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Dear Geri, Co. Galway and Co. Donegal apparently have the greatest numbers of professedly fluent Irish speakers in the Irish Gaeltacht so this will be what...
... Thank you so much Alasdair. I have checked both websites and contacted the second for more information regarding the on-line course. This has been very...
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... Dear Alasdair, Since your last post that provided me with much good information and direction, I have tried the free sample of Gaeltalk. While I like the...
Hi Geri Let me know how you progress on your Wire-strung Harp :) Did you see the article about metal strings in the issure of Folk Harp Journal that came out...
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... Good to hear from you. I did have my first Skype lesson with Ann Heymann last Wednesday. I had hooked up external speakers to my laptop and we made the...
Hi Geri Great on your progress ... I am about to make 3 new Wire-strung Harps, the wood is selected and I am now laying out the pattern for the string band. I...
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... Good morning Joe, I will be ordering from the Instrument Workshop in Ashland Oregon today. They have 3 types of iron strings. The type that I believe Ann...
Hi again Geri I am going to try to attach some pictures. I start my harp design by considering how big the Harper is going to be and how big the Harp could be....
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Dear Geri, Sorry to take so long to reply. Audio materials for many modern language courses are extremely unhelpful to beginners. They understand that...
... Hello Alasdair and welcome back! I did note that the Gaelnet program offers on-line tutors, but there is additional charge for that, and although I haven't...
Alasdair I went back to look at your pages and indeed I have not been keeping up, you have added more since I last looked. I particularly liked this page ...
Dear Simon, Well done for following that page! I wrote it essentially as a reminder not to limit conceptions of either Gaelic or traditional ecclesiastical...
A chàirdean, Simon has alerted me to the Irish modern standard for Loughmoe/Loughmore, which is Luachma which, purportedly, means 'price/reward-field' as per...
Dear Alisdair Not sure if I am about to help or hinder, but I think that the traditional story regarding how Loughmoe was acquired by the Purcel's can be...
Alasdair this was the discussion I found with local anecdotes on it, including photos of sign posts! Simon http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php? ...
Dear Keith, Yes, the value of the story is more in the lexical information it presents. Some toponyms are explained by using words that are similar in form to...
Dear Alasdair Agreed, although if a traditional tale is likely to be right it can provide pointers. Anyway, as I was in the NLS this morning and had time on my...
Dear Keith, I'm glad you know your way around those records. I did get the reference online and intended to go in and have a look but I can safely say that it...
Dear Alasdair Well I don't know my way around the records quick enough not to have an afterthought. I also notice that I cannot spell 'check' although I was...
Dear Keith, You're right to bring up the French and Latin. The best spelling as far as the vowels of first syllable are concerned is the 'Luaghma' form found...
Another spelling - anglicized? What do you think of the 'n' - a transcription error? I don't have access to the original source, just this snippet. - Karen ...
Dear Karen, Scribes are prone to mixing up their M 'n' Ns. Even so, Loughney is an alternative spelling for Lough Neagh. I wonder if Loughmay was getting...
Not just scribes but transcribers reading errors not to mention re reading the transcript and setting it up for printing and of course the ever present 'proof...
A chàirdean, Just forwarding the contents of an e-mail I received today. Music Network is inviting venues, promoters, musicians, ensembles and community...
Dear Simon, I haven't seen pictures of any other roundels, I'm afraid, being entirely reliant on the online photographs such as those at the web addresses I...
