What does it mean to be Irish? That my dear readers is the question I pose today, in my very first blog post of 2016. I believe this is the perfect year to explore our Irishness together as we celebrate the centenary of the 1916 Rising. Let’s start off the year with a little foray […]
Happy New Year In Irish
The year is drawing to a close, and so the time has come once again for me to wish you all a Happy New Year. Many of you may wonder how to say ‘Happy New Year’ in Irish, our Gaelic language. Here I’ll share the appropriate phrases in Irish, together with some sound files […]
Hay Foot, Straw Foot
“Hay-foot, straw-foot” was a term my late granny loved to use as we marched around her West Cork farm. “Let’s go east for the pigs. Come on now. Hay foot, straw foot.” I remember asking granny why she said “hay-foot, straw-foot”, and she explained that years ago in Ireland hay and straw were […]
On Being A Blow-in
In small rural Irish villages the term ‘blow-in’ is often used to classify anyone not born in the immediate surrounding locality. In other words a blow-in is a person who has relocated to an area, who has no roots there. Image Credit Using Irish terminology I am a ‘blow-in’ to Kentucky. In fact I’ve been […]
Irish Poems For Mother’s Day
Ireland is a land of poets and poetry. What better way could there be to celebrate Mother’s Day, than to explore how Irish poets have immortalized mothers in lyrical words and verses over the years. Image Credit If you have visited my blog before, my love of poetry will be no surprise. Little ditties, Irish […]
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