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Corkirish
Member Username: Corkirish
Post Number: 405 Registered: 10-2010
| Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 03:51 pm: | |
on page 1 of Seanachas Amhlaoibh Í Luínse, there is a reference to someone called Dónall An tSúig - what could that mean? |
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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 10891 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 03:57 pm: | |
Dinneen has under súġa soot pron sú, g. súig (M.) where M == munster. Dónall of the Soot, so. |
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Seánw
Member Username: Seánw
Post Number: 945 Registered: 07-2009
| Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 04:14 pm: | |
Perhaps Swarthy Dónall. You know, like Black Peter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_peter I ndiaidh a chéile a thógtar na caisleáin. |
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Corkirish
Member Username: Corkirish
Post Number: 406 Registered: 10-2010
| Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 04:33 pm: | |
Oh, I see. when it said "tugtí ‘Dómhnall an tSúig’ ar an bhfear san, leis, ar chúis éigint", I misinterpreted that as meaning Amhlaoibh Ua Loingsigh didn't know what the phrase meant - now I see that he just didn't why they used that phrase to refer to him! |
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