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Uaimheanna agus Uaimheadóireacht: Words for Caves and Caving in Irish Posted by on Jul 15, 2018

(le Róislín) Given the recent amazing rescue of the Thai soccer team and their coach in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, this seems like a good time to go over some Irish words for caves and caving. The most basic word, in my experience, for cave, is “uaimh,” pronounced roughly “OO-iv.”  Additional forms of the word…

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