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💡Did you know💡 – in Irish, we express emotions differently than in English? In the English language when someone says ‘I am sad’, the person becomes the emotion, in Irish we say ‘sadness is on me – tá brón orm’ implying that the person does not identify with the emotion fully. I am not sad; the emotion is simply on me for a while. I am not defined by an emotion, and something else will be on me another time. An emotion is not permanent but instead comes and goes as fluidly as waves on the shoreline.
When we say ‘hello’, we say ‘God to you - Dia duit’, when we say ‘goodbye’ we say ‘be safe - slán’, and when we say ‘thank you very much’ we say ‘may you have a thousand goodnesses - go raibh míle maith agat’.
Whether you have traced your roots to a small village in County Kerry or can just about point Ireland out on the world map – this class is all about learning, understanding, and connecting with the land of ‘céad mile fáilte’ - ‘a hundred thousand welcomes’.
Come and join us as we explore a variety of subjects from ancient traditions to modern-day culture and you’ll be the person on St. Patrick’s Day being able to share the ‘Did you know’ Irish Facts!☘️
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