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Creathanna Talún (Earthquakes): Some Irish Words for Discussing Their Magnitude (Méideanna) and Impact (Iarmhairtí) Posted by on Sep 20, 2017

(le Róislín) I note, with sadness, yet another tubaiste nádúrtha, the calamity in Mexico (an matalang i Meicsiceo). You might remember that we dealt with creathanna talún earlier in this series (nasc thíos), when a “crith talún” struck the island of “Háítí.”  That blogpost taught some of the relevant vocabulary for discussing creathanna talún, such…

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Tragóid i Háítí: An Crith Talún Posted by on Jan 15, 2010

(le Róislín)   Before returning to the ábhar éadromchroích I had planned for following up on the blogpost on “Lochlannach” (nasc thíos), I’d like to introduce some terms for discussing na himeachtaí i Háítí.    Mostly this will just be in list format, since I find the situation almost too overwhelming, especially so close on the…

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