Hiberno Norman Puns

The Irish Normans simply cannot be represented by the Celts or the Britons. As a modern neo-Hiberno-Norman I feel that my identity is being supressed by their exclusion!

The Hiberno-Normans should have a Strongbow Fitzgerald campaign and have the woodkern as a unique unit. Poland are already represented by the Slavs and India is already represented by the Indians. The game is being stabbed in the back by 'global history' weirdos.

Hiberno-Normans now!

Manchán Magan

In this post I refer to this post by Manchán Magan on words collected from Pádraic ‘Pap’ S. Ó Murchú. An excellent native Irish speaker from the Belmullet peninsula.

It is unfortunate that such an excellent informant and erudite Irish speaker as Pap has not been done justice by the collector Manchán Magan, who once again has made little effort to research his finds or even make sure he has correctly interpreted his informant. I would not be picking on Magan if he were doing this as a hobby, but it is clear now that he has made pseudo-research and publication of nonsense a vocation of his, and unfortunately he is constantly throwing his ignorance into the public eye. Unchallenged, this is hugely damaging to people who are genuinely interested in what he is discussing. It is unfortunate that Magan has decided to add to the already large pile of cac that has been written about the Irish language since the beginning of the eighteenth-century antiquarian movement.

Damhsa na gCoinín > Damhsa na gCoiníní: The correct version is actually said by his informant, Pap, in the recording. It has been badly transcribed by Magan.

Rince vs Damhsa: Both mean ’to dance’ in Irish and one is variously preferred to the other across different regions of Ireland. Rince being the more southerly preference, and damhsa the more northerly. This preference and distribution is displayed by H. Wagner in LASID vol. 1, p. 191. Pap’s preference for damhsa to mean ‘dancing of humans’ is entirely expected. The converse semantic range of that described by Pap, rince = ‘dancing of humans’ and damhsa = ‘dancing of young animals’ is found in southern dialects (See, LASID vol. 2, pt. 20, n. 696, ar thaitnigh an rince leat?; n. 80, tá na huain a’ damhs’ – from Dún Chaoin). For a discussion on dance in pre-Norman Ireland and a notice on the etymologies on these words see Fergus Kelly, ‘Dance in Pre-Norman Ireland’, in C. Breatnach et al. (eds) Lorg na Leabhar: A Festschrift for P. A. Breatnach. It is

United Gaelic Ireland Kingdoms in Exile

Gaelic Éire Ar Deoraíocht

Type of government: Monarchical Representative Stateless Sovereignty of Irish

Motto: For the Irish and Freedom - Ar son na hÉireann agus na Saoirse

Currency: gold, Euro and USD possibly cryptocurrency

Language: English and Gaelic

Anthem: The Fields of Athenry

March: The foggy dew

Official Beer: Guinness

Official American restaurant: Irish bank pub, NY

What We Are

The kingdom is a stateless micronation that is made up of collections of irish septs and clans who live in Ireland and abroad. We are a voice for the irish people and their descendents. We also want to celebrate the actions of these peoples.

Past of the Kingdom in Exile

The original kingdom of Ireland or Éire Ghaelach dating back to over a thousand years. Ireland was originally ruled by a group of kings dividing the nation in a patchwork system of hierarchy and territories, with its head leader of Ireland being a powerful ruler named the High King, who ruled the society of clans.

The kingdom shall serve as a micronation.

Hiberno Roman Influence Invasion

Rome never annexed Gaelic into the Roman Empire, but did exert influence on the island, however very few of this survived into modern times. The influence was expressed in three characteristic ways: commercial, cultural and religion and military. Rome traded with Ireland in part of its invasion of Britannia, Rome sent many religious envoys to Ireland to convert the Irish to Christianity. From this came the arrival of Saint Patrick and the ordination by Pope Celestine I of Palladius as the first bishop to Irish Christians in 431. Military exploratory expeditions during the time of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, in places like Drumanagh where a fort was established.

Invasions of the Vikings

From the time of the 600s to the 1100s during the rule of powerful leaders such as Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire, Ireland would be raided by many vikings from other celtic nations and vikings from areas such as the baltics. Some of these Vikings would later go on to establish camps and trade posts and spread their culture to this land.

The Invasion of MacMurrough 1167

Invasion of MacMurrough obtained the services of Maurice Fitz Gerald and later persuaded Rhŷs ap Gruffydd, Prince of Deheubarth, to release Maurice's half-brother Robert Fitz-Stephen from captivity to take part in the expedition. Most importantly he obtained the support of Cambro-Norman Marcher Lo

The funeral director was asking us what we think Mum should wear in her casket.

Mum always loved to wear sarongs (fabric wraps that go around the torso and drape downward a bit like a long skirt would), so my uncle suggested that she wear a sarong in there.

The funeral director looked a bit confused, as did some of our family members, to which my uncle added:

"What's sarong with that?"

I started laughing like an idiot. He was proud of it too. The funeral director was rather shocked. We assured her, and our more proper relatives, that Mum would've absolutely loved the joke (which is very true).

His delivery was perfect. I'll never forget the risk he took. We sometimes recall the moment as a way help cushion the blows of the grieving process.

--Edit-- I appreciate the condolences. I'm doing well and the worst is behind me and my family. But thanks :)

--Edit-- Massive thanks for all the awards and kind words. And the puns! Love 'em.

I would have a daughter

Capital of Ireland

It's Dublin everyday

http://m.imgur.com/ImM3RWz

But Bill kept the Windows

True story; it even happened last night. My 5-year-old son walks up behind me and out of the blue says, "hey."

I turn to him and say, "yeah, kiddo? What's up?"

He responds, "it's dead grass."

I'm really confused and trying to figure out what's wrong and what he wants from me. "What? There's dead grass? What's wrong with that?"

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He says, totally straight-faced, "hay is dead grass," and runs off.

You officially hit rock bottom

No it doesn't.

Now it’s syncing.

He replied, "Well, stop going to those places then!"

I will find you. You have my Word.

She said how do you know he was headed to work?

“thank you for your cervix.”

...sails are going through the roof.

Mods said I'm a cereal reposter...

A taxi

But now I stand corrected.

Wait. Sorry, wrong sub.

Wookie mistake.

Theoretical Fizz-ics

Because you can’t ‘C’ in the dark

I said, “That makes two of us.”

Now he’s a great grandfather

so I had to ground him.

He's doing better currently.

And conducting himself properly.

And then you will all be sorry.