Slán Abhaile – Goodbye

Slán Abhaile means ‘goodbye’ but it literally means ‘safe home,’ which I think is pretty fitting for today’s blog!

5 months ago I relocated and started to build a new life and ‘home’ in the south of France. It was always a dream of mine and it was made possible thanks to my Irish citizenship! Unfortunately, this means that this will be my last update to the Irish blog as I continue on my own personal journey.

I have enjoyed sharing and growing with you all as an Irish learner, paying respect and tribute to my Irish heritage and newly received citizenship, and I will certainly miss sharing with all of you!

As they say with any journey, including a linguistic one: tús maith leath na hoibre (a good start is half the work). Subscribing to this blog for some of you may have been the start of your Irish language journey. Just because the blog may be ending doesn’t mean your own personal journey with Irish must end! Transparent Language Online is just one of many resources; I would also suggest checking out Bitesize Irish to practice your Gaeilge Gach Lá (Irish every day).

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Here’s one last Irish reading activity and questions for you about the Eiffel Tower from taisce tuisceana:

Túr Eiffel ar an túr is cáiliúla agus is spéisiúla ar domhan. Tá sé 328 méadar ar airde agus é suite i lár chathair Pháras, príomhchathair na Fraince.
Fear darbh ainm Gustave Eiffel, a bhí ina thógálaí droichid, a thóg é. Thosaigh siad ag tógáil an túir, nó ‘La Tour Eiffel’, sa bhliain 1887 agus thóg sé dhá bhliain lena thógáil.
Seo roinnt fíricí spéisiúla faoin túr:
• Tá 2 bhialann ann.
• Caithfidh siad an túr a phéinteáil gach seacht mbliana.
• Caithfidh tú 1665 céim ar fad a thógáil má tá tú ag iarraidh dul suas go
• Tagann timpeall 7 milliún duine ar cuairt chuig an túr gach bliain.

Ceisteanna :

Is féidir Túr Eiffel a fheiceáil ó bheagnach gach áit i bPáras toisc:
(a) go bhfuil sé an-láidir.
(b) go bhfuil sé an-ard.
(c) go gcuireann siad péint air gach seacht mbliana.

Cé mhéad bliain atá Túr Eiffel ann anois?
(a) 10 mbliana
(b) Níos mó ná 100 bliain
(c) Níos mó ná 1000 bliain

Cérbh é Gustave Eiffel?
(a) An fear a leag an túr
(b) An fear a thóg an túr
(c) An fear a d’oibrigh sa bhialann

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Go n-éirí leat! Good luck on your aistear (journey).

Photo by me. My dog enjoying his new French life.