. . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Peter Christopher Yorke (13 August 1864 \u2013 4 April 1925) was an American Irish Catholic priest and an Irish Republican and Labor activist in San Francisco."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Peter Yorke"@ga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Peter Christopher Yorke (13 August 1864 \u2013 4 April 1925) was an American Irish Catholic priest and an Irish Republican and Labor activist in San Francisco."@en . . . . "14158217"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "\u201CThe secretary reported that whereas there were 58 branches last year, there are now 120 fully-affiliated branches. With this development, there was also a strong national sentiment in favour of the language ... One occurrence was largely instrumental in producing this \u2013 viz., the lecture by Rev. Father Yorke\u201D (Tuairisc ar mh\u00F3rchomhdh\u00E1il Chonradh na Gaeilge, An Claidheamh Soluis, 26 Bealtaine 1900). \u201CThe Turning of the Tide\u201D ba theideal do l\u00E9acht an Athar Yorke (\u00D3 hEirc a thugadh an Dr de Hindeberg air) ar 6 Me\u00E1n F\u00F3mhair 1899 san Antient Concert Rooms i mBaile \u00C1tha Cliath faoi choimirce Ard-Chraobh an Chonartha. Yorke f\u00E9in a d\u2019\u00EDoc c\u00EDos an halla. Is f\u00E9idir a mheas ar eagarfhocal An Chlaidhimh ar 16 Me\u00E1n F\u00F3mhair conas a chuaigh Yorke i gcion ar an 1,200 a bh\u00ED sa l\u00E1thair: \u201C... every person in the audience must have felt like one who had lived in darkness for years and stepped forth suddenly into the light and glory of a brilliant summer day, or like one just released from the noisome and foetid atmosphere of a dungeon who stands on the seashore and inhales the fresh breezes blowing around him and listens enraptured to the music of the waves. We have never heard yet anything like it.\u201D Labhair s\u00E9 faoin ngaol at\u00E1 ag teanga le n\u00E1isi\u00FAntacht. Chaith s\u00E9 anuas ar chult\u00FAr an \u201Cclane pleat\u201D. Dhamnaigh s\u00E9 na nuacht\u00E1in mar \u00FAdair ghalldachais. Sh\u00EDl an Craoibh\u00EDn gurbh \u00E9 an t-\u00F3r\u00E1id\u00ED ab fhearr d\u00E1r chuala s\u00E9 riamh \u00E9.Pearsa an-mh\u00F3r i stair San Francisco ba ea Yorke. In Studies Earrach 1973 scr\u00EDobh James P. Walsh faoi: \u201CTo working-class Irish Americans, those maintaining precarious positions on the socio-economic ladder, Yorke became a point of orientation and remained a joy. As a speaker he was eloquent, as a writer he was thoughtful, but more often, humorous, sarcastic and terribly anti-intellectual. He popped the balloons of the presumtuous and outraged the assumed superiority of the bigots. This Irish priest was indeed a fighting man. Loving his style, his people eagerly accepted the heady brand of popular leadership he embodied.\u201D Comhartha ar a th\u00E1bhacht go bhfuil iontr\u00E1il faoi in Dictionary of American Biography. T\u00E1 mioneolas agus leabharliosta\u00ED le f\u00E1il: san aiste sin in Studies; ag James P. Walsh agus Timothy Foley in Studia Hibernica 1974; agus ag P. W. Joyce in The Furrow, Nollaig 1951. Scr\u00EDobh J. Busher beathaisn\u00E9is faoin teideal oiri\u00FAnach Consecrated thunderbolt (1971)Rugadh Peter Yorke sa Bhalla Fada, Gaillimh, ar 13 L\u00FAnasa 1864. Captaen mara a athair Gregory agus b\u2019as Inis M\u00F3r i gCuan M\u00F3, Co. Mhaigh Eo, d\u00E1 mh\u00E1thair Bridget Kelly. B\u2019as oile\u00E1in \u00C1rann d\u00E1 sheanmh\u00E1thair agus i litir scr\u00EDobh s\u00E9: \u2018... I am related, I fear, to every man, woman and child in the three islands so that if I were to \u2018cut\u2019 I could not get married to a virgin or widow in the whole community.