This is great!

[Tracey]

Druidsgirl sent me this link which I am having fun with.I am having a good look at your country. I couldnt get a lot of places on googleearth It wasnt detailed.

Watch out....I might see through your window..........lolllllllllllllllllllll


http://www.osi.ie/

MIght go have a look at the coast now.............

Lots of fields in Ireland..............how come I dont see any Crop Circles............Actually have any ever been reported there?

I am just so amazed at all the little green squaresI didnt realise there were so many farms. I whisked across to the Aran Islands and thats so weird. All little fields which look like they have sand or rock in them.It seems to me that in ireland, if you can run a plougher across it, then you can do something with it lol

[garretbyrne]

Hi Tracey I wouldn't rely 100% on that, I typed in my friends house and mine and was brought around different corners being pointed to different houses, it's close but not close enough, stick to google earth lol..

[Tracey]

But googleearth doesnt show the country areas. It doesnt bother with those. I was trying to look at Greaghclaugh and it wouldnt zoom in on it. I know, its just a tiny place in the country but I wanted to see it. It shows well on this site.

By the way, you dont speak irish do ya?

I want to know some words or a roundabout meaning.

I tried a translator but it didnt work. I find some places in Ireland start with the similiar words. There must be a reason why some places in an area in a country start with the same words.They seem to start with the same word and finish wiht a different word in the one word..know what I mean?

This is my opinion here and you can tell me to shut up if you like because I am not irish but you know...........I think its a shame that not more young ones learn irish. Such a unique language that will slowy disappear if it isnt embraced more by the next generations. Its looks like a very hard one to learn actually. If I lived in Ireland and had children, I would try real hard to encourage them to learn it.

I dont have much of a background to my country. Its too young. I just love reading about your country.I love the history of it. So much........ I read a book once called Ireland Awakening and it just opened my eyes up.

I have read much on Australian history. I like that too. The thing I love about ghost investigating is that it opens up the history for you. I did history when I was at school..ancient history but have forgotten so much. I just love researching things.The thing I hate about researching is that sometimes you are led up the garden path because some info you follow is wrong.

I wonder...do they have it compulsory learning in school?....or do they have other languages like french etc?

[Traze]

Hi Tracey
yes irish is compulsory in our schools here. You would not get many fluent irish speakers in dublin but you would down the country the aran islands is nearly all fluent irish speaking.
breaks my heart when i go there and i hear them speak it and i can not understand it, I feel if our native tounge was not taken away from us all them years ago by the english we would all still be speaking it today.
It all dwells back to the unhappy years as i call it when we where invaded, but i do not hold grudges them days are gone and we all move on . I think that is why i am so eager for my kids to do well in irish in school . but there you go thats my rant for the day lol

[garretbyrne]

This is my opinion here and you can tell me to shut up if you like because I am not irish but you know

Shut up, :)...
Seriously I was good at Irish in school but when your outside there isn't alot of people who speak it, now I can't remember anything, a shame though maybe I should try looking back into it again..

[lotsapockets]

Greaghclaugh would seem to mean "a marshy level spot with many stones/rocks between hills". Greaghclaugh would seem to be an Anglicised version of the ancient Gaelic words Greuch and Cloch. Gaelic was mainly an oral language, the English (settlers or invaders, depending on your point of view) tried to write the names in English in such a way as to keep the sound of the word, unfortunately with so many variables for similar sounds in the English language, that has lead to many odd and unusual spellings.

[Tracey]

thanks for that Tony...... Just before I opened up this post, I found something that said 'greagh' meant ' a marshy place' but yours is more descriptive. I see that a few places around that area start with 'greagh'
The 'claugh' must be the rock part.


I guess irish is something that would need to be kept up in a family and the parents teach the children at a young age to use both languages. My sons friend who lives here in oz, has parents from Dublin. The grandfather is here living with them. Dont know where he is from though. He speaks irish. He is a pretty cool grandfather. He was a professional snooker player at one time. I have trouble understanding his accent. My son wonders why i cant understand him. Thats because he is used to him speaking.

John, my sons friend, threw himself a party while his parents were away and the house got trashed by gatecrashers and stuff got stolen. He was in big trouble and his mother Mary, was really mad & threatened to send him back to live in Ireland with the family. John just rubbed his hands together and smiled and said "good...when?" Dont think that is a good idea somehow.lolllllllllllllllllllll

[David]

Thanks I am going to keep this ISO link could be useful for investigations....nice one!!!:manu: :D

[druidsgirl]

Hi Tracey!

Names:

Bally is derived from the Irish Baile (pron balya) = town
Kill is derived from the Irish Cill (pron kill) = church

for a couple more - to add to Tony's!

[lotsapockets]

Here is a great site for researching the meaning or translation of Irish place names; http://www.booksulster.com/library/plnm/placenamesVocC.php

[Tracey]

Druidsgirl put me onto OSI

Thanks for the link Tony

Now...........who can provide me with a picture of the well that is on the right hand side before you get to the lough at Mullagh, c cavan. Its just off the road. I have searched and searched for a picture of this holy well but cant find one. I dont know if its Killians well or not and even tried to get a photo of that. There is plenty of info but no photos.

Also ..is there any laws in Ireland about farmers removing large rocks off their land????