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rondlebocht · 20 days ago
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Is aoibhinn liom an bhlás Loch Garman. Is aoibhinn liom a bheith ag éisteacht le mo chlann. Tá sé chomh compordach. Canann siad.
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toinghaeilge · 8 years ago
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Éire-tymology: Laigin
Traditionally assumed to derive from the láigen, meaning spear.
Ceathar-loch: four lakes or Ceathar-lach: place of cattle Duibh Linn: this ex-county means dark pool Baile Átha Cliath Theas: (south) hurdled ford Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin: the fort of Laoghaire was called Kingstown from 1821 to 1920. Ráth is ringfort and dún is fort. Chille-darruigh: church under the oak Chill Chainnigh: church of Cainneach or Canice Fine Gall: Foreign Tribe Laois, formerly Queen’s County: from Uí Laoighis, meaning people of Lugaid Laígne Lubhadh: Lugh’s plain An Longphoirt: viking ship fortress or enclosure An Mhí: the middle Uí Failge, formerly King’s County: descendants of legendary king Failge Berraide Weis Fjord: (Viking name) ford of the mud flats *Loch Garman comes from Garman Garbh Iarmhidh: west of the middle Vikingr Lo: (Viking name) Viking meadow *Cill Mhantáin means church of the toothless one
Read about Leinster dialect here
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toingaeilge · 8 years ago
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Éire-tymology: Laigin
Traditionally assumed to derive from the láigen, meaning spear.
Ceathar-loch: four lakes or Ceathar-lach: place of cattle Duibh Linn: this ex-county means dark pool Baile Átha Cliath Theas: (south) hurdled ford Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin: the fort of Laoghaire was called Kingstown from 1821 to 1920. Ráth is ringfort and dún is fort. Chille-darruigh: church under the oak Chill Chainnigh: church of Cainneach or Canice Fine Gall: Foreign Tribe Laois, formerly Queen’s County: from Uí Laoighis, meaning people of Lugaid Laígne Lubhadh: Lugh’s plain An Longphoirt: viking ship fortress or enclosure An Mhí: the middle Uí Failge, formerly King’s County: descendants of legendary king Failge Berraide Weis Fjord: (Viking name) ford of the mud flats *Loch Garman comes from Garman Garbh Iarmhidh: west of the middle Vikingr Lo: (Viking name) Viking meadow *Cill Mhantáin means church of the toothless one
Read about Leinster dialect here
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