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gob – (literally beak) mouth. From Irish gob. (OED) grouse – In slang sense of grumble, perhaps from gramhas, meaning grin, grimace, ugly face. griskin – (from griscín) a lean cut of meat from the loin of a pig, a chop. hooligan – (from the Irish family name Ó hUallacháin, anglicised as Hooligan or Hoolihan).
(from cailín meaning "young woman") a girl (usually referring to an Irish girl) (OED). corrie a cirque or mountain lake, of glacial origin. (OED) Irish or Scots Gaelic coire 'Cauldron, hollow' craic fun, used in Ireland for fun/enjoyment. The word is actually English in origin; it entered into Irish from the English "crack" via Ulster Scots.
The acrimonious dialogue between the two women shows the disharmony between their two prominent families. Thomas Kinsella made an English verse translation which was published in a bilingual anthology, An Duanaire - Poems of the Dispossessed: an anthology of Gaelic poems, edited by Seán Ó Tuama (Dolmen Press, Portlaoise 1981 ISBN 0-85105-363-7).
The name of the poet is unknown, [12] but the poem dates from the early 14th century. [7] Opinions differ as to the dialect of the poem, and hence the place where it might be presumed to have been written. It has been identified as an Irish English poem, [2] [13] or again as the work of a poet in England writing in southern English dialect. [14 ...
In 2012 her poem "Fáinleoga" won the Wigtown Award for poetry written in Scottish Gaelic. [2] Ní Ghríofa was selected for the prestigious Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary Award 2014–2015. [3] In 2016 her book Clasp was shortlisted for The Irish Times Poetry Now Award, the national poetry prize of Ireland [4] and was awarded the Michael ...
A songsheet for The Lament of the Irish Emigrant printed in New York says "A Ballad – Poetry by the Hon. Mrs. Price Blackwood". Helen Selina Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (née Sheridan, 18 January 1807 – 13 June 1867), later Countess of Gifford, was an Irish songwriter, composer, poet, and author. Admired for her wit and ...
A bean-nighe ('washerwoman') is a specific type of ban-sìth. [8]Both the Irish bean sídhe and the Scottish Gaelic ban-sìth (both meaning 'woman of the sídhe ', 'fairy woman' or 'woman of peace') are derived from the Old Irish ben síde, 'fairy woman': bean: 'woman', and sídhe: the genitive of 'fairy'.
A poem of the same name by Eavan Boland was written as a counter to Pearse's poem, and its treatment of Ireland and her children. [6] Pearse had already written optimistically on the fate of Ireland's strong sons' martyrdom in his poem "The Mother"; Is Mise takes the opposite, more pessimistic view of the sacrifice. [7]