Greetings from Ireland

[NSov]

Greetings to all on the board from rainy Ireland!

It's great to find a site with so much information on it. I have always had socialist leanings and am now beging to develop my ideas and position.

Looking forward to takeing part in discussions

[Des]

greetings back..

nice and sunny in belfast at the moment!

[Sir Aunty Christ]

And in Carrickfergus. Bloody freezin' though.

Welcome to the board.

[ack]

It's pretty hot here.

[ack]

In NC, USA at least.

[Des]

raining and a bit nippy today!

[rioters bloc]

yoooooo

hows it :D

its really hot and rainy here. bah.

[workersunity]

welcome comrade, are you involved in the IRSP because if not, i would have a look at it if i was you

[The Grey Blur]

What up? Good to see another Irishman on board. Where are you from?


BTW - If you are a republican you are welcome to put 'na hÓglaigh Abú' at the top of your sig.

[slim]

Greetings fellow comrade.

[Bolshevist]

Originally posted by Rage Against The [email protected] 21 2005, 04:37 PM
BTW - If you are a republican you are welcome to put 'na hÓglaigh Abú' at the top of your sig.
What does it mean?

[slim]

Army something...

[The Grey Blur]

Originally posted by Lenin i Stalin+Sep 21 2005, 04:55 PM--> (Lenin i Stalin @ Sep 21 2005, 04:55 PM)
Rage Against The [email protected] 21 2005, 04:37 PM
BTW - If you are a republican you are welcome to put 'na hÓglaigh Abú' at the top of your sig.
What does it mean? [/b]
It's difficult to translate, literal (lol)

"Up the Warriors!"

non-literal-

"The Warriors Hooray!" :lol:

It basically is just an all-encompassing war-cry for Irish people

[ack]

That is cool.

[PRC-UTE]

Originally posted by Rage Against The Machine+Sep 27 2005, 08:12 PM--> (Rage Against The Machine @ Sep 27 2005, 08:12 PM)
Originally posted by Lenin i [email protected] 21 2005, 04:55 PM

Rage Against The [email protected] 21 2005, 04:37 PM
BTW - If you are a republican you are welcome to put 'na hÓglaigh Abú' at the top of your sig.
What does it mean?
It's difficult to translate, literal (lol)

"Up the Warriors!"

non-literal-

"The Warriors Hooray!" :lol:

It basically is just an all-encompassing war-cry for Irish people [/b]
It means literally, 'victory to the Volunteers'.

[slim]

The Irish language is always matter to dialect. In most places Óglaigh means army, hence the IRA being Oglaigh na hEireinn.

[PRC-UTE]

Agus fáilte a chomradaí!

[slim]

and welcome comrade... i think lol.

[PRC-UTE]

Originally posted by [email protected] 28 2005, 05:23 PM
The Irish language is always matter to dialect. In most places Óglaigh means army, hence the IRA being Oglaigh na hEireinn.
Oglaigh na hEireann is just the Irish for 'the Irish Volunteers', the original incarnation of the IRA. In Irish though the syntex becomes 'The Volunteers of Ireland'. At least that's how I learned it.

[slim]

Yet they kept the name even when it was called the IRA and signatures from the Irish Republican Army was always the gaelic, Oglaigh na hEireinn.

Just out of curiosity, what dialect do you speak?

[PRC-UTE]

Originally posted by [email protected] 28 2005, 05:29 PM
Just out of curiosity, what dialect do you speak?
the standardised version, a bit of cork's, too (munster/Mumhain dialect)

[slim]

Cool. I cant actually do the popularised one. I only know the main bits of the Ring dialect which is an area in Cork County where they refused to learn English and most of them were killed by the Tans for it. Its an older form of Gaelic but is okay. From where my family live, most of what you hear is "Poitin!" and "Prog Mahon" (excuse spelling).

[unaffiliated]

hello from freezing NC. for the person from Ireland.. what is it like there? i'm irish, and i really want to move there, but i don't know anything about the politics or anything.. :unsure: