Tag Archives: St. Patrick’s
Corned beef (mairteoil shaillte) or corned pork (muiceoil shaillte) — cé acu is fearr leat? Posted by róislín on Mar 15, 2018
(le Róislín) The more I read about “mairteoil shaillte” (corned beef), the more I end up reading about “muiceoil shaillte” (corned pork)! There seems to be endless debate as to whether “corned beef and cabbage” is actually Irish, or is it Irish-American? Also, some people say that “muiceoil shaillte” is more traditionally Irish than “mairteoil…
Naoimh, Neimhe, Néimhe, and Nimhe — and what does any of this have to do with Saint Patrick? (Cuid 1 as 2) Posted by róislín on Mar 20, 2016
(le Róislín) Well, to answer the title question, the St. Patrick connection will primarily be in the first of the four words in the title, “naoimh.” You might remember that in the most recent blog (nasc thíos), we looked at these five words: naomh, neamh, neamh- (the prefix), Niamh, and nimh, meaning, in order: saint…