I was checking the spelling of 'leannán' in the dictionary today and, in doing so, also read the definition and was intrigued to see that after what I expected i.e. ;lover' and 'sweetheart' was 'chronic illness'. Is there a message in that!

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On the one hand you have the "love sick", and on the other you have an illness that "clings to you and won't go away".

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

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A Bhreandáin, ní raibh a fhios agam go mbeadh aithne agat ar mo chailínse.

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Táim ag foghlaim fós. Fáilte roimh gach aon cheartúchán.

Ó, an é sin an t-am ?!! (Ádh mór ort, a mhic) .

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).