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The national flag of Ireland (Irish: bratach na hÉireann), frequently referred to in Ireland as 'the tricolour' (an trídhathach) and elsewhere as the Irish tricolour, is a vertical tricolour of green (at the hoist), white and orange.
"Mná na hÉireann" (English: Women of Ireland) is a poem written by Irish poet Peadar Ó Doirnín (1700–1769), most famous as a song, and especially since set to an air composed by Seán Ó Riada (1931–1971). Peadar Ó Doirnín lived in Forkhill in south Armagh, Ireland and is buried in Urnaí graveyard nearby in County Louth.
Ireland (Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ⓘ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), [a] is a country in Northwestern Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. [4]
Poblacht is the Irish word for "republic".It may refer to: An Phoblacht (English: The Republic), a newspaper published by Sinn Féin; Poblacht na hÉireann (disambiguation), can be rendered in English Irish Republic or Republic of Ireland.
Saorstát, on the other hand, was a compound of the words: saor (meaning "free") and stát ("state"). The term Poblacht na hÉireann is the one used in the Easter Proclamation of 1916. However the Declaration of Independence and other documents adopted in 1919 eschew this title in favour of Saorstát Éireann.
clock – O.Ir. clocc meaning "bell". Probably entered Germanic via the hand-bells used by early Irish missionaries. coccagee – The name of a type of cider apple found in Ireland, so-called for its green colour. From cac na gé meaning "goose shit". colcannon – A kind of ‘bubble and squeak’. Probably from cál ceannfhionn, white-headed ...
"Tuireamh na hÉireann" ([ˈt̪ˠɪɾʲəw n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ], "Lament for Ireland", archaic spelling Tuireaḋ na h-Eireann), also called "Aiste Sheáin Uí Chonaill" ("Seán Ó Conaill's Essay") is an Irish-language poem of the mid-17th century. [1] The poem gives a history of Ireland from the Great Flood to the Cromwellian war. [2]
The Clach na Bratach, also known as the Stone of the Standard, is a charm-stone believed to have magical properties that was owned by the Clan Donnachaidh. It is a globe of transparent crystal that was described by antiquarian James Simpson as "about the size of a small apple.