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Related words include the Gaelic caileag and the Irish cailín ('young woman, girl, colleen'), the diminutive of caile 'woman', [1] and the Lowland Scots carline/carlin ('old woman, witch'). [13] A more obscure word that is sometimes interpreted as 'hag' is the Irish síle , which has led some to speculate on a connection between the Cailleach ...
The name means "fire" and was the name of a god in Irish mythology. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The name features in the Irish surnames Mac Aodha (lit. "son of Aodh"; anglicized as McGee / McHugh / McKee ) and Ó hAodha (lit. "descendant of Aodh"; anglicized as Hayes / Hughes /O'Hea), and the Scottish surname Mac Aoidh (lit. "son of Aodh"; anglicized McKay ).
Aidan is the Anglicised form of the original Old Irish Aedán, Modern Irish Aodhán (meaning 'little fiery one'). Possibly born in Connacht, Aidan was originally a monk at the monastery on the Island of Iona, founded by St Columba. [5]
Reconstruction of a fulacht fiadh at the Irish National Heritage Park in County Wexford, Ireland. Fulacht fiadh (Irish pronunciation: [ˈfˠʊlˠəxt̪ˠ ˈfʲiə]; Irish: fulacht fiadh or fulacht fian; plural: fulachtaí fia or, in older texts, fulachta fiadh) is the name given to one of many burned mounds, dating from the Bronze Age, found in Ireland.
cross – The ultimate source of this word is Latin crux. The English word comes from Old Irish cros via Old Norse kross. crubeens - Pig's feet, from Irish crúibín. cudeigh – A night's lodging, from Irish cuid na hoíche. currach or curragh – An Irish boat made from skins or tarred canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Irish currach.
Similarly, the Corcu Duibne, a people of County Kerry known from Old Irish sources, are memorialised on a number of stones in their territory as DOVINIAS. [48] Old Irish filed, "poet (gen.)", appears in ogham as VELITAS. [49] In each case the development of Primitive to Old Irish shows the loss of unstressed syllables and certain consonant changes.
The craic spelling, although preferred by many Irish people, has garnered some criticism as a faux-Irish word. [18] cross The ultimate source of this word is Latin crux, the Roman gibbet which became a symbol of Christianity. Some sources say the English wordform comes from Old Irish cros.
Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was originally passed down orally in the prehistoric era. In the early medieval era, myths were written down by Christian scribes, who Christianized them to some extent. Irish mythology is the best-preserved branch of Celtic mythology.