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ive or negative rephrasing of the question. For example, a question like “Did you mail the
letter today?” would be answered with “I did (mail the letter),” rather than a simple “yes.”
Or “It's a nice day today, isn't it?” would be answered with “It is,” or “'Tis.”
Here are a few words that appear in Irish place names. You'll see these on road signs or at
tourist sights.
Irish
Phonetics
English
alt
ahlt
cliff
an lár
ahn lar
city center
ard
ard
high, height, hillock
baile
BALL-yah
town, town land
beag
beg
little
bearna
bar-na
gap
boireann
burr-en
large rock, rocky area
bóthar
boh-er
road
bun
bun
end, bottom
caiseal
CASH-el
circular stone fort
caislean
cash-LOIN
castle
cathair
caht-HAR
circular stone fort, city
cill
kill
church
cloch
clockh
stone
doire
dih-ruh
oak
droichead
DROCKH-ed
bridge
drumlin
DRUM-lin
small hill
dun
doon
fort
fionn
fin
white, fair-haired person
gaeltacht
GAIL-tekt
Irish language district
gall
gaul
foreigner
garda
gar-dah
police
gort
gort
field
inis
in-ish
island
mileac
mee-luch
low marshy ground