\u201D T\u00E1 a thuilleadh eolais ar a shinsir agus ar an mb\u00E9aloideas ina thaobh ag Se\u00E1n \u00D3 Conghaile (Cnoc na hAille) in Inniu 23 Aibre\u00E1n 1976 in aiste dar teideal \u2018An tAthair Peadar C. Yorke agus sagairt eile a sheas leis an nGaeilge\u2019. Bh\u00ED s\u00E9 ar scoil i gCol\u00E1iste Iogn\u00E1id i nGaillimh. Nuair a fuair a athair b\u00E1s chuaigh a mh\u00E1thair go Meirice\u00E1 agus cuireadh Peadar ar a\u00EDocht i gCol\u00E1iste Iarlatha i dTuaim. Deirtear go raibh Gaeilge aige \u00F3na mhuintir agus rinne s\u00E9 staid\u00E9ar uirthi i dTuaim faoin Athair Uileog de B\u00FArca. Mar mhac l\u00E9inn \u00F3 Dheoise na Gaillimhe a chuaigh s\u00E9 go Maigh Nuad. Bh\u00ED s\u00E9 in aon rang le Eoghan \u00D3 Gramhnaigh agus Se\u00E1n Maolmhuire \u00D3 Raghallaigh. Chaitheadh s\u00E9 laethanta saoire in Inis Me\u00E1in. Ba eisean faoi deara \u00D3 Gramhnaigh bheith ag triall ann. Chabhr\u00F3dh s\u00E9 go m\u00F3r ar ball le heagr\u00FA shochraid U\u00ED Ghramhnaigh agus thabharfadh an \u00F3r\u00E1id mholta san ardeaglais i San Francisco.In 1886 chuaigh s\u00E9 go dt\u00ED an deoise sin faoin gc\u00F3ras ucht\u00E1la eaglasta. D\u2019oirnigh an Cairdin\u00E9al Mac Giob\u00FAin \u00E9 ar 17 Nollaig 1887. Is cos\u00FAil gur creideadh san am go nd\u00E9anfadh s\u00E9 togha easpaig agus tugadh gach deis d\u00F3: dh\u00E1 bhliain san Ollscoil Chaitliceach; poist an tsean-sail\u00E9ara deoise agus r\u00FAna\u00ED an ardeaspaig; in 1895 ceapadh \u00E9 ina eagarth\u00F3ir ar The Monitor, p\u00E1ip\u00E9ar na deoise. S\u00EDltear gur chun troid in aghaidh sheineaf\u00F3ibe an American Protective Association a tugadh an p\u00E1ip\u00E9ar d\u00F3. B\u2019in \u00ED an deis aige \u00E9 f\u00E9in a sh\u00E1 san uile achrann chun Caitlicigh agus Gaeil a chosaint. Agus b\u2019in \u00E9 freisin a chuir deireadh le cib\u00E9 seans a bh\u00ED aige chun bheith ina bhall den chliarlathas. Deir Walsh agus Foley: \u201CYorke became a permanent embarrassment and irritant to the hierarchy and a sheer delight to the admiring Irish-American working class.\u201DAch m\u00E1 chaill s\u00E9 The Monitor fuair s\u00E9 seachtan\u00E1n d\u00E1 chuid f\u00E9in, The Leader, i 1902 le cabhair a chairde. Ba ghairid gur thug s\u00E9 faoi Ollscoil Chaitliceach Mheirice\u00E1 toisc nach ligfeadh siad don Dr Risteard de Hindeberg fanacht ann ina ollamh le Gaeilge. Dar leis gur de bhr\u00ED gurbh \u00C9ireannach \u00E9 a thug siad b\u00F3thar d\u00F3. Nuair a ceapadh Joseph Dunn mar chomharba seo \u00E9 an cur s\u00EDos a thug Yorke air: \u201CA native born, full-blooded Anglo-Saxon Irish-American, a graduate of Harvard ... who after a little study in Yerrup will-aw-be a much better and satisfactory person than a mere Irishman ...