Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1914 — Ireland's Signposts. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Ireland's Signposts.

Ireland is the country for useless signpost!. During the last few years there has been an outbreak of Gaelic League activity in the country. Among other manifestations it has taken the form of erecting signposts with Gaelic inscriptions. There is one such in the little village of Omeath, In County Louth. It directs the traveler to Car 1 llngford and to Newry—but it directs him in an unknown tongue. It is not easy to see what useful purposes is served by such a signpost. For the inhabitant knows his way Without any such assistance and the Englishspeaking traveler is unable to find it unless he happens to consult one of the villagers, not one of whom —so far as I have been able to discover —can either read or speak a single word of Gaelic.—London Chronicle.