Tag Archives: féile
Féilte agus Laethanta Saoire agus Ócáidí Speisialta i Mí Feabhra: Trí Phictiúirí Posted by róislín on Feb 14, 2012
(le Róislín) Now that we’ve recently seen how many holidays and special events occur i mí Feabhra, how about labeling some images connected to them? Seo ocht bpictiúr leis na téamaí a raibh muid ag caint fúthu sa bhlag deireanach (https://blogs.transparent.com/irish/feilte-agus-laethanta-saoire-agus-ocaidi-speisialta-i-mi-feabhra/). An cuimhin leat an Ghaeilge ar an rud atá sa phictiúr agus/nó an lá…
Níos Mó Meaitseála: Míonna agus Féilte Posted by róislín on Sep 18, 2011
(le Róislín) How many topics the basic idea of “an féilire” can generate! Here are the months again, once again, this time with holidays to match. The new hitch? I’ve deliberately left off the first letter (or sometimes the first two letters) of the months as a memory-jogger. As usual, you’ll find na freagraí below…
Lá Fhéile Bríde (Lá ‘le Bríde): 1 Feabhra Posted by róislín on Feb 1, 2010
Inniu (an chéad lá de mhí na Feabhra) Lá Fhéile Bríde. Today (the first day of the month of February) is St. Bridget’s day. Tá mé faoi dhubh-iontas ag breathnú ar an uimhir de shuímh Idirlín atá ag cur síos ar Naomh Bríd agus a féile. I’m amazed looking at the number of websites…
An Chéad Lá den Earrach (The First Day of Spring) – Not! Posted by róislín on Mar 21, 2009
(le Róislín) Shortly after St. Patrick’s Day, we welcome in an tEarrach (the Spring). Or do we? We may be accustomed to thinking of March 20th or 21st as the beginning of Spring, but there is actually a lot of controversy in English as to whether Spring starts on the first of the month or…
Lá Fhéile Pádraig! Posted by róislín on Mar 12, 2009
(le Róislín) As you might have guessed, the title phrase above means “St. Patrick’s Day,” a good time for launching this “blag nua” (new blog). Remember that in pronunciation, the “fh” of the word “Fhéile” is completely silent. For that reason, you sometimes see the phrase written as “Lá ‘Éile Pádraig,” dropping the “fh” entirely. …