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Conference tallis::celt

Title:	Celt Notefile

Moderator:	TALLIS::DARCY

Created:	Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1632
Total number of notes:	20523

167.0. "----SPIDDEL---ROS MUIC-->>" by FNYFS::AUNGIER (Rene El Irlandais que no tiene tiempo para los Ingles) Tue Mar 31 1987 07:09

    Phillip,
    
    Spiddel and out beyond that is where the Gaeltacht is, that is where
    they speak Irish. I spent some time in a village called Kill Kearann.
    
    It's got the most beautiful seanary in the whole of Ireland, I think
    when the weathers good. Ross Muic is not so far away and this is
    where the leader of the 1916 rising used to like to spend the quite
    moments, he also had a school there. His name was Padraic Pearse
    and you can visit his cottage there.
    
    Spend a holiday there, as George will tell you, you will probably
    fall in love with it, I did.
    
    
    Rene

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167.1	And "Welcome Back" Rene.......	ENGGSG::BURNS	As The Hammer Strikes The Anvil	`Tue Mar 31 1987 08:59`	8
	It's actually Spiddal (An Spid�al) and Rosmuc. My cousins run an Irish LanguageSchool in Rosmuc. keVin
167.2	An Spid�al	TALLIS::DARCY	George @Littleton Mass USA	`Tue Mar 31 1987 11:20`	7
	The name "An Spid�al" comes from the Irish word "An Ospid�al" (spelling?) which means "The hospital". Back in the 8th century I think there was some sort of "Knights of the Monastery Hospital" located around Spiddal -- that's the story I heard. The Scottish and Welsh words for hospital are very similar to Irish. S�oirse
167.3		HPSMEG::BUCKLEY	The VCS Answer Man!	`Tue Mar 31 1987 11:44`	11
	I have to agree with all of you it is a very beautiful place. Six years ago when I toured Ireland I stayed at a B & B out there. The woman of the house was a former Aer Lingus Stewardess and her and I communicated in english, much to the amazement of her children who were young (3-6 yrs) and only spoke gaelic. Her husband also could speak english but I never heard him do so, just the native language. I was quite impressed. Hopefully some day soon I will return to that beautiful area right near the sea. Mike
167.4	Looking Homeward...	PICA::STANTON	I got a gal in Kalamazoo	`Wed Apr 01 1987 02:43`	11
	Does anyone know if the name Stanton has its roots in Gaelic, or is it a British derivation (Staunton). Someone in these notes suggested my family might have come from Spiddle, and .3 makes me wonder if our family name might not have been Anglisized (sp?) before or after emigrating to Canada (my father's home). Mom was Lynch/Finn, no questions there...