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An tEarrach (The Spring): 20 Márta 2014 Posted by róislín on Mar 22, 2014
(le Róislín) By all accounts now, Spring has finally sprung, on March 20th for this year. At least astronomically. Maybe in the next blog we’ll look at two other traditional dates for “Spring”– February 1st and March 1st. All three calendar systems have their validity. Meanwhile, how do we say “Spring” in Irish? And just…
Na Ceithre Shéasúr (The Four Seasons, in Gaeilge) Posted by róislín on Sep 30, 2012
(le Róislín) Before completely leaving an féilire, the subject of the last four blogs, let’s take a look at the Irish words for the four seasons. In addition, we’ll look at the adjectives pertaining to winter, spring, summer, and autumn/fall, both in their classy Latinate versions, like “(a)estival,” and in the more everyday tone, like…