Tag Archives: Bhíobla
An tAinm Iósaef sa Bhíobla (Iósaef as a version of the name Seosamh / Joseph) Posted by róislín on Apr 18, 2016
(le Róislín) We’ve recently looked at 10 Irish names for boys, and 5 for girls (naisc thíos), and of course there are hundreds more we could cover. We’ll at least balance out the count with 5 more names for girls soon. But for this blog post, let’s look again at those two quotes from the…
Séamus Ó hÉanaí / Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) Posted by róislín on Sep 6, 2013
(le Róislín) Numerous tributes have been written in memory of Seamus Heaney, Ireland’s premier poet of the mid/late 20th- and early 21st-century, who passed away on August 30. The facts of his biography are too well known to be entered in detail here, but I will highlight a few key points, i nGaeilge, which may also…