"Arthrach" is a Déise (the dialect prevalent in Waterford, South Tipperary and East Kilkenny) term for "not confined to large ships".
Now I just have to figure out how to find a context to use it my daily life. 🤔
#Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #Déise
An stair atá taobh thiar de pholaitíocht an lae inniu.
#StáitAontaithe #SAM #Gaeilinn #Gaeilge
#CeartaighMé
Reminds me of the time I was in An Spidéal court house. An old fella from one of the islands was in front of the judge for possession of two bottles of poitín. Of course he didn't have 'a word of the English' 😂. 2/2
#Gaeilge #Gaeilinn
Irish News: June 18, 2025:
"Kneecap’s Liam O hAinnaidh is expected to request to be allowed to speak in Irish and have an interpreter present at his next court appearance in August." 1/2
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
#Gaeilge #Gaeilinn
He said his late father would have been "deeply interested" and would have attended."
A welcome move. Thank you Reverend Paisley. 👏👏👏
2/2
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#NorthernIreland #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn
Kneecap singing 'Amhrán na Scadán', a sean-nós song. 👏 👏 👏
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#SeanNós #Kneecap #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #CeólNahÉireann
Mo Ghille Mear (My Gallant Hero) - Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Ghil...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxjv...
#Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #CeólNahÉireann
"An Irishman tried to learn Irish with Duolingo and it was a disaster..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKVJ...
Who'd have thought? Personally, I wasted two good years on Duolingo. "Why not Duolingo [for Irish], and what to use instead?"
gaeilgechonamara.com/why-not-duol...
#Gaeilinn #Gaeilge #Duolingo
Úsáidtear an téarma chun cur síos a dhéanamh ar imeachtaí 1948, chún maith le géarleanúint agus díláithriú leanúnach na bPalaistíneach ar fud an réigiúin, forghabháil na gcríoch Palaistíneach. 2/2
#Stair #ArAnLáSeo #NaPalaistínigh #LáCuimhneacháinNakba #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn
Bhí Gaeilge aige ó dhúchas, agus bhí Béarla líofa aige chún maith. 2/2
#Éire #StairNahÉireann #DónallÓConaill #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #ArAnLáSeo
Has anybody downloaded Corpora Irish lists from Wortschatz Leipzig and found them useful? If s,o what is the best way to use them? I know Mysql (one of the files is a database file) and I use Anki.
wortschatz.uni-leipzig.de/en/download/...
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Léigh ceannaire an Éirí Amach, Pádraig Mac Piarais, amach Forógra na Poblachta ar an tsráid lasmuigh d'Ardoifig an Phoist, agus é ag gairm Poblacht neamhspleách den tír. 1/2
#Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #Éire #stairNahÉireann #PádraigMacPiarais
Pádraig Mac Piarais
Thosaigh Éirí Amach na Cásca nuair a léigh Pádraig Mac Piarais Forógra na Poblachta amach ar Shráid Sackville (Sráid Uí Chonaill inniu) ar Luan Cásca, 24 Aibreán sa bhliain 1916. 1/2
#Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #Éire #stairNahÉireann #PádraigMacPiarais
Cuireadh stop le hobair ar iarnróid, dugaí, monarchana, muilte, amharclanna, pictiúrlanna, tramanna, seirbhísí poiblí, longchlóis, nuachtáin, siopaí, agus fiú i monarchana muinisean Rialtais mar agóid in aghaidh coinscríobh a chur i bhfeidhm. 2/2
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Tharla Géarchéim an Choinscríofa in Éirinn sa bhliain 1918. Ar 23 Aibreán 1918, rinne Páirtí an Lucht Oibre agus Gluaiseacht na gCeardchumann stailc ghinearálta a ghairm in aghaidh an choinscríofa. 1/2
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Ag bualadh "airgid" ag an am
Sa bhliain 1919, d’eagraigh lucht oibre i Luimneach stailc ghinearálta, ar tugadh an Sóivéid Luimnigh uirthi. Tharla na hagóidí i Luimneach - cathair agus contae - idir an 14 Aibreán agus an 27 Aibreán 1919.
