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25 Ways to Say ‘Family’ in Irish, Cuid a Ceathair (Pt. 4) Posted by on Mar 6, 2016

(le Róislín)   The previous three blogs have dealt with fifteen different ways to say “family” in Irish (naisc thíos), starting with “teaghlach” and “clann.”  Today we’ll look at some aspects of the extended family, referring to “descendants”, starting our list with no. 16.  Remember, “gs” for “genitive singular and “gpl” for “genitive plural” D…

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Bás Michael Jackson (1958-2009) Posted by on Jul 13, 2009

Bhuel, tar éis a bheith ag smaoineamh faoi, after pondering the matter, I figured I may as well join the sluaite (hordes) ag scríobh faoi Michael Jackson.    First stop, as usual, what else has been written about his death, as Gaeilge?  Can’t say I found mórán (much).  A cuardach Google limited to “Bás Michael…

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