Let’s learn the chorus and first two verses of the famous Irish song Mo Ghile Mear. The modern form of the song was composed in the early 1970s by Dónal Ó Liatháin using a traditional air collected in Cúil Aodha, County Cork, and lyrics selected from Irish language poems of the 18th century Cork poet Seán “Clárach” Mac …
Let’s learn how to pronounce a famous Irish historical motto. This phrase is often used by promoters of the Irish language to this very day. The phrase is Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam /cheer gon chon-ga, cheer gon on-um/, which means “A country without a language is a country without a soul.” Tír /cheer/ …
Let’s learn how to say nativity scene in Irish and also the names for figurines commonly found in a nativity scene. The Irish for nativity scene, or a crib as it’s also known as, is mainséar /mawn-shayr/. Another term for it is beithilín /beh-hel-een/ which comes from Beithil /Beh-hel/, the Irish for Bethlehem. A figurine …
Let’s learn how to say winter and some winter-related vocabulary. Winter in Irish is geimhreadh (Connacht: /geev-ra/ Munster: /gee-ra/ Ulster: /gev-roo/). It’s often referred to as an geimhreadh /on gev-ra/, literally “the winter”. It’s winter in Irish is tá an geimhreadh ann /taw an gev-ra awn/. Winter weather is aimsir gheimhridh /am-shir ghiv-ree/ .Aimsir /am-shir/ …
Let’s learn some fitness vocabulary. Here are some words you may use when speaking of your home fitness exercises or when going to the gym. Here are two ways to say workout in Irish: babhta traenála /bow-ta tray-naw-la/ and dreas traenála /drass tray-naw-la/. Push-up/press-up – brú aníos /broo ah-nee-us/ He did twenty push-ups. – Rinné …
Let’s learn some Irish words for facial features and learn how to pronounce them. First of all, the most commonly used words for the head are: ceann /kyow-in/ and cloigeann /klih-gunn/ On the front of our head we have the face, and the two most commonly used Irish words for face are: aghaidh /eye-igg/ and …
Let’s learn some common words associated with fitness as Gaeilge. Watch the video above to hear the words listed below. Exercise/fitness aclaíocht /ok-lee-ukht/ I exercise. Déanaim aclaíocht. /jay-num ok-lee-ukht/ I exercise every day. Déanaim aclaíocht gach lá. /jay-num ok-lee-ukht gokh law/ I am fit. Tá mé aclaí. /Taw may ok-lee/ I am unfit. Tá mé …
Let’s learn some common words associated with Christmas. I hope you find these words useful this festive season. You might even impress some people by knowing these terms! Watch the video above to hear the words listed below. Christmas decorations maisiúcháin Nollag /mash-oo-khaw-in Null-ug/ Nativity scene, crib mainséar /mawn-shayr/ beithilín /beh-hel-een/ Christmas tree crann Nollag …
Let’s learn a traditional Irish song called Casadh an tSúgáin which means “the twisting of the straw rope”. You may have heard of a súgán chair, its seat is made from straw rope. Straw rope has been used to do many things, such as tie things up around the farm and also to secure roofs. …
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Learn how to count from a hundred to a thousand! This topic was requested by one of our Grow members over on Pobal. 100 céad /kay-od/ If you know how to count things from one to ten, you’ll find the rest quite familiar: 200 dhá chéad /ghaw khay-od/ The same way you would say dhá chat, two cats, …
