http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/dinnshenchas IrishCentral dinnshenchas en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/irish-placenames-deciphered-a-joycean-gaelic-tour-of-ireland-108183389.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/irish-placenames-deciphered-a-joycean-gaelic-tour-of-ireland-108183389.html Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:55:11 PST In the land of Óg, shee put on her arget brogue and crossed moy gal along the owen sally ; over the droghed dub down the brick boher boy into the caher glas of Oz Travelling Ireland means reading a landscape that talks two languages--one an original; the other, its slang-like echo James Joyce was obsessed with the meaning and sound of Irish place-names Using his namesake PW Joyce's references, logainm READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/failte-ireland-caters-to-deeper-kind-of-tourist-106364933.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/the_keane_edge/failte-ireland-caters-to-deeper-kind-of-tourist-106364933.html Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:25:17 PDT
Take me to your town's Irish speakers An explorer landing on Ireland for the first time might be after more than a pint of beer The new tourist wants to be let-in on the Gaelic secrets of the island In a new push announced last week, Fáilte Ireland is promoting a deeper kind of tourism to help culture-offering Irish locals catch the tourist's heart with a romance of place and placename READ MORE ]]>