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Jessy
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Username: Jessy
Post Number: 5
Registered: 07-2006
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 01:58 pm: |   
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Which one should I call someone born and mostly raised in Ireland, but been living in the US for three years now?
Are there any other words that describe a person as Irish? |
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Sayitaintso
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Username: Sayitaintso
Post Number: 27
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 02:33 pm: |
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i always thought it was 'is éireannach me' |
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Pangur_dubh
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Username: Pangur_dubh
Post Number: 79
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 04:40 pm: |
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Perhaps it might be helpful to consider Éireannach as referring to nationality and things pertaining to nationality.
Gaelach might perhaps be more appropriate to culture and cultural matters.
But others may be able to explain better. |
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Maidhc_Ó_g
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Username: Maidhc_Ó_g
Post Number: 224
Registered: 05-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 05:25 pm: |
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I guess one could look at it that way.
To my understanding, to describe people, éireannach is used for those born in Ireland, while gaelach is used for those of Irish descent. |
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Domhnall
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Username: Domhnall
Post Number: 530
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 12:57 pm: |
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Gaelach would be the "pure irish" which by this stage are almost unidentifiable..
"Eireannach" would be the modern focal Gaeilge for an Irish person i.e. irregardless if their parents are from somewhere else, whether they're a gaeilgeoir &rl...
A people without a language of its own is only half a nation.A nation should guard its language more than its territories, 'tis a surer barrier and a more important frontier than mountain or river
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