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- Location
- Enniscrone Pier, Kilglass ED, Ballymote-Tubbercurry Municipal District, County Sligo, Connacht, F26 Y3Y9, Ireland
- Language ability
- B2
| Irish | English | Tags | Audio | |
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ceapim
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in Erris is confined to the meaning 'catch, stop, intercept'; has approximately the meaning of Latin capere; it is not used in the sense of 'think'. | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear | |
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le
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in a great rage, or in a great hurry | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear | |
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faoi
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faoi do shúil, (something) in your eye; (páiste) faoi n-a broinn, in her womb in | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear | |
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mí-fhiúntach
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focal mí-fhiúntach improper, indecent | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear | |
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tutáil
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impatience, fussiness (of guide on the Reek) (ML). Add to Éigse xi, 245. | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear | |
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canúint
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a cur canúint ar a gcaint, putting on an 'accent' I have heard canúin applied to the 'monotone' intonation that was peculiar to the North Island of Inishkea. | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear | |
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gróigim
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I foot (turf), | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear | |
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anabaí
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fear anabaí, fear mór reamhar (CN); fear mór millteach. huge, stout | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear | |
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bráca
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hovels, bad houses | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear | |
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luachair
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horsetail (equisetum) | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear | |
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dabhaidh
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lucht dabhch holy well (St. Deirbhile's in Faulmore; lucht dabhch, people who come to make visits or do stations at the holy well, usually to seek cure of some eye ailment. In the old church in Faulmore there is a stone which holds some water: nigh do shúilí ann agus abair an phaidir seo: 'uisce cloch gan iarraidh, ní gad iarraidh thainic mé, ach thárlaigh gur casadh an bealach mé, is gad iarraidh atá mé anois'. | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear | |
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púirín
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hole under door for cat (MMt); hole left in the side of a peilic chochain for the hen to enter. The peilic cochain was a special nest made of straw for hens to lay in. | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear | |
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seithe
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brógaí seitheadh, shoes made of raw hide hide | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear | |
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an
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hemlock (Sb); this is exactly the same form as that used by Seaghán Mac Meanman in Ó Chamhaoir go Clap-sholus, p. 211; it seems to be due to popular etymology. | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear | |
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colpach
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bainne 'un a' laoigh agus féar 'un na colpaí´ (sean-ocal) heifer | focailfholaithe | Log in to hear |