\u201D (Walsh agus Foley). Thugadh s\u00E9 \u201CS\u00E9amas a\u2019 chaca\u201D sa ph\u00E1ip\u00E9ar ar an bpolaiteoir James D. Phelan.I 1902 freisin ceapadh \u00E9 ina bhall de bhord sti\u00FArtha Ollscoil Chalifornia i mBerkeley. Chun \u00E9 a chi\u00FAn\u00FA mhol an t-uachtar\u00E1n go mbeadh comhaltacht Ghaeilge san ollscoil. T\u00E1 cuntas ag James P. Walsh ar ar tharla san aiste in Studies. Rud cu\u00EDosach beag a bh\u00ED beartaithe ach rinne Yorke rud m\u00F3r de. Ar a mholadhsan ba \u00E9 De Hindeberg a ceapadh in ainneoin a dhrochshl\u00E1inte agus theip ar an \u201Coll\u00FAnacht\u201D tar \u00E9is tamaill bhig. Murach \u00E9 bheith ar an mBord Sti\u00FArtha meastar gurbh \u00E9 Yorke f\u00E9in a cheapfa\u00ED.Liosta fada na ruda\u00ED a d\u2019\u00E9irigh le Yorke a dh\u00E9anamh. D\u2019eagraigh s\u00E9 an t-aonach \u00C9ireannach i San Francisco i 1902 agus bhunaigh Craobh California de Chonradh na Gaeilge. I 1905 chabhraigh s\u00E9 leis an gCraoibh\u00EDn chun airgead a bhaili\u00FA. D\u2019ullmhaigh s\u00E9 taispe\u00E1ntas na scoileanna Caitliceacha d\u2019Aonach an Domhain i Chicago. Rinne s\u00E9 eadr\u00E1in i go leor stailceanna m\u00F3ra. Bh\u00ED s\u00E9 ag comhord\u00FA na n-oibreacha f\u00F3irithinte i ndiaidh chrith tal\u00FAn 1906. Bhunaigh s\u00E9 gluaiseacht measarthachta agus chuir tearmann, Inis F\u00E1il, ar f\u00E1il do chail\u00EDn\u00ED oibre. Bh\u00ED s\u00E9 ina leasuachtar\u00E1n ar Shinn F\u00E9in sna St\u00E1it agus ina uachtar\u00E1n i gCalifornia ar an Association for Recognition of the Irish Republic. I 1908 agus ar\u00EDs i 1921\u201323 bh\u00ED s\u00E9 ina leasuachtar\u00E1n ar an Catholic Education Association. Scr\u00EDobh s\u00E9 leabhair agus paimfl\u00E9id i dtaobh na biog\u00F3ideachta thall, oideachais, 1916...D\u2019\u00E9ag Peter Yorke ar 5 Aibre\u00E1n 1925. Deir Walsh agus Foley (1974) go mb\u00EDonn oilithreacht bhliant\u00FAil go dt\u00ED a uaigh. Chabhraigh s\u00E9 go m\u00F3r chun fuinneamh a chur i ngluaiseacht \u00F3g na teanga in 1899. B\u2019fh\u00E9idir freisin gur fh\u00E1g s\u00E9 le hoidhreacht ag cuid de na Conraitheoir\u00ED t\u00FAs\u00FAla \u00FAd beag\u00E1n d\u00E1 st\u00EDl trodach \u00E9adulangach. T\u00E1 seanchas le f\u00E1il in Tales of the West of Ireland (1967) le James Berry faoin mbaint a bh\u00ED ag long de chuid mhuintir Yorke na Gaillimhe le bun\u00FA San Francisco.T\u00E1 tuilleadh eolais faoin mbeatha seo ar f\u00E1il ar http://dib.cambridge.org/ \u00BB"@ga . . . . . . "1081194094"^^ . . . . "\u201CThe secretary reported that whereas there were 58 branches last year, there are now 120 fully-affiliated branches. With this development, there was also a strong national sentiment in favour of the language ... One occurrence was largely instrumental in producing this \u2013 viz., the lecture by Rev. Father Yorke\u201D (Tuairisc ar mh\u00F3rchomhdh\u00E1il Chonradh na Gaeilge, An Claidheamh Soluis, 26 Bealtaine 1900). \u201CThe Turning of the Tide\u201D ba theideal do l\u00E9acht an Athar Yorke (\u00D3 hEirc a thugadh an Dr de Hindeberg air) ar 6 Me\u00E1n F\u00F3mhair 1899 san Antient Concert Rooms i mBaile \u00C1tha Cliath faoi choimirce Ard-Chraobh an Chonartha. Yorke f\u00E9in a d\u2019\u00EDoc c\u00EDos an halla. Is f\u00E9idir a mheas ar eagarfhocal An Chlaidhimh ar 16 Me\u00E1n F\u00F3mhair conas a chuaigh Yorke i gcion ar an 1,200 a bh\u00ED sa l\u00E1thair: \u201C... every person in"@ga . . . . . . . . "Peter Yorke"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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