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The Word ‘Picnic’ in Irish and the Mysterious Insect ‘Créachadóir na bPicnicí’ Posted by róislín on Aug 22, 2018
(le Róislín) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Cole%27s_%22The_Picnic%22,_Brooklyn_Museum_IMG_3787.JPG, A Pic-Nic Party (The Picnic), by Thomas Cole (1801-1848), public domain; lipéad Gaeilge le Róislín, 2018 It’s not hard to figure out how to say ‘picnic’ in Irish – it’s “picnic”! The only thing that’s a bit tricky is to figure out what slight changes might occur to the word when we…
Cé Mhéad Duine? How Many People? Na hUimhreacha Pearsanta i nGaeilge (ar leanúint) Posted by róislín on Aug 10, 2009
Finally returning to the uimhreacha pearsanta after the numerous events of the past couple of weeks, both happy and sad ones. This time we’ll count from six to ten people, more on larger groups of people later! First, a quick review, for one to five people: duine amháin or aonar (depending on the type of…