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Diamaint (Sa Spéir? Ar Bhonn do Bhróige?) Posted by on Jun 2, 2012

Seems like this would be an interesting time to discuss geamchlocha, given the Iubhaile and all that.  So let’s start with the diamond, which is “an diamant” in Irish, a fairly clear-cut cognate to the English, and for that matter, to the Latin “adamas,” which can also mean “adamant,” originally a noun meaning an impenetrably…

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