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Cultacha Banphrionsa vs. Cultacha Sárlaoich: Costume Wars — Princesses vs. Superheroes Posted by róislín on Oct 11, 2016
(le Róislín) Every year around this time I like to check out the articles on the best-selling Halloween costumes (cultacha Oíche Shamhna sárdhíola). Then it’s both fun and, hopefully, informative, to translate them into Irish. Some of them, like “garda” or “comhraiceoir dóiteáin” may also prove to be useful words (focail úsáideacha) for everyday conversation…
Cultacha Samhna don Bhliain 2011 Posted by róislín on Oct 18, 2011
(le Róislín) As some of you may recall, last year we did a little vocabulary match-up with Halloween costumes. Let’s try it again for 2011. Each costume name has two words or phrases in Irish, one in Colún A and the other in Colún B. One thing to remember is that word order in Irish…
An Pionta Beo Posted by róislín on May 21, 2011
(le Róislín) You might have been thinking it would be time to catch up on some of the other topics that have been hinted at during the course of the blog – the donkey sanctuaries (agus sibhse ag fanacht leis sin le fada, tá a fhios agam, a léitheoirí dílse), vigesimal counting (once traditional and…