Having spotted this on the wall of the offices of Pierse McCarthy Lucey in Tralee, I am unlikely to forget Saint Yves and his appropriate compensation.
I had never had need to think of who might be the patron saint for lawyers. It was just one of those things that had never been needed or even contemplated.
Having spotted this on the wall of the offices of Pierse McCarthy Lucey in Tralee, I am unlikely to forget Saint Yves and his appropriate compensation.
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Only in Ireland…………
Is it only in Ireland that one might enjoy an evening during the August bank holiday driving through rain and waves as they crash over the road? Before thinking that those waves may contain stones that are not very compatible with the car windows…. A while back, I pictured the notice in the window of Hannie Agnes’s bar in Dingle before the Kerry v Cork replay. Earlier, I spotted their message today and their opinions of ‘Duuubblin’ and the football played by Monaghan –“Monaghan Puke Football” - which they must feel strongly about as Kerry were playing Kildare. Some day, I will get to experience watching a match within the pub and experience the atmosphere…. Seemingly it is one twelfth of a Ploughland – should that be of assistance. There I was, back in June, minding my own business when the latest update came through from the West Cork History blog. The title was about Gneeve, a new word to me. Reading the blog, it appeared to be a form of classification of land based upon what the land could bear in terms of output. This got me thinking of Gneeveguilla and prompted my first visit to Gníomh go Leith (Gneeve and a half). When on holidays, I was reading The Tailor – translation of recordings with Tim Buckley of Tailor & Antsy fame and on the first page he mentions ‘Gneeve’. I might as well share the knowledge.
Gnéas
I did taste it last year when on holidays on Dingle peninsula – a nice ale. A friend went so far as to ‘borrow’ a glass which he has yet to return. It was only last week that I spotted the advertising campaign and smiled. It appears that there is a campaign to promote Peig.
I am biased as having enjoyed the book (in English) but nearly everyone of my vintage does not have a positive memory of reading Péig in school. The crafts people obviously think there is a market among Peig admirers.
It has been a short while since I put up some street art – so might as well put that to right and follow on from yesterday’s Cat’s Head.
There are very many towns in Ireland with a Church St– Listowel’s is a bit unusual.
Logainm has various translations including Sráid na hEaglaise; Sráid an Teampaill; and Sráid na Cille. We were in Listowel on Thursday after Kathleen’s funeral and I noted that the translation was Sráid an Ághasaigh – which appears to literally translate as Ashe St. I do not know why this anomaly in translation exists but would like to think that it is similar to Coburg Street in Cork – another on the To Find Out list. I was in Corca Dhuibhne a few weeks back and stopped to take a photograph of the Ashe Memorial. Only a few days ago, I blogged about Andy O’Sullivan who died on hunger strike and Thomas Ashe is said to be the first who died on hunger strike while campaigning for Irish freedom. All conspire to prompt today’s ramble. From checking my photos of streetsigns, maybe Dingle might be in a similar situation to Listowel where Ashmount Terrace translates from Irish as Ashe Terrace.
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