When I was tidying up some of my old photographs into folders, I was reminded of this photograph taken just outside Blacklion, Co. Cavan, over the county bounds into Co. Fermanagh. I am including a photograph of the sign just so that it qualifies for the blog but looking at the photographs again from that evening sunset reminds me of a great view. I am one who definitely prefers sea views but I was impressed that evening. |
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More than once have I departed on my own tangent of the difficulties of trying to improve one’s Irish by reading streetsigns.
The inconsistencies of translation are, at least, challenging. When in Fermanagh during the summer, I had the consolation that I only had anomalies in two languages and did not have to add Ulster Scots into the mix. Life is tough enough with two……
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