Co. Cavan, tributary (source?) of the River Erne
River in spate, remains of an old mill visible.
P.S. A brief discourse on the Irish language
Twenty years ago I was in a B&B in Southern Ireland named
Tír-na-nÓg.
My curiosity resulted in being given a translation of it as "The land of the fairies." Only later I discovered that its literal meaning is rather different.
Close to the river in this photo is a house named:
Glor nó hAbhann
Fortunately my hosts are Irish and possess an Irish dictionary, which I borrowed and translated literally:
Sound of Water
I now have to find out how to pronounce it !!! (Tír-na-nÓg I can pronounce more or less perfectly.) The trick is simply to work out which consonants and vowels not to pronounce.
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