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Corned beef (mairteoil shaillte) or corned pork (muiceoil shaillte) — cé acu is fearr leat? Posted by róislín on Mar 15, 2018
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(le Róislín) The more I read about “mairteoil shaillte” (corned beef), the more I end up reading about “muiceoil shaillte” (corned pork)! There seems to be endless debate as to whether “corned beef and cabbage” is actually Irish, or is it Irish-American? Also, some people say that “muiceoil shaillte” is more traditionally Irish than “mairteoil…
Bia le Beoir (Aguisín): One More Irish Phrase for a Beer-friendly Snack Food, Cuid / Part 2C of 2 Posted by róislín on Mar 31, 2017
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(le Róislín) Finally, we’ve gotten to the end of our “sraith taobh istigh de shraith.” We started with the addition of “craiceann muiceola friochta” the list of “sneaiceanna le n-ithe le beoir.” That led to a discussion of various other types of meat (besides “muiceoil“) whose Irish names are compound words ending in “-fheoil” or…