Newry News and Irish Fun
The most famous graveyard in all our area is doubtless that of Creggan, just outside of Crossmaglen, not least because it is the last resting place of the celebrated Bards, Padraig Mac a Liondain (1685-1733), Seamus Mor MacMurchadha (1720-1750) and Art MacCumhaigh (1738-1773).
The grave of Mac a Liondain is marked by a plaque erected by Eigse Oirialla, an organisation harking back to an even earlier period when the clans of Armagh, Monaghan, East Fermanagh, South Tyrone and
Thrush: infection of the throat
Tick: credit, ‘most of our goods are got on tick’
Tied: outraged, ‘fit to be tied’
helpless, ‘we laughed that much we were fit to be tied’
confused, ‘you’ve got me tied up in a knot’
Dialect ‘S’ 5 of 7
Snig : cut or slash; remove burning end of cigarette with the intention of re-lighting it later
Snigger : laugh
Soople : active
LA BEALTAINE [MAYDAY]
In the Irish folk calendar there are four festival days separated by intervals of three months, so dividing the year into four quarters.
