tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857626144456708341.post3979549730792505753..comments2023-09-04T22:16:47.864+02:00Comments on Rann na nGág: an seanbhuachaill faoi bhláth arís...ormondohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08824973477738424375noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857626144456708341.post-25189054861122844062010-04-28T01:00:01.093+02:002010-04-28T01:00:01.093+02:00@ Seán - Tá na giúiseanna bristlecone sa White Mo...@ Seán - Tá na giúiseanna <em>bristlecone</em> sa <em>White Mountains</em> níos sine fós... agus níos gaire duit. Ach níl siad mór ar chor ar bith.Dennis Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16257272622416604133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857626144456708341.post-69626701265680545252010-04-28T00:56:18.600+02:002010-04-28T00:56:18.600+02:00Seo sliocht duit as Early Christian Ireland le T. ...Seo sliocht duit as <em>Early Christian Ireland</em> le T. M. Charles-Edwards:<br /><br />“Cell Bile is the first of several churches said by Tírechán to have been taken from Patrick by other religious communities. The name, Cell Bile, means 'church of sacred trees', just as Mag mBili, further south-west, is 'plain of a sacred tree'. Whereas Boniface wasted no time in cutting down the sacred tree of the Saxons, the missionaries who converted Ireland took no such liberties. As late as the eleventh century, a particularly offensive tactic in warfare was to cut down the enemies' sacred tree. No one is recorded in the pre-Viking annals as having committed so outrageous an act. The continuing reverence for sacred trees is indicated by the names Mag mBili and Fir Bili: the kingdom and the people were identified by the tree which probably marked the place of their assembly. Cell Bile, 'church of sacred trees', exemplified, therefore, the strategem of converting places so as to convert people -- converting the sacred sites of a pagan people to Christian use in the process of converting them.”Dennis Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16257272622416604133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857626144456708341.post-35117179067245656232010-04-28T00:07:43.970+02:002010-04-28T00:07:43.970+02:00Tá dúil m'anama agam i seanchrainn. Tá crónghi...Tá dúil m'anama agam i seanchrainn. Tá crónghiúis (rothölzer) againn abhus anseo. Níor aimsigh mé Fangorn/Treebeard fós!<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_redwoodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857626144456708341.post-60076577591755887642010-04-27T23:25:54.015+02:002010-04-27T23:25:54.015+02:00Ní raibh a fhios agam! Is focal nua dom "bile...Ní raibh a fhios agam! Is focal nua dom "bile". Ach is coincheap suimiúil é. Ábhar réamhchríostaíocht i gceist anseo?ormondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824973477738424375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857626144456708341.post-58335092747946817352010-04-27T00:56:42.956+02:002010-04-27T00:56:42.956+02:00Is dócha go bhfuil a fhios agat gur “bile” a thugt...Is dócha go bhfuil a fhios agat gur “bile” a thugtaí ar a leithéid sa Ghaeilge. Nó “crann os coill”. Ach is duine -- boc mór nó ceann feadhna -- a bhíodh i gceist go meafarach leis an dara ceann seo níos minice ná a chéile.Dennis Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16257272622416604133noreply@blogger.com