee met on several occasions and it was decided to make the following report to the Seanad:—

The Committee think it advisable to proceed further with the taking of evidence and the consideration thereof before making any recommendation, and accordingly request the Seanad to pass a Resolution authorising the Committee to defer their Report till the next Session of the Seanad.

Cathaoirleach an Choiste.

Chairman of the Committee.

7adh Iúil, 1923.