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Some Irish Words Starting with the Letter ‘Y’ (yóyó ina measc) Posted by on Sep 21, 2015

(le Róislín) In the past few blagmhíreanna (naisc thíos), we’ve looked at some Irish words that start with letters not traditionally in the Irish alphabet (v, w, x).  Today’s blog will deal with the letter “y” and soon we’ll do “z.”  Someday we’ll get to the other three non-traditional letters (j, k, q), but for…

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Which Came First?: “O, Sagt, Könnt Ihr Sehen?,” or “Ó Abair An Léir Dhuit?,” ” Aue! se’i e vaai?” Posted by on Jun 30, 2012

(le Róislín) If you’ve made your way through all four verses of “An Bhratach Gheal-Réaltach,” both i mBéarla agus i nGaeilge, perhaps you’d also like to test your knowledge of other translations.  Can you match up the year in which the anthem was translated into the following languages?  Their names are given in Irish, to…

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