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Here's your weekly dose of Irish for May 13th 2022...

Did you know? Many place names can trace their origins to Gaelic, Celtic, and English names in Ireland. Including a river in Galway called Sruffaunoughterluggatoora and Muckanaghederdauhaulia holds the longest name for a town in Ireland, Co. Galway. Wow.

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This week's posts:

🚗 How Travellers Lived In Ireland – Old Irish Video From 1965

This week for my selection of old Irish videos, I came across another powerful clip from CR’s video vault.

It is a short 4-minute clip but really surprising to see …

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🚂 All Legendary Obstacles by John Montague – Great Irish Poem

This week, I decided to pick number 100 from the top Irish poems list.

The Irish poem is called All Legendary Obstacles by John Montague.

John Montague was born in …

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🚲 The Last Of The Cycling Postmen, Ireland 1975

It has been a while since I put together an article on some old Irish videos.

This week from CR’s video vaults, it is a clip from 1975.He was …

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This week's Irish jokes:

A man comes home from an exhausting day at work, plops down on the couch in front of the television, and tells his wife, "Get me a Guinness before it starts." The wife sighs and gets him a Guinness. Fifteen minutes later, he says, "Get me another before it starts." She looks cross but fetches another Guinness and slams it down next to him. He finishes that one and a few minutes later says, "Quick, get me another; it's going to start any minute." The wife is furious. She yells at him, "Is that all you're going to do tonight? Drink beer and sit in front of that TV? You're nothing but a diabolical, desperate, mangled midden, and furthermore ..."The man sighs and says, "It's started ..."

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Not technically an Irish joke, but I found it pretty funny.

Sarah and her thirteen-year-old sister had been fighting a lot this year. This happens when you combine a headstrong four-year-old, who is sure she is always right, with a young adolescent. Sarah's parents, trying to take advantage of her avid interest in what Santa might bring, reminded the four-year-old that Santa was watching and doesn't like it when children fight. This had little impact.

"I'll just have to tell Santa about your misbehaviour," the mother said as she picked up the phone and dialled. Sarah's eyes grew big as her mother asked "Mrs Claus" (Sarah's aunt) if she could put Santa on the line. Sarah's mouth dropped open as Mom described to Santa (Sarah's uncle) how the four-year-old was acting. But, when Mom said that Santa wanted to talk to her, she reluctantly took the phone.

In a deepened voice, Santa explained to her how there would be no presents on Christmas morning for children who fought with their sisters. He would be watching, and he expected things to be better from now on. Now even more wide-eyed, Sarah solemnly nodded to each of Santa's remarks and silently hung the phone up when he was done. After a long moment, Mom (holding in her chuckles at being so clever) asked, "What did Santa say to you, sweetie?" In almost a whisper, Sarah sadly but matter-of-factly stated, "Santa said he won't be bringing toys to my sister this year."

So what is this week's top Irish poem?

All Legendary Obstacles by John Montague – Great Irish Poem

This week, I decided to pick number 100 from the top Irish poems list. The Irish poem is called All Legendary Obstacles by John Montague. John Montague was born in 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Co Tyrone. 

I like this poem as it is about John or some person waiting for his lover to return to the train station. John Montague puts his emotions down on paper very well in this poem, and you can almost feel how nervous he was as you read through the poem. Enjoy 

All Legendary Obstacles

by John Montague

All legendary obstacles lay between

Us, the long imaginary plain,

The monstrous ruck of mountains

And, swinging across the night,

Flooding the Sacramento, San Joaquin,

The hissing drift of winter rain.

All day I waited, shifting

Nervously from station to bar

As I saw another train sail

By, the San Francisco Chief or

Golden Gate, water dripping

From great flanged wheels.

At midnight you came, pale

Above the negro porter’s lamp.

I was too blind with rain

And doubt to speak, but

Reached from the platform

Until our chilled hands met.

You had been traveling for days

With an old lady, who marked

A neat circle on the glass

With her glove, to watch us

Move into the wet darkness

Kissing, still unable to speak.

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