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To ‘tear down’ a wall (Balla Bheirlín) — i nGaeilge Posted by róislín on Nov 12, 2014
(le Róislín) Writing the last blog, about the Fall of the Wall in Berlin (nasc thíos), I got to thinking about the celebrated phrase, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Specifically, I was thinking about the verb “to tear down.” So, as you might have guessed, this blog will look at several verbs with related…
The Fall of the Wall (.i. Balla Bheirlín) … as Gaeilge Posted by róislín on Nov 9, 2014
(le Róislín) Cúig bliana is fiche ó shin thit Balla Bheirlín. Bhuel, ní go díreach “thit.” “Leagadh” an focal ab fhearr, is dócha. At any rate, the “Wall” is not only a timely topic but it can also give us some good vocabulary practice in Irish. Before we check out “wall” in general, let’s look…