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Monday Night Irish Class, September 8, 2008

Irish Class, September 8, 2008

Irish Class, September 8, 2008

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Our new instructor is Wes Koster.

Predictably, we started with:

Céard a rinne sibh ar feadh an tsamhraidh?
What did you do during the summer?

Céard a rinne sibh na laethanta saoire?
What did you do in the free days

When my turn came, I answered the second question, only exaggerating slightly:

Ní raibh laethanta saoire agam. Bhí mé an gnotach san oifig.
I did not have
free days. I was very busy in the office.

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More on Early Modern Irish

A few weeks ago I wrote a note on classical literary Gaelic/Early Modern Irish. Today I found more about Dán Díreach at Medieval Irish Poetry.

I hope I remember to look up Mo-chean do theacht, a sgadáin in Lent next year :-)>

Looking at the parent site, I noticed that the author is also interested in science fiction and filk.