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New Year’s – Celtic Style (1 Mí na Samhna in ionad 1 Eanáir) Posted by on Oct 31, 2012

(le Róislín) While January 1 is widely considered to be “New Year’s Day” in many parts of the world, including Ireland, there is/was a Celtic concept of the New Year that placed the holiday much earlier in the winter season, specifically on November 1. I say “is/was” quite deliberately.  Considering “an t-aonú lá de mhí…

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Cé Mhéad Lá sa Mhí? (How Many Days in the Month?) Posted by on Jan 20, 2012

(le Róislín) A reader recently posted a question about how to say how many days a month has.  Bhuel, ar mhaith leatsa na bearnaí sa chairt seo a lionadh isteach ? Oh, and dála an scéil, the months in this chart are not in chronological order.  Don’t want it to be too much of a giveaway!…

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Ainmneacha na Míonna i nGaeilge (Names of the Months in Irish) Posted by on Sep 6, 2011

(le Róislín) We’ve discussed the Irish names of various months as this blog has continued, but this might be a good time to go over the liosta as a whole. First let’s look at “Meán Fómhair” (September).  By the way, if this is a new term for you, or if you’re new to the list…

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