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The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social · 27d

I choose to believe that it is very sassy of @tearma.bsky.social to select múscailte as the Irish for woke, mocking everyone's least favourite divorced Boer by linking his name to the worldview he hates.

A coincidence, I'm sure 😉

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Cian Ó Muilleoir @rugbykino.bsky.social · 27d

Taithníonn sé seo liom. 🌈

The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social · 27d

I choose to believe that it is very sassy of @tearma.bsky.social to select múscailte as the Irish for woke, mocking everyone's least favourite divorced Boer by linking his name to the worldview he hates.

A coincidence, I'm sure 😉

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The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social · 27d

You knew who I was referring to though, didn't you?

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The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social · 27d

I choose to believe that it is very sassy of @tearma.bsky.social to select múscailte as the Irish for woke, mocking everyone's least favourite divorced Boer by linking his name to the worldview he hates.

A coincidence, I'm sure 😉

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · Sep 11

I just might have to resurrect Humans of Shop Street, if only to give some of these names their moment in the sun...

Dearbhorgaill
Echmhílidh
Saoirbhreathach
Dubhchobhlaigh
Luighthighearn
Ólchobar (lover of drink)
Scandal (yep!)
Gormghiolla

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thanks to @lilliputpress.bsky.social for sending me this absolutely gorgeous leabhar on Irish names today. Some absolute stunning names in here.

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Guy Le Jeune @guylejeune.bsky.social · Aug 30

Always wondered about this sign. Is it truly the Donegal Styx as the na would suggest or were there no fish when it was named so the river was dead?

A sign in Donegal.
Abhainn na Marbh

R. Owennamarve

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The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social · Aug 30

On the 10th of March, 2015, Ireland legalised drugs for the day. More accurately, the day represented a gap between a court decision on the constitutionality of the 1977 Misuse of Drugs Act and the passing of workable replacement legislation.

But to answer your question: yes, it can be done.

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The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social · Aug 30

The Irish for champagne is seaimpéin.

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The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social · Aug 30

The Irish for dead is marbh.

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Marna Nightingale — ICE gets the skates. @marnanightingale.bsky.social · Aug 19

@theirishfor.bsky.social Today I learned the Irish for Canada!

Ambasáid na hÉireann | Ceanada
Embassy of Ireland | Canada
Ambassade d'Irlande | Canada

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The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social · Jun 12

The gang at @tearma.bsky.social have given us an Irish word for nepo baby!

I almost guessed it a few year back.

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The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social · Jun 9

The Irish for the passive voice is an fhaí chéasta.

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · May 9

London friends!

Come and see me and some very illustrious speakers talk at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith on the 24th of May.

It'll be bleedin' deadly!

irishculturalcentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Ticketbooth

irishculturalcentre.ticketsolve.com

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Úna-Minh 🔥 Play Eyes of Hellfire! @unaminh.bsky.social · Feb 16

I'd say "caimiléir" is very close but also to say that I'm 100% not talking about @theirishfor.bsky.social!!

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The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social · Feb 16

I hope you're not suggesting that the account @unaminh.bsky.social is referring to is me!

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Dr. Laura Murphy @rockdocgeoarch.bsky.social · Feb 1

Lá Fhéile Bríde - or - Imbolc, Irish word perhaps related to ewe pregnancy?(@theirishfor.bsky.social) Celebrated on Feb 1 - a time in Ireland to begin preparations for Spring, rooted in traditions long before being Christianized.

National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · Jan 30

Clodagh Doyle, Keeper of Irish Folklife at @NMIreland, introduces St Brigid’s Day—an Irish festival marking the start of spring. A time for seeking St Brigid’s blessings, protection, and fertility for the year ahead. 🌿✨ Watch here: youtu.be/9phBIo3p7ng

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Sean @fear-eala.bsky.social · Jan 6

Started reading "Motherfoclóir" by Darach ó Séaghdha @theirishfor.bsky.social which is very engaging and entertaining, and perhaps mostly importantly dampens the guilt I feel about having never learnt the language of my people.

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Susan Adair Farrelly @itsnotsuzalright.bsky.social · Dec 8

Saoirse don tSiria 🇸🇾🇸🇾

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The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social · Dec 8

The Irish for Syria is an tSiria.

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The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social · Dec 1

It's the way we say it though.

Shay @veganshay.bsky.social · Dec 1

From what I can tell, the Irish for "The Status Quo" is "An Status Quo". To be fair, I don't think there's an equivalent English phrase either.

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cuileannach.bsky.social @cuileannach.bsky.social · Dec 1

"Másach: Someone with a big bottom."

Another name for an póiseard (the pochard) is an lacha mhásach (the thick thighed duck)

image: a female pochard standing on a log

íomhá: lacha mhásach baineannach ina sheasamh ar lomán

source: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MediaSearch&search=Aythya+ferina&type=image

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Hazel Nolan @hazeljnolan.bsky.social · Dec 1

Poor fella #GE24

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The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social · Dec 1

Mí na Nollag is finally here!

A few years ago I threw together an advent calendar of the kinds of characters you'll meet at a Christmas party, the kind that Irish has a word for.

www.thejournal.ie/readme/the-i...

The Irish For: All the characters you know - good, bad or total craic vortex

Darach Ó Séaghdha has a typecast character for every letter in the alphabet – the funny one, the vulgar one, the one with notions or the one who sucks all the craic clean out of the room.

www.thejournal.ie

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Harley - PomPomPastel 🏳️‍⚧️ @pompompastel.bsky.social · Nov 27

@theirishfor.bsky.social I was talking about the Sheila na Gig protection symbols, and someone asked me if that is the reason why see call Vaginas "Gee"? Was it just shortening the name of the image and then it became slang?

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