1870 - Deirtear go bhfuair Ó Lócháin a chéad phost i Meiriceá sa bhliain seo, mar mhúinteoir scoile.  (Mícheál Ó Lócháin agus AN GAODHAL le Fionnuala Uí Fhlannagáin, An Clóchomhar Teo., Baile Átha Cliath, 1990, L. 14)  /  It's said that Ó Lócháin got his first job in America in this year, as a school teacher.  (translated from Mícheál Ó Lócháin agus AN GAODHAL by Fionnuala Uí Fhlannagáin, An Clóchomhar Teo., Dublin, 1990, page 14).  

Earrach 1872 - D'fhoilsigh The Irish World (ceann desna nuachtáin Ghael-Mheiriceánacha i Nua Eabhrac) litreacha scríofa le Mícheál Ó Lócháin faoin ainm cleite 'Gael' ag tagairt "... the neglect to cultivate the National tongue ... suggesting the necessity of preserving the Irish language in order to preserve Irish nationality..."  Mhol sé ranganna agus cumainn Ghaeilge a chur ar bun chun an fhadhb seo a réitiú.  ("'An Gaodhal' i Meiriceá" le Breandán Ó Buachalla sa leabhar Go Meiriceá Siar, eagartha le Stíofán Ó hAnnracháin. Baile Átha Cliath, An Clóchomhar Teo., L. 38)  /  Spring 1872 - The Irish World (one of the Irish-American newspapers in New York) published letters written by Mícheál Ó Lócháin under the pen name 'Gael' referencing "...the neglect to cultivate the National tongue ... suggesting the necessity of preserving the Irish language in order to preserve Irish nationality..."   He recommended establishing classes and Irish language organizations to solve this problem.  ("'An Gaodhal' i Meiriceá" by Breandán Ó Buachalla in the book Go Meiriceá Siar, edited by Stíofán Ó hAnnracháin. Dublin, An Clóchomhar Teo., p. 38)   

Fómhar 1872 - Tosaíonn Mícheál Ó Lócháin an chéad "Philo-Celtic Class" (.i. rang teagaisc na Gaeilge) do dhaoine fásta ag scoil Our Lady Of Victory, 583 Throop Avenue, Brooklyn, a raibh sé ina phríomhoide.  (Foinse:  Go Meiriceá Siar, eagartha le Stíofán Ó hAnnrachán, An Clóchomhar Teoranta, 1979, L. 38)  Is í "grá na Gaeilge" an chiall do "Philo-Celtic."   Tá sé seo roimh a bhí an Cumann ann go foirmiúil.  /  Fall 1872 - Mícheál Ó Lócháin starts the first "Philo-Celtic class" (an Irish language instruction class) for adults at Our Lady Of Victory School, 583 Throop Avenue, Brooklyn, where he is principal.  (Source:  Go Meiriceá Siar, edited by Stíofán Ó hAnnrachán, An Clóchomhar Teoranta, 1979, p. 38)   'Philo-Celtic' means "love of the Irish language."  This is before the Society exists in a formal manner. 

1873 - Ach spreagann sé seo eagrú an chéad "Philo-Celtic Society" go foirmiúil - Cumann Carad na Gaeilge Bhoston / But this encourages the formal organization of the first Philo-Celtic Society - The Boston Philo-Celtic Society.

1874 - Eagraíonn Mícheál Ó Lócháin agus a chairde go foirmiúil an dara "Philo-Celtic Society"  - Cumann Carad na Gaeilge Bhrúiclinn.  /  Mícheál Ó Lócháin and his friends formally organize the second Philo-Celtic Society  - The Brooklyn Philo-Celtic Society. 

 

1878 -  Cónaíonn cuid mhaith na mball Bhrúiclinn i Manhattan.  Eagraíonn siad go foirmiúil an triú "Philo-Celtic Society"  - Cumann Carad na Gaeilge Nua Eabhraic.  Ag an am seo, níl Brooklyn sa chathair New York.  Tagaimid anuas go díreach ó Chumann Carad na Gaeilge Nua Eabhraic, agus tagann Cumann Carad na Gaeilge Nua Eabhraic go díreach as Cumann Carad na Gaeilge Bhrúiclinn. (Foinse: Mícheál Ó Lócháin Agus An Gaodhal le Fionnuala Uí Fhlannagáin, An Clóchomhar Teoranta, 1990, L. 65)  /  A good number of the Brooklyn members live in Manhattan. They formally organize the third Philo-Celtic Society - The New York Philo-Celtic Society.  At this time, Brooklyn is not in the City Of New York.  We descend directly from The New York Philo-Celtic Society and The New York Philo-Celtic Society comes directly out of The Brooklyn Philo-Celtic Society. (Source: Mícheál Ó Lócháin Agus An Gaodhal le Fionnuala Uí Fhlannagáin, An Clóchomhar Teoranta, 1990, p. 65)

