Your weekly dose of Irish ☘️🐎
Jan 28, 2022 1:34 pm
Hi there,
Here's your weekly dose of Irish for Friday, January 21st 2022...
This week: Ireland by horse, a rock and no wetsuit?
Irish Wisdom - If you buy what you don’t need, you might have to sell what you do.
Did you know? - You may have heard of County Limerick, located in Ireland’s southwest. But strangely, there are ten places in the world called Limerick! With 8 in the United States, one in Ireland and one in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Latest updates:
- Next Tuesday, the 1st of February, is St Brigid's day! You can read my post on five quick facts about the day here.
- Last week I had a typo in the Irish joke; it was supposed to be "18" years old, not "48" years old. Oops. But I have included a bonus joke this week.
- Another oops, yesterday I accidentally sent a welcome email to some of you on the list. This was not my intention, and it won't happen again. Consider it an extra welcome to my list, haha.
It is only 48 days until St Patrick's day 2022! ☘️
This week's posts:
☘️ 5 Quick Facts About St Brigid’s Day (Lá Fhéile Bríde)
You may or may not have heard of St Brigid’s day?
Well, I am here today to share some quick facts about Ireland’s only female patron saint.
The post 5 Quick Facts About St Brigid’s Day (Lá Fhéile Bríde) appeared first on Irish Around The World.
☘️ Group Of Irish Swimmers Swim Cross North Channel Without Wetsuits
The Irish sea is cold!
And swimming in it well some do brave the cold.
But recently, on Friday (January 14th), a group of swimmers swam across the North Channel …
The post Group Of Irish Swimmers Swim Cross North Channel Without Wetsuits appeared first on Irish Around The World.
☘️ American Who Travelled From Cork To Donegal By Horse, Ireland In 1997
Continuing with my weekly Irish history videos, I found this great clip from 1997. Don Saint John and his trusty horse ‘Steady’ saddle up for a five-month-long journey into the …
The post-American Who Travelled From Cork To Donegal By Horse, Ireland In 1997 appeared first on Irish Around The World.
☘️ Top Poem Analysis: The Fiddler of Dooney, by W. B. Yeats
Back again with another top Irish poem.
No surprise to see Yeat’s on the list again.
This poem comes in at number 45 on the top 100 Irish poems list.
The post-Top Poem Analysis: The Fiddler of Dooney, by W.B.Yeats, appeared first on Irish Around The World.
☘️ The World’s Top 10 Most Valuable Passports In 2022
If the last two years have taught us anything, it is that having one of the most valuable passports certainly helps.
Now you might be saying, what do I mean …
The post The World’s Top 10 Most Valuable Passports In 2022 appeared first on Irish Around The World.
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This week's Irish joke*spell checked haha*
Three brewmasters:
The brewmasters of 3 major beer companies decide to step away from a beer festival and go to a local pub...
The first was from Mexico. He walks in, approaches the bar and says, "Hola bartender, I would like to have the finest beer in the world. Give me a Dos Equis, por favor."
The second was from Holland. "Bartender, give me the finest beer in the world, a Heineken."
The third was the head of Guinness brewery at St. James Gate in Dublin. He takes a look around and then orders, "Bartender, I'll have a Coke, please."
The other two give a puzzled look and finally ask, "Why a Coke?"
The brewmaster from Guinness answers, "Well, I figured if you lads weren't drinking beer yet, I could hold off for a wee bit."
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Bonus joke:
Mistletoe
Mary was a pretty redhead shopping in Dundrum. In the week before Christmas, she sauntered up to the counter and was trying to decide which of the many types of tinsel she would buy. Finally, she made her choice and asked the shop assistant called Mick, “How much is this gold tinsel?”
Mick seeing the pretty girl, said, “This week we have a special offer, just one kiss per metre.”
“Wow, that’s grand”, said Mary. “I’ll take 12 metres.”
With expectation and anticipation written all over his face, Mick measured out the tinsel and gave it to Mary.
After Mick handed her the bag, Mary said, “My Grandpa will settle the bill.”
So what is this week's top Irish poem?
Back again with another top Irish poem. No surprise to see Yeat’s on the list again. This poem comes in at number 45 on the top 100 Irish poems list.
What is the poem “The Fiddler of Dooney all about?
First published in 1892, Yeats talks about a fiddler and a rock. The word “Dooney” is a rock and is immortalised in the poem.
Dooney Rock is a small rock overlooking Lough Gill in County Sligo.
This poem is a lyric on the theme of love, harmony and especially on the mystical experience of the fiddler.
A lot of explanations go into much more detail but personally, I think that Yeats is just trying to tell us a story, a simple story, about an Irish fiddler.
The Fiddler of Dooney
When I play on my fiddle in Dooney,
Folk dance like a wave of the sea;
My cousin is priest in Kilvarnet,
My brother in Moharabuiee.
I passed my brother and cousin:
They read in their books of prayer;
I read in my book of songs
I bought at the Sligo fair.
When we come at the end of time,
To Peter sitting in state,
He will smile on the three old spirits,
But call me first through the gate;
For the good are always the merry,
Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the fiddle
And the merry love to dance:
And when the folk there spy me,
They will all come up to me,
With ‘Here is the fiddler of Dooney!’
And dance like a wave of the sea.
What did you think of the poem?
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