Ireland

Now that I read it, I can see their point...

Submitted by dazl 10 days ago

The Irish music spot!

Submitted by sardines 18 days ago

One of the rare recorded cases of a solitary dolphin adopting a place as home, and the first recorded case in Ireland. An Daingean is home to Fungi.

Submitted by dazl 25 days ago

Ireland’s first ecolodge to be awarded the EU Eco-Label for tourist accommodation. I've spent a lot of time there. A friend of mine owns it.

Submitted by Quinzark 26 days ago

Submitted by sardines 1 month ago

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Some of you who have ever been to Ireland will know that a lot of Gaelic is to be found. And it can confuse and frighten even the most seasoned traveller. Even if they do possess a guidebook and an Irish-_______ dictionary.

So that’s where Dazls Guide To Really Really Really Really Obscure Irish comes in.

Céili- If you see a sign advertising a céili, and you are in a mood to boogie, take note. A céili is a dance- but not just any old type of dance. It’s traditional Irish dancing, where amateurs and professionals can dance and hear traditional music...

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The Irish National Anthem
Amhrán na bhFiann - Irish
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CURFA (refrain, chorus) :
Sinne Fianna Fáil
Atá fé gheall ag Éirinn,
buion dár slua
Thar toinn do ráinig chugainn,
Fé mhóid bheith saor.
Sean tír ár sinsear feasta
Ní fhágfar fé'n tiorán ná fé'n tráill
Anocht a théam sa bhearna bhaoil,
Le gean ar Ghaeil chun báis nó saoil
Le gunni scréach fé lámhach na bpiléar
Seo libh canaídh Amhrán na bhFiann.

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This is humour. I have no intent to insult any of the 26 ROI counties. Unless you're not from Cork. Then you're fair game.


Carlow = Mad for sugar beet, can't get enough of it.
Hobbies: Growing sugar beet.

Cavan = filthy, ignorant hillbillies, tight. Hobbies:
discovering IRA ammo dumps and knitting black balaclavas.

Clare = fiddle-playing charming people and, more recently, fine footballers.
Hobbies:
Falling into pot-holes and being

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