 

1881  -  Tionscnaíonn Ó Lócháin "An Gaodhal" (iris dhátheangach mhíosúil an Chumainn) chun athbheochan na Gaeilge a chur ar aghaidh agus a shoiléiriú gur bhunaigh sé "Philo-Celtic" d'athbheochan na Gaeilge.  Ach bhí an capall as an scioból cheana féin.  /   Ó Lócháin initiates "An Gaodhal" (the Society's bi-lingual monthly magazine) to advance the renaissance of the Irish language and to clarify that he founded "Philo-Celtic" for the renaissance of the Irish language.  But the horse was already out of the barn.  

 

1878 - 1899 - fairsingiú 7 scaipeadh na gCumann "Philo-Celtic" ar fud Mheiriceá. Ainm eile donár ranganna ná "The Gaelic League".  Mar a fheicimid in "An Gaodhal", leanann fadhbanna ag Ó Lócháin le daoine, craobhacha, agus cumainn "Philo-Celtic" a thugann mórlach a spéise do ghníomhaíochtaí sóisialta cultúrtha nach mbaineann leis an teanga.  / expansion and growth of Philo-Celtic Societies throughout America.  Another name for our classes is "The Gaelic League".  As we see in "An Gaodhal", Ó Lócháin continues to have problems with people, branches, and "Philo-Celtic" societies who give most of their interest to social and cultural activities that don't relate to the language.  

 

1891 - cuairt Dhubhghlas de hÍde ar Chumann Carad na Gaeilge Nua Eabhraic agus ar ár ranganna / Douglas Hyde's visit to New York Philo-Celtic Society and to our classes

 

1893 - Bunaíonn Dubhghlas de hÍde Conradh na Gaeilge i nÉirinn ag baint áise as ár gCumann agus ár ranganna mar shamhail / Douglas Hyde founds The Gaelic League in Ireland using our Society and our classes as a model  

 

1899  - bás Uí Lócháin, 10 Eanáir 1899.  Cuireadh i Reilig Na Croise Naofa é. / death of Ó Lócháin, January 10, 1899.  He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.

 

1904 - scor "An Gaodhal" / end of "An Gaodhal"

 

1904-1945 - meath 7 múchadh na gCumann "Philo-Celtic" ach i Nua Eabhrac /  decline and extinguishing of the Philo-Celtic Societies except in New York

 

am éigin roimh 1945 - cumasc Bhrúiclinn 7 Mhanhattan i gCumann Carad Na Gaeilge Nua Eabhraic.  (An ndeachaigh Brooklyn as gnó agus an ndeachaigh a bhaill go Nua Eabhrac?) / sometime before 1945 - merger of Brooklyn & Manhattan in New York Philo-Celtic Society (Did Brooklyn go out of business and did its members go to New York?)

 

1940í - 1950í - Tá ár gcairde Séamus Ó Maoláin, Seosamh Ó hAileagáin, 7 Stan Ó Faoláin (gach ceann acu ar ball ina bhall de Scoil Ghaeilge Ghearóid Tóibín) gníomhach i "New York Philo-Celtic".  Tá Gaeilge á múineadh fós ach caitheann gníomhaíochtaí eile am agus achmhainní an Chumainn.   /  1940s-1950s - Our friends Jim Mullan, Joe Halligan, and Stan Whelan (each eventually a member of The Gerry Tobin Irish Language School) are active in the New York Philo-Celtic.  Irish is still being taught but other activities expend time and resources of the Society.

 

1960í - 1970í -  meath agus ansin codladh.  Tá suim is mó ár mball i ngnéithe eile cultúrtha na hÉireann, ní sa teanga.  Ní íocadh dleacht do Council Of Gaelic Societies (nó do Chonradh na Gaeilge?) ó 1976 (mo nótaí ó 9/22/93)  /  1960s - 1970s - decline and then dormancy.  Most of the interest of our members is in other cultural aspects of Ireland, not in the language.  Dues are unpaid to Council Of Gaelic Societies (or Conradh na Gaeilge?) since 1976 (my notes from 9/22/93).    

