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Dia duit…
Danny Quinn Danny Quinn

Dia duit…

Dia duit. Haigh. Failte. Danny is ainm dom.

Don’t mind me. I’ve been using DuoLingo to learn Irish for the past few weeks. Haven’t missed a day since I started (which was 22 days if I’m to be believed), but my grasp of the Irish language still has a long fucking way to go before I could ever hope to hold any kind of conversation in Irish.

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Scairbhín Season
Danny Quinn Danny Quinn

Scairbhín Season

Mum gave me a new word to add to my vocabulary this morning… scaraveen (or “scairbhín”). The word has its roots in the Irish phrase “garbh shíon na gCuach” and translates to “rough weather of the cuckoo”.

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