Irish Class, April 30, 2018
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| Seol do sheanmháthair lachain a bhleán. | Send your grandmother to milk ducks! | |
| Tá níos mo ná míolta ina cheann. | There is nore than insects in his head | |
Irish Class, April 23, 2018
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| Ní raibh sé go maith ó rinne slat cóta dó. | “He hasn’t been any good since a yard [of cloth] made a coat for him” | |
| Ní raibh sé ar fáil nuair a bhí a chiall á roinnt. | He was not alive when they were handing out sense. | “He was not available when his share of sense [was given]” |
Irish Class, April 9, 2018
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| corr | bird, e.g. crane, stork, heron. | Suppose to be very vigilant |
| Ghoidfeadh sé an ubh ón chorr agus an chorr féin faoi dheireadh. | Someone who can steal an egg from one of these birds (and then get the bird itself) is stealthy indeed! | |
| Torann mór ar bheagan olla. | Big noise for little wool. | |
| Bíonn duilliúr állainn agus toradh searbh ar chrann na scéimhe. | Leaves are beautiful and fruit bitter on a tree of beauty |
Irish Class, March 19, 2018
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| fidléireacht Shligigh ag teach as ball éigin – Lá Fhéile Pádraig |
Sligo-style fiddling coming from somewhere St. Patricks Day |
Sligigh (no lenition)? |
| NÁ BEATHAIGH NA COLÚIR! RÓPHÓRÚ A THIOCFAID AS – IS SALACHAR |
DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS! IT LEADS TO OVERBREEDING – AND FILTH! |
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| sneachta síobtha i Nua-Eabhrac – na francaigh féin mothaíonn siad é |
New York blizzard – even the rats feel it |
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| ciúnas – d’fhéadfadh bláth leis éag de leamhthuirse gan léas |
stillness – a flower too can die of unrelieved boredom |
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| bheith i d’iasc órga – gan eire na cuimhne is an mhiangais ort |
to be a goldfish without the weight of memory and desire |
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| asfalt fliuch – an duine is an t-ainmhí gafa dua aige |
wet asphalt – how effortlessly it catches man and beast |
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| lá eile bríce os cionn bríce sinn go léir faoi bhallaí |
another day brick upon brick we wall ourselves in |
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| chloisfeadh páiste é – blátha is a mbaile móinéir á chaoineach acu |
a child might hear it it flowers weeping for their meadow-land home |
Irish Class, March 12, 2018
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| Ná bíodh do theanga faoi do chrios. | Spit it out!/Speak your mind! | “Don’t let your tongue be under your belt” |
| Ní dheachaigh sé ar scáth ann toir leis. | He spoke bluntly/He didn’t pussyfoot about. | “He didn’t go in the shadow of the bush with it.” |
| Níorbh iontaí liom an sneachta dearg ná é. | “Red snow would not surprise me more than that.” | |
| lá faoin tor | an unexpected free day | “a day under a bush” |
Irish Class, February 26, 2018
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| breitheamh | judge | |
| mall | slow | |
| sliabh | mountain | |
| lig | let, allow, permit | |
| lena | with his | |
| Is breitheamh mall Dia Nach ndearna riamh ach an chóir; Chuir sé Cormac amach sa tsliabh, Agus lig sé an diabhal lena thóin. |
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“God may be slow to judge, but he catches up with evil-doers eventually. This little ditty would be said of someone who is always getting away with bad stuff, and who finally has their “come-uppance”, as they say. Cormac is just a kind of placeholder in this saying, no particular significance.” — Will
Irish Class, February 12, 2018
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| Mol a dheireadh. | “Praise its end” | [let’s see how it turns out before we get all excited.] |
| Is mall gach cos a chasán/chosán gan eolas | “Every leg is slow on a path without knowledge” | [Slow sailing in uncharted waters] |
Irish Class, February 5, 2018
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| aimhleas | harm, evil | aimhleasa, aimhlis |
| I ndiaidh a aimhlis a fheictear a leas don Éireannach. | The Irishman doesn’t see what he should have done (his benefit) until after he has already done the wrong thing (his harm). | |
| ciall | sense, meaning, reason | |
| Is fearr an chiall cheannaithe ná a fáil in aisce. | “Purchased sense is better than that gotten for free.” | (Experience is the best teacher) |
| Is an chiall cheannaithe is fearr. | “Purchased sense is best.” | (Experience is the best teacher) |
Irish Class, January 29, 2018
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| Fál um an ngort i ndiaidh na foghla. | Closing the barn doors after the horse is gone. | “A fence ’round the field after the damage is done. “ |
| Shílfeá ón iompar a bhí air go mba leis an áit. | “You would think from the way that he carried himself that he owned the place.” | |
| Neosfaidh an aimsir. | Time will tell | neos = inis |
Irish Class, January 8, 2018
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| Dearmad bhean an tí ag an gcat. | The housewife’s mistake/forgetfulness/neglect goes to the cat. | [The cat gets that milk you forget to put away, etc.] |
| Téann focal le gaoth, agus téann buille le cnámh | Sticks and stones…. | “A word goes with the wind, but a blow/strike goes to the bone.” |
