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Corned beef (mairteoil shaillte) or corned pork (muiceoil shaillte) — cé acu is fearr leat? Posted by on Mar 15, 2018

(le Róislín) The more I read about “mairteoil shaillte” (corned beef), the more I end up reading about “muiceoil shaillte” (corned pork)! There seems to be endless debate as to whether “corned beef and cabbage” is actually Irish, or is it Irish-American?  Also, some people say that “muiceoil shaillte” is more traditionally Irish than “mairteoil…

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Irish Vocab Round-up for the “Corned Beef” (mairteoil shaillte) Blogpost Posted by on Mar 12, 2018

 (le Róislín) This blogpost is a follow-up to the recent post on “mairteoil shaillte agus cabáiste,” a typical St. Patrick’s Day dinner (dinnéar tipiciúil Lá Fhéile Pádraig) in America (nasc thíos) Today we’ll look at the words for various food items in the corned beef and cabbage dinner and how they are described.  We’ll pay…

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