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25 Ways to Say ‘Family’ in Irish, Cuid a Ceathair (Pt. 4) Posted by on Mar 6, 2016

(le Róislín)   The previous three blogs have dealt with fifteen different ways to say “family” in Irish (naisc thíos), starting with “teaghlach” and “clann.”  Today we’ll look at some aspects of the extended family, referring to “descendants”, starting our list with no. 16.  Remember, “gs” for “genitive singular and “gpl” for “genitive plural” D…

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Croí Lorcán Uí Thuathail (The Heart of St. Laurence O’Toole) Posted by on Mar 4, 2012

(le Róislín) Bhuel, mí an Mhárta may be the “sure-they’d-steal-your-heart-away” month, as “Irish Eyes” is sung over and over and over again, but I doubt it was ever meant to be taken literally. But that’s exactly what has happened recently.  The theft of St. Laurence O’Toole’s heart apparently occurred on the morning of March 3rd…

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