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Monday Night Irish Class, April 6, 2015
Irish Class, April 6, 2015
Rang Gaeilge, 6ú lá mí Aibreáin 2015
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Seanfhocal
| Cuir an sagart i lár an pharóiste. | Put the bowl of potatoes in the middle of the table. | Lit. “Put the priest in the center of the parish.” (Nobody has explained how a bowl of potatoes came to be referred to as a priest) |
| Lá breá ag do chairde — do d’adlacadh. | A fine day for your friends — [the day] of your burial. | |
CRÚBA NA CINNIÚNA
le Áine Uí Fhoghlú
The truth behind the Trojan Horse

From The Classics Library
Monday Night Irish Class, March 23, 2015
Irish Class, March 23, 2015
Rang Gaeilge, 23ú lá Mí na Márta 2015
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Missed class, but here are my notes, supplemented by Will’s official version.
Seanfhocal
| Ná baintear an t-ainm den bhlonag. | Don’t take the name off of fat | Call fat “fat” — Call a spade a spade |
| Gealt a chuir tús leis an rince. | It was a crazy person who started [invented] dancing. | |
CRÚBA NA CINNIÚNA
le Áine Uí Fhoghlú
Monday Night Irish Class, March 16, 2015
Irish Class, March 16, 2015
Rang Gaeilge, 16ú lá Mí na Márta 2015
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Seanfhocal
| Bí go moch i do shuí Is go luath i do luí Is ní fada go mbeidh tú Chomh saibhir le rí. |
Be early in your sitting up [waking from bed] and early in your lying down and not long you will be as rich as a king |
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| Is fearr an t-ádh ná éirí go moch. |
It is better to be lucky than to get up early. |
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CRÚBA NA CINNIÚNA
le Áine Uí Fhoghlú
Monday Night Irish Class, March 2, 1015
Irish Class, March 2, 2015
Rang Gaeilge, 2ú lá Mí na Márta 2015
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[Missed class because of the flu, but here are my notes on the homework.]
CRÚBA NA CINNIÚNA
le Áine Uí Fhoghlú
Monday Night Irish Class, February 23, 2015
Irish Class, February 23, 2015
Rang Gaeilge, 23ú lá mí Feabhra 2015
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CRÚBA NA CINNIÚNA
le Áine Uí Fhoghlú
Saints of this day
Monday Night Irish Class, February 9, 2015
Irish Class, February 9, 2015
Rang Gaeilge, 9ú lá mí Feabhra 2015
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Seanfhocal
| Spáráil na circe faroigh ar an bhfraoch. | As sparing as the grouse on the moor. | Overly cautious, cheap (Supposedly the grouse only eats what is directly between its feed) |
| Chomh leitheadach leis na cuacha. | As conceited as the cookoos. |