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An Pápa Proinsias agus an tAinm Proinsias/Proinséas Posted by on Apr 8, 2013

(le Róislín) “Jeanne d’Arc” ach “An Mháthair Treasa“?  It’s interesting to note whether the names of internationally recognized figures have Irish versions, or if they are left in the original.  “Joan of Arc” and “Mother “Teresa” provide insightful examples.  “Joan of Arc,” as she is known in English, retains her French name, “Jeanne d’Arc,” in…

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Túis, Frainclíní, agus Saincheadúnais, A Thiarcais! Posted by on Aug 14, 2011

(le Róislín) Actually, it is the English versions of these three words that offer the alliteration, which gives the phrase a slightly literary twist.  That in turns tempts me to end teideal an bhlag seo with the interjection “a thiarcais.”  So, the title of this blog translates into English as “Frankincense, Franklins, and Franchises, Oh…

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