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Dec 17, 2022 4:33 pm
Here's your weekly dose of Irish for Saturday, December 17th 2022...
Irish Christmas Blessing: May peace and plenty be the first
To lift the latch at your door
And happiness be guided to your home
By the candle of Christmas.
God’s blessings and peace be yours throughout
This New Year.
Latest updates:
- Hello everyone! Thank you to the emails from people who were missing the weekly dose of Irish. My parents came on holiday to Portugal with me, and well, let's just say that I didn't get even one spare day to blog. So apologies for that. I guess that is a sign of a holiday, and I hope you didn't miss the weekly dose of Irish too much 🤗
- The next weekly dose should come out on Friday, the 23rd of December
This weeks posts
🎥 Top 10 Most Popular Christmas Movies And New Releases(With Trailers)
With Christmas coming in a couple of days, I know, like me, you will likely be looking for some joyful Christmas movies.
It is part of this time of year …
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🎤 Silent Night (Oíche Chiúin) By Emma Sophia, Age 6
The most beautiful Celtic version of Silent Night ever, performed by 6-year-old singing sensation Emma Sophia.
What were you doing when you were 6 years old?
Well, I can bet …
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🌊 An tEarrach Thiar, by Máirtín Ó Direáin Irish Poem
Only three Irish poems left to cover on my top 100 Irish list from the Irish times.
This Irish poem comes in at number 94 by the Irish poet Máirtín …
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👀 Revealed: Ireland’s Most Popular Google Searches In 2022
As the year comes to an end, I always get a good chuckle from seeing Ireland’s Most Popular Google Searches.
Each year they reflect not only what the majority of …
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Today in Irish history, December 17th 👴
December 17
1165 - John, the son of Henry II, returns to England after touring parts of southern Ireland. John de Courcy is appointed justiciar
1785 - Sir William Napier, general and historian, is born in Celbridge, Co. Kildare
1803 - Rebel leader Michael Dwyer, whose guerrilla attacks had maddened British colonial authorities since 1798, surrenders
1867 - Henry Harrison, nationalist politician and writer, is born in Holywood, Co. Down
1885 - The results of newspaper reports of Gladstone's conversion to Home Rule following the general election give Parnellites the balance of power
1971 - Soldier and politician General Richard Mulcahy dies in Dublin
1983 - An IRA car bomb kills 3 police officers and 3 shoppers outside Harrods in London’s Knightsbridge; scores are injured
1997 - New regulations are unveiled which confer sweeping discretionary powers on Departmental officials responsible for processing asylum applications, including the authority to summarily deport foreigners
1997 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair makes a fleeting visit to Belfast in a bid to boost the faltering peace process
1998 - Danny McNamee's12-year campaign to clear his name of a terrorist conviction ends in triumph
1999 - The State announces the purchase of the 550-acre Battle of the Boyne site for about £9 million. The seller is an unidentified businessman.
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So what is this week's top Irish poem?
An tEarrach Thiar, by Máirtín Ó Direáin Irish Poem
Only three Irish poems left to cover on my top 100 Irish list from the Irish times. This Irish poem comes in at number 94 by the Irish poet Máirtín Ó Direáin(29 November 1910 – 19 March 1988). Máirtín Ó Direáin was an Irish poet from the Aran Islands Gaeltacht.
So, of course, it is no surprise that this poem is written in Irish. It was translated into English by Eileen Herlihy and Sr. Maeve McAllister. I have included both the Irish and English versions. Six of Máirtín Ó Direáin’s poems have been put to music, as so is the case with classical Irish poems like this.
Enjoy this wonderful Irish poem.
An tEarrach Thiar(Irish version)
Fear ag glanadh cré
De ghimseán spáide
Sa gciúnas shéimh
I mbrothall lae:
Binn am fhuaim
San Earrach thiar.
Fear ag caith eamh
Cliabh dhá dhroim,
Is an fheamainn dhearg
Ag lonrú
I dtaitneamh gréine
Ar dhuirling bháin.
Niamhrach an radharc
San Earrach thiar.
Mná i locháin
In íochtar diaidh-thrá,
A gcótaí craptha,
Scáilí thíos fúthu:
Támh-radharc síothach
San Earrach thiar.
Toll-bhuillí fanna
Ag maidí rámha
Currach lán éisc
Ag teacht chun cladaigh
Ar ór-mhuir mhall
I ndeireadh lae;
San Earrach thiar.
An tEarrach Thiar ‘the western spring’ (English translated version)
A man cleaning clay
From the back of a spade
In the gentle quiet
Of a sultry day:
Sweet is the sound
In the Western spring.
A man tossing down
A creel from his back
And the red seaweed
Gleams in the sun
On the white shingle
Glorious the sight
In the Western spring.
Women stand in the little pools
At low ebb tide
With skirts tucked up
Casting long shadows
On the peaceful scene
In the Western Spring.
Gentle lapping of oars
As a currach full of fish
Comes towards the shore
On a calm golden sea
At eventide
In the Western Spring.
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Irish Joke:
Saw these Christmas one-liners. If everyone is drunk at Christmas, these might be funny! 😆
Q: What do you call an elf who sings? A: a wrapper!
Q: Why is Christmas just like your job? A: You do all the work, and the fat guy with the suit gets all the credit.
Q: Why is Santa so jolly? A: Because he knows where all the naughty girls live.
Q: Why doesn’t Santa have any kids? A: He only comes once a year.
Q: What's the difference between the Christmas alphabet and the ordinary alphabet? A: The Christmas alphabet has Noel.
Q: What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus? A: Claustrophobic.
Q: What's the difference between snowmen and snowladies? A: Snowballs.
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About the founder of Irish Around The World:
Okay, some of you might be wondering.
Just who runs this Irish Around The World website??
Or maybe you don't care, haha.
My name is Stephen Palmer from Co. Cork, and I have been involved in many Irish-related projects over the years.
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So how did you start a website about Irish people around the world Stephen?
Where it all began:
I created a website in 2013 to help Irish people who are moving to Australia and later sought to connect Irish people around the world. Which leads to the blog and email you are currently reading.
I have always enjoyed reading about Irish heritage and how connected Irish people are around the world. But I felt that the websites did not connect the people to the information. Instead, they just published daily articles regardless of whether people cared about them or not. So I decided to change it and create my own Facebook community called Irish Around The World. It expanded to an Irish Around The World group, now with over 70k members!
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