The Irish News today carries a report that the Irish Guild of the Church of Ireland, Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise, is to publish an Irish Version of the new “Book of Common Prayer” only four months after the English version of the first revision since 1926 was launched at General Synod.
Irish Language services, based on the 1926 Book of Common Prayer, are regularly held in Co Donegal , Dublin and other places.
Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise ‘was founded 90 years ago to promote the use of the Irish language in the Church and to “promote all that tends to preserve within the Church of Ireland the spirit of the ancient Celtic Church”.’ 1,000 hardback copies are to be printed, costing €20 each.Generous support was provided by Bord na Leabhar Gaeilge and the General Synod’s Literature Committee.
“The book will be launched at a service held as part of a one-day conference on Celtic worship at Down Cathedral in Downpatrick on Saturday September 18.
A group which promotes the Irish language within the Presbyterian Church, An Tor ar Lasadh (The Burning Bush), will also hold a service at Fitzroy Presbyterian Church on Sunday September 19. “
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