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Séamus Ó hÉanaí / Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) Posted by róislín 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…
Ó “Ó Cuileannáin” go “Bling” agus Smaointe Fánacha (Ramblings) Eile Posted by róislín on Jun 8, 2012
(le Róislín) As I was mulling over the recent entries on “diamaint,” I decided to look a little further into diamond lore. I always wondered what exactly Koh-I-Noor meant (turns out to be “mountain of light” in Persian) and had a general curiosity about the largest known diamond ever. Hope? Taylor-Burton? Uncle Sam? Excelsior? So…
Poist: Ó ‘A’ go ‘V,’ Cuid a hAon: ‘A’ go ‘I’ Posted by róislín on Apr 27, 2010
(le Róislín) As promised, here’s a selection of occupations and a selection of short statements to go with them. If you’ve been studying “an chopail” in Irish, you’ll recognize the structures that link the subject (mé, tú, é, í, etc.) to the “predicate subject” (which here would be the occupational term itself): Is dochtúir mé…
Saol Aeronwy Bryn Thomas-Ellis (1943-2009): Mionchroineolaíocht Posted by róislín on Aug 1, 2009
(le Róislín) Barely recovered from the news of básanna Frank McCourt and Michael Jackson, there is now another sad tale to tell, the death of Dylan Thomas’s daughter, Aeronwy. She might not have been as well known in the U.S. as McCourt or Jackson, but leaves a strong legacy and an Irish connection on her…