Cuairt ar Reilig Ghlas Naíon / Visit to Glasnevin Cemetery

Ár dtreoraí Paddy. Togh na Gaeilge aige, agus é lántoilteanach an turas a dhéanamh trí Ghaeilge. Ní gá ach a iarraidh.

Cloigtheach do Dhónal Ó Conaill
Round Tower at O'Connell Grave

Tírghráthóir Dílis

Suas tríd an gcloigtheach. Beidh staighre ann arís go luath, is cosúil.

Coffins in Mausoleum

O'Connell Crypt.

O'Connell Family Crest. As Gaeilge, tabhair faoi deara!

Cónraí Eile.

Barry Sullivan as Hamlet

Pádraig Mac Piarais ag tabhairt na hóráide d'Ó Donnabháin Rosa
"Patrick Pearse" giving the oration over the grave of O'Donnabháin Rossa

Parnell. An-shimplí

Ouch! Count the errors!

Daoine a fuair bás ar stailceanna ocrais.

Amharc as NYC 4 - An Tribeca Film Festival

Amharc as Nua Eabhrac - An Podchraoladh as an Úll Mór

Clár 4: Labhraíonn Louise Ní Fhiannachta agus Paddy Hayes le Brian Ó Broin faoin scannán "Rubaí" ag an Tribeca Film Festival.

http://nova.wpunj.edu/obroinb/Amharc/AmharcAsNYC-4.mp3

Cuairt ar Rath Aodha - Visit to Rath Aodha, Co. Westmeath

Rinne mé taighde ar Aodh Meic Bricc le déanaí, agus bhí mé ag iarraidh níos mó a fháil amach faoi. Mar sin, thugas cuairt ar "Rath Aodha" i gCo. na hIarmhí le déanaí. Tugann daoine áirithe "Rahugh" ar an áit anois, ach níl ciall ar bith leis an ainm sin, agus ní ghlacaim leis.
Is cosúil gur bhunaigh Aodh mainistir sa Rath sa 6ú haois. Deir roinnt foinsí go raibh an mhainistir ollmhór. Ní chreidim sin, agus is é mo thuairim gur chineál "saitilít" ab ea an mhainistir seo do Dharú, a bhí 7km siar. B'fhéidir gur úsáideadh é mar dhíseart do na manaigh sin a raibh leithlis iomlán ag teastáil uathu, ach níl ansin ach buille faoi thuairim.

An Fhoireann Seandálaithe ag réiteach don Chuairt. My crack team of archaeologists readying themselves for the visit.

Tá an áit lán le crainnte áille

Snaidhm i gCrann

An tSnaidhm Úd

Crann aisteach

An Rath

An Rath

An Tobar Beannaithe

An Tobar Beannaithe

An Tobar Beannaithe

Conas Tinneas Cinn A Leigheas - Cloigeann sa log mór agus uilleann deis sa log beag.

Hmm - biseach ag teacht ar an tinneas cinn?

Crann Álainn

An scrobarnach sa rath chomh tiubh sin nárbh fhéidir na ballóga a fheiceáil (más ann dóibh!) - Undergrowth in the rath so dense that the ruins could not be seen (if they exist!)

Scrobarnach tiubh

Scrobarnach tiubh ar na ballóga

Scrobarnach tiubh ar na ballóga

Ballaí éigin sa rath. Raised earthen walls in the rath.

Staighre isteach sa rath. Steps into the rath.

Taobh an Ratha. Caithfidh nach bhfuil an balla seo ró-shean.

Taobh an Ratha.

Bhí picnic againn sular tháinig an Chith. Bhí an comhartha dírithe sa treo mícheart!

An rath ón aer. Sách beag.

Insíonn Fiona Scéal Goldilocks

Fiona tells the story of Goldilocks in her own sweet way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilZoazVtkUQ&feature=youtu.be

Declan Lynch agus an Ghaeilge / Declan Lynch and the Irish Language

Litir uaim in Sunday Independent an 15ú Aibreáin, 2012. A letter from me in the Sunday Independent of 15th April, 2012.

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/lie-accusation-is-crass-and-foolish-3081235.html


Tá an t-alt ó Declan Lynch le léamh anseo: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/declan-lynch-overwhelmingly-we-irish-prefer-the-lie-3074222.html

Irish Place Names on Signs / Logainmneacha ar Chomharthaí Sráide

While Robin Heather (Irish Times, letters, Monday 6th February) is right that the spelling of placenames such as Kilmacanoge, Kiltiernan, and Glencormick has changed on recent roadsigns, he may not realize that these are actually the standard Anglicised versions of those placenames. The previous versions on the old roadsigns are incorrect (as far as meaningless placenames can be incorrect).

Most Irish placenames (including these ones) are now searchable on the very-reliable government-funded placenames website www.logainm.ie, which is provided through DCU's "Fiontar" project.

I might add that these placenames, originally little more than phonetic renderings for colonists, make little sense. Cill Mocheannóg (Mocheannóg's church), Cill Tiarnán (Tiarnán's church) and Gleann Chormaic (Cormac's Glen) are the true sensible versions.

Why Irish Emigrants Find It Hard to Go Home

Re: "The Lights Can Be Turned Back On For Emigrants" (Irish Times, Opinion, January 3rd, 2012). I'm glad to see Paul Bradfield's request that the government act to ensure that emigrants can return to Ireland, but would like to point out several new difficulties for returning emigrants. Many of us emigrated in early adulthood and found spouses in foreign lands. Now that both the Irish Constitution and immigration law have been changed, our spouses no longer automatically qualify for Irish citizenship, meaning that they cannot seek employment in Ireland until registered there. That in turn means that returning emigrants must support their spouses until they are registered and can seek work, which could well take a year or more. It's already almost impossible to support a family on a single income.

To add to the returning emigrants' woes, should they be returning with children of college age, they will find that their children do not qualify for free or reduced fees, even if they are Irish citizens, and the family has only been out of the country for three years. This will make them responsible for annual fees, per student, of anywhere between €12000 and €31000.

Given obstacles such as these, I rather think emigrants will prefer to stay abroad.

Excessive Drinking in Ireland / An Iomarca Óil in Éirinn

Why emergency departments in Ireland are overloaded:
http://www.irishtimes.com/letters/index.html#1224307633594

Tuismitheoirí - Pléghrúpa ar Líne do thuismitheoirí le Gaeilge

Grúpa is ea seo d'éinne atá ag tógáil páistí trí Ghaeilge. Is é is aidhmeanna don ghrúpa ná tabhairt faoi na fadhbanna a bhíonn romhainn, fóram sóisialta a chruthú dúinn féin ar líne, agus cruinnithe sóisialta a eagrú inár féidir linn féin agus lenár bpáistí teacht le chéile i dtimpeallacht Ghaelach.

A group for Irish-speaking parents.

Gruppe für irischsprachige Eltern.

Un groupe pour les parents irlandophones.

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