Dia daoibh,

As a beginner I'm interested how do you read dates in Irish.

For example how would you read:

31 Eanáir 1997

how would you read short version of the year:

Ceol '06

Go raibh míle maith agaibh...

Tríocha haonú Eanáir naoi (gcéad) déag nócha 's a seacht
(The céad = hundred is sometimes omitted)

Ceol náid a sé

:o)

go raibh maith agat, a hAonghus.

(Message edited by invisible on January 30, 2009)

I'd say :

An t-aonú lá déag is fiche do Mhí Eanáir, naoi déag naocha ('s) a seacht.

I can't find "tríocha haonú" in any grammar and it sounds very English to me. In standard Irish it would be "an t-aonú lá is tríocha d(e Mhí) Eanáir"

I posted the following in the doubled-up thread and didn't see the other postings, but having seen them just now, I agree more with Lughaidh's version:

I believe the formal way to read 31 Eanáir 1997 would be "an t-aonú lá is tríocha (de Mhí) Eanáir (sa bhliain) míle naoi gcéad is nócha a seacht".

There may however be countless less formal patterns. 31 Eanáir 1997 is an abbreviation and people vary in how much they want to restore it to its full form.

When writing dates in a sentence it is more correct to write "sa bhliain 1997" than "i 1997" but you see a lot of the latter.

Since Ceol '06 is informal to start with, perhaps "Ceol a náid a sé" would do it or perhaps you need to say "Ceol dhá mhíle is a sé", I am not sure. Perhaps someone else can help you with that one and we will both learn. ;-)

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http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0167/D.0167.195804160028.html

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Go ndeonfar suim nach mó ná £275,900 chun slánuithe na suime is gá chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfas chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an tríocha a haonú lá de Mhárta, 1959 "