Despite all this, Mel is one of the most down-to-earth and caring people you’ll ever meet. The person you see every day online is exactly the same in real life. Probably because she learned everything she teaches the hard way: by first screwing up her own life, and out of ...
Munster confirm Craig Casey will miss Six Nations as Nankivell could also face spell on sidelines ‘There were a few offers but it was easy for me to stay’: Robbie Henshaw agrees new Leinster deal Owen Doyle: Mack Hansen’s ill-advised comments simply cannot be allowed pass without sancti...
8.Rian.This Irish form of Ryan has a bit more of a charming and trendy vibe than its counterpart. It has yet to gain recognition in the United States, but with its meaning of “little king” and its popularity in Ireland, it’s sure to make its way over the pond soon. 9.Seán....
If ambition is the way forward, Carty should start, but barring 20 minutes in Paris in October, Ireland haven’t looked ambitious. Farrell has done fine so far but the overarching approach of the current coaching staff seems to be to pray Johnny Sexton doesn’t get injured and presume his...
It is also difficult to spell out some sounds in the Irish language into English, as certain sounds don't exist in English. If you haven't done so already, non-Irish speakers please see the the pronunciation guide. name approx. pronounciation other forms* meaning Abbán (m) OB awn A...
The recent dry spell, which involved a high pressure system moving up from the Azores and keeping low pressure systems at bay, is now in turn being replaced by “a very strong low pressure” system which is coming our way via the Canaries and Portugal, she said. This ne...
“We were recommended to see this by our B&B host. As tourists we just went with the flow, BUT what an absolute gob smacking surprise. This show had us spell bound from the minute we sat down.” Nalpick, Melbourne Do not miss this show ...
So, to spell it out, there is no evidence of three of these Arabic words existing at all. And in the other two cases the supposedly similar word in Irish comes from a clear Indo-European root which leads in a totally different etymological direction. Sikiyn comes from clear Middle Eastern...
A winding staircase twists its way up the inner wall of the castle to the sparsely furnished 'ghost room'. It has a melancholic air, complemented by the portrait of a sad-looking lady that gazes down from one of the room's whitewashed walls. Her name was Lady Isabella Shaw, and he...
“way” ahead. Confucius formulated perhaps the most powerful expression of this attitude or approach to the world when he said: “It is the human being who broadens the way, not the way that broadens the human being” (人能弘道,非道弘人).[xxi]Whether we understand the “way” (道) ...