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Nihil Obstat:

GULIELMUS LANDERS,

Cens. Theol. Deput.


Imprimi potest:

✠ GULIELMUS

Archiep. Dublinen.,

Hiberniae primas.

Dublini, die 19o Octobris, 1920.





PREFACE

This Catechism was originally printed in modern Roman type some sixty years ago for the diocese of Cloyne, by the Rev. Canon Schmiddy, under the direction of Dr. Keane, who was then Bishop of the diocese. In 1901 it was republished in the older Roman or Gaelic Type, with a vocabulary, by Canon O’Leary, and it has since been used in many parts of Ireland.

An edition published in 1919 gave the questions and answers and the prayers in simplified spelling, according to the pronunciation of Canon O’Leary. When that edition was being prepared for the press some additional prayers were supplied by Canon O’Leary to make the book complete for use in the bilingual schools in which Catechism is taught in Irish. At the same time Canon O’Leary altered a few words to bring the language more into conformity with the usage of the present day. Some slight alterations in the text were also necessary to bring the Catechism into conformity with the new Canon Law. All these alterations and the new prayers are given in the present edition.