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Oh, Man! ‘Fear,’ ‘Fir,’ ‘Fhir,’ and ‘bhFear,’ (How to say ‘man’ and ‘men’ in Irish) Posted by on Jan 9, 2014

(le Róislín) Since Nollaig na mBan on January 6th gave us the opportunity to discuss the Irish word for ‘woman,’ we might as well follow up with the word for ‘man.’ First, let me clarify that this blog will discuss ‘man’ (fear) as opposed to woman (bean), not “man” as opposed to the following: plants…

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Séamus Ó hÉanaí / Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) Posted by on Sep 6, 2013

(le Róislín) Numerous tributes have been written in memory of Seamus Heaney, Ireland’s premier poet of the mid/late 20th- and early 21st-century, who passed away on August 30.  The facts of his biography are too well known to be entered in detail here, but I will highlight a few key points, i nGaeilge, which may also…

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Litríocht na hÉireann agus an Clár Teilifíse “LITCELA” Posted by on Sep 22, 2010

So, right, you probably assumed that “LITCELA” is a jumbled word, and that is correct.  It needs to be unjumbled for this blog.  It’s just a comhtharlú deas that it might happen to suggest “litríocht” and “Ceilteach.” But, of course, I could have jumbled it many different ways, and for some strange reason, that one…

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