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I have reciently received my Irish Dance Certification and would like to have a creative name for my school. There are schools with the name an sionnach. I was thinking something like Misneach Sionnach Damhsa. I don't know anything about gramer and wanted some advice before purchasing licensing....
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Hi there! I'd be grateful for some advice. I'm working on a project compiling information about many of the gods, goddesses, heroes and fairies of Irish, Scottish and Manx folklore and I'm looking for a reliable reference book to refer to for the spellings of their names. With so many variations...
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Hi Bess, Pryvit! Yes, but TalkIrish is all about respect for smaller cultures and languages, so looking up a bit of Ukrainian just seems like the natural thing to do (and I'm always happy to learn a couple of words of another language!) Anyway, to answer the question about names, the word "an"...
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Hi Bess, Yes, I think that's pretty much the case - generally the Irish names are only anglicised to make the spelling easier for English speakers. Leary is easier for an English speaker to read than Laoghaire, for example, especially when the readership has only started reading their own language...
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Hi Bess, No, your question isn't stupid at all and I hope we can help. I had never heard of Guleesh before - it seems to be in a book of Irish tales published by Douglas Hyde. The name isn't a common Irish name. I think it resembles Giolla Íosa (servant of Jesus), which is certainly an...