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I will soon be a new first-time grandmother and my daughter has asked me to decide what I want the baby to call me. He/She already has 2 "Grandma's" and 1 "Grammie" (paternal grandmother and 2 great-grandmothers). Nana and MeMe seem to be very popular right now in the US, but...
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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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whot do you guys think of the design ? more info here : http://teespring.com/LOVE_IRISH_NEW wasn't uware I couldn't post a link Zyou con PM me for link if you'd link!)
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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 I'm really interested in what you have said about Skinnader name. My family are Skiffington/ skeffington from townland of Foygh, Donaghmore near Dungannon in Co Tyrone. Ancestors in Donaghmore graveyard are Skinnaders buried in 17th and 18th centuries. we know family were in townland for at least...
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Hi Caubeen, Sorry to confuse you with my Ulsterisms! You are absolutely right, in Ulster Irish both a dh and an mh (and a bh on occasion, in words like banbh, garbh, tarbh which are pronounced bannoo, garroo, tarroo) are pronounced as an -oo-. So the Ulster Irish for think is smaoin(t)eamh, which is...
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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...