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An Deireadh le “Ceann” – Go Ceann Tamaill! Posted by on Sep 10, 2009

Oh, I just couldn’t resist a few more, especially since these compound words are almost transparent – in other words, they mean just about exactly what you think they’d mean.  That’s assuming you spot the cognates, of course:   a) ceanncheathrú [say: KYAN-HYAH-roo, 2nd “c” is silent, “t” is silent]   b) ceannfhocal [say: KYAN-OK-ul…

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