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An tOchtú Lá is Fiche (28ú) de Mhí na Nollag i Séasúr na Nollag Posted by on Dec 29, 2009

(le Róislín) There are two names for this day, December 28th, in Irish, one the “téarma oifigiúil” and the other less formal.  Lá na Leanaí Neamhchiontacha (or sometimes “Lá na Leanbh”) is Holy Innocents’ Day, a reference to Matha 2:16-18.  The less formal term is “Lá Crosta na Bliana.”  ”Leanbh” is “child,” with the plural…

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