TRANSACTIONS OF THE GAELIC SOCIETY OF DUBLIN, ESTABLISHED FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND REVIVAL. OF ANCIENT IRISH LITERATURE, CONTAINING AN ADVERTISEMENT, EXHIBITING THE VIEWS OF LANGUAGE; WITH SEVERAL IMPORTANT TRACTS IN PRINTED BY JOHN BARLOW, 29, BOLTON-STREET, PRINTER TO THE SOCIETY. 1808. hib.com. Thin 1-11-29 18345 ADVERTISEMENT. THE Friends of Literature, and of Ireland, are invited to join an Institution, whose purpose is to preserve and cultivate a Language the most ancient, copious, and elegant of Europe; by far the best preserved from the changes and corruptions incident to other Languages.-" Where the Language of any ancient Nation is attainable, a Criterion is discovered for distinguishing accurately the more remarkable features in the National Character. Should the Dialect be found destitute of the general Rules of grammatical Construc tion |