Not all names are translatable into Irish. Most names that are translatable are either biblical, the names of saints or other prominent people, or names brought to Ireland by Vikings, Normans and other settlers. If you don't see your name, it probably doesn't fall into one of the categori...
English or Irish Meaning: "God spear, or deer-lover or champion warrior" Description: Oscar is one of the most stylish Old Man Names of our era. While it's softened slightly in popularity over the past 20 years, that may be considered a very good thing. ...
An Irish Cook Finds His Place in an English PubByline: Melissa Allen Daily Herald Correspondent As a picky eater in an Irish family, Jack...By AllenMelissa
Birds in English place names. A selection of Irish-language slang. Unpacking the Madeline Kripke Collection. Neutralizing the accents of call centre workers. The unexpected joys of Denglisch and Berlinglish. History of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (podcast, 30 min.). Read the rest of this entry ...
English or Irish Meaning: "God spear, or deer-lover or champion warrior" Description: Oscar is one of the most stylish Old Man Names of our era. While it's softened slightly in popularity over the past 20 years, that may be considered a very good thing. ...
Names for potatoes Irish potato white potato << back to top The covering of peas, dry beans hull pod shuck << back to top Beans you eat in the pod green bean snap bean string bean << back to top A lima bean butter bean lima bean << back to top Kinds of beans and peas grown lo...
The Pope refuses to approve the Constitutions, so Thomas a Becket refuses to sign them. 1166 - The Assize of Clarendon establishes trial by jury for the first time.1166 - Dermot McMurrough, King of Leinster in Ireland, appeals to Henry to help him oppose a confederation of other Irish ...
85.Cailin.If you likeIrish girls’ names, you could choose Cailin, which means “girl” in Irish. It’s also a variation of the name Kaylyn. 86.Dawn.Dawn is a cute and serene British name for girls that brings to mind the beauty of the early morning. Signifying the break of day, ...
My friends across the pond (both the Atlantic and the Irish Sea) seem to love putting consonants together that never belonged next to one another in the first place–l and m, for example. How can you say these so quickly at the end of a word? It’s totally unnecessary! So to us Ir...
There's no fireplace like your own fireplace. = There's no place like home. 17.Níl aon tóin tinn mar do thóin tinn féin. Neel ane tow-in tine mawr duh hone-tine fayne. There's no sore ass like your own sore ass. (Really just a funny word play on the famous Irish saying ...