Lifestyle
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How to say Happy New Year in Irish
Learn how to say happy new year in Irish and other festive greetings in Gaelic to impress your family and friends! In our previous lesson, we learned how to wish someone a happy Christmas in Irish. Today, we add another holiday greeting to our Irish vocabulary and we learn how to wish someone a happy new year. Need to know! Irish has three dialects: Munster, Connacht and Ulster Irish. The pronunciation of words differs widely between one and the other: in this post, I am using the form my kids are learning in school here in Dublin. What you hear in other parts of Ireland may be different: all forms…
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How to say Merry Christmas in Irish
Learn how to say Merry Christmas in Irish, spell it, pronounce it, plus more festive words in Irish perfect for the holiday season. Christmas is a big deal in Ireland. During the holidays, families come together, carols fill the air, gifts get exchanged and wishes for a happy Christmas fill phone conversations and Christmas cards. In many cases, the Christmas greetings you hear in Ireland are in English. However, it is very common to also see messages for a Merry Christmas in Irish. You see them around Irish towns, merry Christmas in Irish often being spelled with pretty lights; you see the greetings on Christmas cards and you can hear…
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What is a traditional Irish breakfast + how to make traditional Irish breakfast at home
What is a traditional Irish breakfast? Learn what a full Irish breakfast is and how to make a delicious Irish breakfast at home. If you have been vacationing in Ireland, chances are you have come across offers for a traditional Irish breakfast or full Irish or full-fry as it is also called. A full Irish breakfast usually appears as a breakfast offer in hotels and B&Bs, it is a common offering on menus of breakfast and brunch places and it is of course also a meal you can easily make at home, especially at a weekend, when you may have a little more time to make it (and when you…
