Gaeltacht Minnesota held its Christmas party at Kieran’s last night. It was a good time, although the room was too hot and the band (when they were playing) too loud for easy conversation.
mia_mcdavid and I felt very fortunate: We managed to find street parking even though the Minnesota Vikings were having a home game nearby.
First notes toward a scéal which I did not present this week, but
might sometime.
Tá strus mór orm ag obair. Tá agam bainisteoir olc.
We looked at some Christmas carols from Carúil
na Nollag – Irish Christmas Carols. Given the Irish, we tried
to translate them. The standard English versions are included
here, which do not necessarily match a translation from the Irish.
Also, I do not entirely trust this site–A couple checks in
Foclóir Póca found some fadas were missing.
Irish Class. December 3, 2007
We started with a review of body
parts<!–body
parts.
Next was an exercise in taking dictation in Irish. Nick read a brief
biography of
Daniel O’Connell (Dónal Ó Conaill)
Once again I made it through “Black Friday” without spending any money. Continue reading
Checked against Nick’s official notes.
First activity
I went to a friend’s CD release party this evening. Lots of fun. She can write and sing bawdy songs (and others) in both English and Irish.
Irish Class, November 12, 2007
Checked
against Nick’s
Official Version.
The conversation in the first hour was a “debate” (conspóid)
on the merits of reading books vs. watching television and movies, and
talk about changes in the Twin Cities Metro in the last decade.