 

1982-1984 - "An Gael" (iris ráithiúil as Sacsbhéarla de ghnáth) ag The Irish Arts Center i Manhattan / 1982-1984 - "The Gael" (quarterly magazine usually using English) at The Irish Arts Center in Manhattan

 

12 Bealtaine 1993 - 1994  -  Déanann Séamus Ó Maoláin iarracht ar an gCumann a atheagrú.  Earcaíonn Séamus a chairde ó Scoil Ghaeilge Ghearóid Tóibín cabhair a thabhairt dó.  Tá Seosamh Ó hAileagáin, Pam Tangredi, Gearóid Ó Ceallaigh, Conor Ó Ceallaigh, Máire Ní Cheallaigh, Caitlín Ní Chuinn Bean Uí Lang, Peadar Chojnowski, agus Aindí Ó Conlain (gach ceann acu ina múinteoirí nó scoláirí ag Scoil Ghaeilge Ghearóid Tóibín) i measc na mball nua.  Tá Stan Ó Faoláin (múinteoir ag Scoil Ghaeilge Ghearóid Tóibín) ina bhall fós ach tá na cruinnithe i Mineola ró-fhada uaidh. (Bhí cónaí ar Stan i mBay Shore, Nua Eabhac.)  Is mionlach iad seo i measc daoine eile nach bhfuil aon suim acu sa teanga.  Is deacair é a chreideamh, ach níor cuireadh aon bhéim ar bith ar an dteanga agus níor mhúin Cumann Carad na Gaeilge an teanga sa tréimhse seo.  /   May 12, 1993 - 1994 - Séamus Ó Maoláin attempts to re-organize the Society.  Séamus recruits his friends from the Gerry Tobin Irish Language School to help him.  Joe Halligan, Pam Tangredi, Jerry Kelly, Conor Kelly, Maura Kelly, Caitlin Quinn-Lang, Peadar Chojnowski, and Andy Conlon (each one of them teachers or students at the Gerry Tobin Irish Language School) are among the new members.  Stan Whelan (teacher at The Gerry Tobin School) is still a member but the meetings in Mineola are too far away.  (Stan lived in Bay Shore, New York.)   These Irish speakers are a minority amongst others who have no interest in the language.  It's hard to believe, but no emphasis was put on the language whatsoever and The Society Of Friends Of The Irish Language did not teach the Irish language in this period. 

 

1994 (nó 1995?) - Theip ar iarracht Shéamuis.  /  1994 (or 1995?) Séamus' attempt fails.

 

7 Deireadh Fómhair 2004 -  atheagrú Chumann Carad na Gaeilge.  Ainmníonn Gearóid Ó Ceallaigh agus glacann Pam Tangredi na baill nua seo:  Réamonn Ó Cléirigh, Pádraig Ó Clúmháin, Séamas Ó Neachtain, Máiréad Tillman, Tomás Muench, Lugh de Paor, Máiréad Perron, agus Brian DeVale.  /  October 7, 2004 - reorganization of The Philo-Celtic Society.  Gearóid Ó Ceallaigh nominates and Pam Tangredi accepts these new members:  Réamonn Ó Cléirigh, Pádraig Ó Clúmháin, Séamas Ó Neachtain, Máiréad Tillman, Tomás Muench, Lugh de Paor, Máiréad Perron, and Brian DeVale. 

Deireadh Fómhair 7 Samhain 2004 - Aontaímid dul ar ais go bun-chuspóirí ár gCumainn mar a mhínigh Mícheál Ó Lócháin iad idir 1872 agus a bhás i 1899.  Bhain na cuspóirí sin leis an teanga amháin.  /  October & November, 2004 -  We agree to go back to the original goals of our Society as Mícheál Ó Lócháin explained them between 1872 and his death in 1899.  Those goals dealt solely with the language. 

 

15 Nollaig 2004 - deimhniú agus ath-abairt ár gcuspóirí i gcruth soléir, sainiúil, agus cinnte chun fadhbanna ár staire a sheachaint, mar seo leanas:  /   December 15, 2004 - confirmation and re-statement of our goals in clear, specific, and certain form to avoid the mistakes of our past, as follows:

"Beidh na cuspóirí seo ag ár gCumann*: /  "Our Society shall have these goals*:

1) tacaíocht, neartú, cothú, cleachtadh, craobhscaoileadh, fairsingiú, múineadh agus athbheochan na Gaeilge mar theanga bheo i measc Chlann na nGael agus charad na nGael, i Meiriceá agus ar fud an domhain; /  Our Society shall have these goals:  1) the support, strengthening, promotion, practice, broadcast, expansion, teaching, and renaissance of the Irish language as a living language amongst the Children of the Gaeil and friends of the Gaeil, in America and throughout the world;

2) athbheochan agus aththionscnamh na Gaeilge mar theanga labhartha bheo na hÉireann le Sacsbhéarla mar thionlacan. / the renaissance and re-establishment of the Irish language as the living spoken language of Ireland with English as an accompaniment.

* Tugaigí faoi deara le bhur dtoil: mura mbaineann gníomhaíocht go díreach lenár gcuspóirí thuas agus a gcomhlíonadh, ní dhéanaimid í. /  * Please note: if an activity does not relate directly to our goals above and their fulfillment, we don't do it."

Do bhliana eile:  /  For other years:

1940í / 1940s

1957

1959-1969

1960í-1970í

2005

2006