Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Irish Heritage Weekend @ MN Renaissance Festival
Come out and visit Gaeltacht Minnesota at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival this weekend! (September 8th and 9th). It's Irish Heritage Weekend. Come around or be square!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Irish Feature Films Selected For Toronto International Film Festival
Irish Feature Films Selected For Toronto International Film Festival (August 27, 2007)
from http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=65026
"Two feature films which received funding from Northern Ireland Screen have been selected for the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival which runs from 6-15 September 2007."
from http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=65026
"Two feature films which received funding from Northern Ireland Screen have been selected for the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival which runs from 6-15 September 2007."
Wes's Words
adhall n m1
- reproductive heat
as in...
Ní ligim mo chat baineann amach den teach san oíche nuair a mbíonn sí faoin t-adhall, mar an uallfairt uafásach a bheadh ann.
I don't let my tabby out during the night when she's in heat, because of all the horrible caterwauling.
OK. Stop right there! I see what you're thinking, folks. "Caterwaul" looks like it comes from "cat ar bhalla", which is logically the place in all the cartoons where cats do their caterwauling, but the word actually comes from the Middle English word caterwawen, of the same general meaning. Remember to keep your fantasetymologies on a leash!
- reproductive heat
as in...
Ní ligim mo chat baineann amach den teach san oíche nuair a mbíonn sí faoin t-adhall, mar an uallfairt uafásach a bheadh ann.
I don't let my tabby out during the night when she's in heat, because of all the horrible caterwauling.
OK. Stop right there! I see what you're thinking, folks. "Caterwaul" looks like it comes from "cat ar bhalla", which is logically the place in all the cartoons where cats do their caterwauling, but the word actually comes from the Middle English word caterwawen, of the same general meaning. Remember to keep your fantasetymologies on a leash!
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Kings of Kilburn take the Hollywood road
Kings of Kilburn take the Hollywood road (August 24, 2007)
from http://www.independent.ie/national-news/kings-of-kilburn-take-the-hollywood-road-1064522.html
"A mainly Irish language film version of award winning play 'The Kings of the Kilburn High Road' has won the chance of breaking into the lucrative American market."
from http://www.independent.ie/national-news/kings-of-kilburn-take-the-hollywood-road-1064522.html
"A mainly Irish language film version of award winning play 'The Kings of the Kilburn High Road' has won the chance of breaking into the lucrative American market."
Pint of the 'black stuff' to breach the final frontier
Nothing to do with the language but....
Pint of the 'black stuff' to breach the final frontier (August 26, 2007)
from http://www.independent.ie/national-news/pint-of-the-black-stuff-to-breach-the-final-frontier-1066313.html
"Irish travellers may soon be able to enjoy a pint of Guinness which is quite literally out of this world."
Pint of the 'black stuff' to breach the final frontier (August 26, 2007)
from http://www.independent.ie/national-news/pint-of-the-black-stuff-to-breach-the-final-frontier-1066313.html
"Irish travellers may soon be able to enjoy a pint of Guinness which is quite literally out of this world."
Celtic festival offers something for everyone
Davenport, Iowa:
Celtic festival offers something for everyone (August 25, 2007)
from http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=351727
"Other workshops included lessons on the Irish flute, hammered dulcimer, tin whistle, local Celtic heritage, Irish language and role-playing as an early 20th century immigrant to America."
Celtic festival offers something for everyone (August 25, 2007)
from http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=351727
"Other workshops included lessons on the Irish flute, hammered dulcimer, tin whistle, local Celtic heritage, Irish language and role-playing as an early 20th century immigrant to America."
Friday, August 24, 2007
All roads lead to all-Ireland fleadh
All roads lead to all-Ireland fleadh (August 23, 2007)
from http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/UH/free/314971237981235.php
"Fleadh Uladh may be over (until the next time - but not next year!) but for some members of Coalisland/Clonoe branch the fleadh season is not yet over with one final outing left this season."
from http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/UH/free/314971237981235.php
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Signs reach new heights of confusion
Signs reach new heights of confusion (August 23, 2007)
from http://www.wexfordpeople.ie/news/signs-reach-new-heights-of-confusion-1065568.html
"The name is different as gaeilge as well, with Baile de Cléir favoured over the previous Baile Uí Chléirigh."
from http://www.wexfordpeople.ie/news/signs-reach-new-heights-of-confusion-1065568.html
"The name is different as gaeilge as well, with Baile de Cléir favoured over the previous Baile Uí Chléirigh."
Second Gaelscoil needed in Kilkenny says YFG
Second Gaelscoil needed in Kilkenny says YFG (August 23, 2007)
from http://www.kilkennyadvertiser.ie/index.php?aid=7176
"North Kilkenny Young Fine Gael are calling on the government and the powers that be in County Kilkenny to put more resources into the teaching of Irish and also to open a second Gaelscoil in the city to cater for the huge demand by parents who wish to have their children educated through Irish."
from http://www.kilkennyadvertiser.ie/index.php?aid=7176
"North Kilkenny Young Fine Gael are calling on the government and the powers that be in County Kilkenny to put more resources into the teaching of Irish and also to open a second Gaelscoil in the city to cater for the huge demand by parents who wish to have their children educated through Irish."
Irish — Unionists have nothing to fear
Irish — Unionists have nothing to fear (August 23, 2007)
from http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/20361
"Unionists have nothing to fear from Irish language legislation. That was the message Sinn Féin MLA and spokesperson on language and culture, Francie Brolly wanted to convey when he spoke to An Phoblacht about recent controversy around a proposed Irish language bill in the North."
from http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/20361
"Unionists have nothing to fear from Irish language legislation. That was the message Sinn Féin MLA and spokesperson on language and culture, Francie Brolly wanted to convey when he spoke to An Phoblacht about recent controversy around a proposed Irish language bill in the North."
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