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“Leaplings?” An Téarma As Gaeilge? Posted by on Feb 29, 2012

(le Róislín) Just when I thought I had a pretty good handle on the vagaries of stórfhocal an Bhéarla, another word popped up.  Maybe I should I say it entered mo bhandaleithead, or it came isteach i  mo radar, or some other trendier expression.  At any rate, it caught my eye.  Or really, mo chluas, since…

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Féilte agus Laethanta Saoire agus Ócáidí Speisialta i Mí Feabhra Posted by on Feb 11, 2012

(le Róislín) For a relatively short month, February is sure packed full of holidays.  Here are some dates and some themes.  Can you match them up?  Since writing the dates in the standard “orduimhir” form would lessen the “dúshlán,”  I’ve written them out in full and the key to the numbers is given below, with…

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