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Dispute over Hugh Lane’s pictures continues Westminster, 21 March 1917 - The dispute over the ownership and display of the late Sir Hugh Lane’s collection of paintings continues to rumble on. Alfie Byrne, MP, speaking in the House of Commons today, asked for the pictures, which are currently in the possession of the National Gallery, London, to be returned to the City of Dublin. After a dispute surrounding the building of a new gallery in Dublin, Sir Hugh bequeathed the paintings to London. Just before his death on the Lusitania in 1915, it appears he wrote and signed an amendment to his will, gifting them to Dublin instead. However, due to the fact that this document was not witnessed, it is not legally binding. The British government has declined to support the return of the pictures, leading Michael Joseph Flavin MP to ask: ‘Do you know there is a strong feeling throughout the whole of Ireland that these pictures should be restored to Ireland for the benefit of the Irish people?’ No reply was given to this question. [Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ago, based on news reports of the time.]
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Gluaiseacht nua litríochta curtha ar bun Baile Átha Cliath, 22 Márta 1917 - Cá bhfuil litríocht nua na Gaeilge? Sin an cheist a chuir an scríbhneoir Pádraic Ó Conaire i leathanacha An Chlaidheamh Soluis le déanaí. Ní féidir le haon teanga éirí as an marbhántacht, a dúirt sé, gan dá rud: dream daoine nach labhraíonn ach an teanga sin; agus nua-litríocht láidir domhain á cumadh inti. Gan an dá choinníol sin a chomhlíonadh ‘is cinnte go bhfuighidh teanga bás’. Agus inniu má tá ceachtar acu chun creill bháis na teanga a bhualadh, sé an dara ceann é, dar leis an gConaireach. Is ar Chonradh na Gaeilge a chuireann sé an milleán: ‘Le bliadhantaibh fada níor chuireadar aon leabhar Gaedhilge amach. Bhfuil dearmad déanta ag an uile dhuine ar chuspóir de chuspóiribh an Chonnartha? Nár cuireadh ar bun é le nuadh-litridheacht a sholáthar san nGaedhilge?’ Ach tá leigheas aige. An plean ná míle duine ar fud na tíre, a mbeadh suim acu i litríocht nua Gaeilge a cheannach, a cheangal le chéile agus cumann nó ‘ridireacht’ liteartha a chur ar bun. D’fhéadfaí cúigear den mhíle sin a thoghadh le bheith ar choiste eagarthóireachta; dhéanfaidis meas ar lámhscríbhinní a sheolfaí chucu agus dá gceapfaidis go raibh fiúntas ar leith in aon cheann acu, é a chur i gcló. Críochnaigh Ó Conaire le gairm chun gnímh: ‘Cuirtear an Ridireacht nuadh seo ar bun – an Ridireacht Liteardha seo – agus bíodh gach Ridire bhéas ann faoi gheallamhaint agus faoi mhóid a dhithcheall a dhéanamh le fíor-litrigheacht Gaedhilge a chothughadh.’ ‘Cé chuirfeas tús leis an deágh-obair seo?’ [Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ago, based on news reports of the time.]