#Éire #StairNahÉireann #Luimnigh #SóivéidLuimnigh #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn
Ba é an chéad pháiste de naonúr. Bronnadh an Duais Nobel na Litríochta air ar an 9 Nollaig 1995 i Stócólm, sa tSualainn. 2/2
#Éire #TuaisceartNahÉireann #ContaeDhoire #SeamusHeaney #Filíocht #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn
Seamus Heaney
Rugadh Seamus Heaney ar an 13 Aibreán 1939, i dteach feirme an teaghlach darbh ainm Mossbawn, idir An Seanmhullach agus Tuaim i gContae Dhoire, Tuaisceart na hÉireann. 1/2
#Éire #TuaisceartNahÉireann #ContaeDhoire #SeamusHeaney #Filíocht #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn
Samuel Beckett
Rugadh Samuel Beckett ar 13 Aibreán 1906 i gCarraig an tSionnaigh, Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath. Bronnadh Duais Nobel na Litríochta ar Beckett sa bhliain 1969. Ba rí "Théatar na hÉigéille" é.
#Éire #BaileÁthaCliath #StairNahÉireann #SamuelBeckett #ThéatarNahÉigéille #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn
Uasail Neale, Sráid Sheamlas an Éisc, Baile Átha Cliath
Léiríodh ‘Meisias’ le Handel den chéad uair ag Halla Ceoil an Uasail Neale, Sráid Sheamlas an Éisc, Baile Átha Cliath ar 13 Aibreán 1742.
#Éire #BaileÁthaCliath #Ceol #Handle #Meisias #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn
Seán Ó Cathasaigh
Léiríodh The Shadow Of A Gunman le Seán Ó Cathasaigh in Amharclann na Mainistreach, Baile Átha Cliath ar an 12 Aibreán 1923.
#SeánÓCathasaigh #AmharclannnaMainistreach #BaileÁthaCliath #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn
"Irish is UK’s ‘second-fastest growing language’, London college claims. Only Swedish is more popular for language learners according to enrolment data." To which one can only say: "Dar fia!" (Gosh!) 😲
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
#Gaeilge #Gaeilinn
A screenshot of p17 of the New Irish Grammar by The Christian Brothers (1980) talking about adjectives and aspiration: "[an attributive adjective is aspired] when it qualifies a plural noun which ends in a slender consonant: Tá na fir mhóra ag obair, ag na fir mhóra, leis na capaill bhána, ag moladh fir mhaithe. adjectives qualifying caoirigh (sheep) are not aspirated: na caoirigh beaga bána."
So Irish has specific grammatical rules for.....sheep. 🤔
New Irish Grammar by The Christian Brothers, 1980, p17.
#Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #gramadach #grammar
Barney McKenna
Fuair Bernard Noël “Banjo Barney” McKenna bás ar an 5ú lá de Mhí an Aibreán 2012. Ceoltóir agus ball de The Dubliners a bhí ann. Sheinn sé an bainseó tenor agus an mandolin.
#CeoilNahÉireann #BarneyMcKenna #BaileÁthaCliath #TheDubliners #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn
Tomás MacCurtain
Lámhachadh Tomás Mac Curtain marbh ar an 20ú lá de Mhí an Mhárta. Ba é ardmhéara Chorcaí é. Ba bhaill de Chonstáblacht Ríoga na hÉireann iad na dúnmharfóirí.
#Éire #StairNahÉireann #TomásMacCurtain #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #Chorcaí #ArAnLáSeo
A colourised photograph of Brendan holding a cigar.
Fuair Breandán Ó Beacháin bás in Ospidéal na Mí, Baile Átha Cliath ar an 20ú lá de Mhí an Mhárta 1964. Ba scríbhneoir, drámadóir ⁊ poblachtánach Éireannach é. Scríobh sé drámaí ⁊ dánta i nGaeilge ⁊ i mBéarla.
#Éire #StairNahÉireann #BreandánÓBeacháin #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #BaileÁthaCliath #ArAnLáSeo
Kevin Barry
Le linn Chogadh na Saoirse sa bhliain 1920 agus 1921, chuir Rialtas na Breataine in Éirinn 10 fhear chun báis i bpríosún Mhuinseo; tugadh ‘An Deichniúr Dearmadta’ orthu. Bhí Kevin Barry i measc an Deichniúr Dearmadta.
#Ireland #StairnahÉireann #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn
Map showing when Irish died out in each county in Ireland with the language in much of Leinster dying out before 1930 and the language still alive in Munster, Connacht and Donegal.
How long did the Irish language survive each of in the counties?
Cá fhad a mhair an Ghaeilge sna contaetha?
source: an leathanach The Linguistic history of Irish, Scottish and Manx Gaelic on Facebook
#Ireland #IrishHistory #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn