Discussion on Eire

[ccfc till i die]

Who the hell in Ireland call's Ireland "Eire".

Madness

[pete]

Originally posted by ccfc till i die
Who the hell in Ireland call's Ireland "Eire".

Yeah hate the way the Brits use that word out of context.

[Dricky]

Originally posted by ccfc till i die
Who the hell in Ireland call's Ireland "Eire".

Madness

I do call it Ireland as well, answer your question.

[Trax]

Originally posted by ccfc till i die
Who the hell in Ireland call's Ireland "Eire".

Madness

I do.It becomes habit if you send a lot of Business post to England.Wotaryagonnadoboutit???????????

[tiktok]

was hiring a car in the states and when i handed my drivers license over i got asked what part of the states 'airy' was in

[Éanna]

Originally posted by tiktok
was hiring a car in the states and when i handed my drivers license over i got asked what part of the states 'airy' was in

LOL!

[Dodge]

Originally posted by Conor74
Or how about the peculiarly English idea that there exists a country called "Southern Ireland"?

Just off the mainland....

I presume Irish speakers use Eire...

[SÓC]

Éire is a new term, usually Éireann/Éirinn (depending on what context) was used.

To be fair to the Brits we asked them to call us Éire, we called ourselves it, Article 4 of the Constitution. The official name of this country is Éire.

[EireBadBoy]

Here! Whats wrong with calling it that ya Westie!

[The Donie Forde]

Originally posted by SÓCcfc
The official name of this country is Éire.

As opposed to Eire, which means 'satires'. Important thing, after all, that li'l ol' fada ...

Donie

[pineapple stu]

Originally posted by SÓCcfc
The official name of this country is Éire.

Isn't that only if you're speaking Irish though?

I thought it was something like that the official name was the Republic of Ireland or, in the Irish language, Éire.

[SÓC]

Originally posted by pineapple stu
Isn't that only if you're speaking Irish though?

I thought it was something like that the official name was the Republic of Ireland or, in the Irish language, Éire.

True cept that Irish is the first official language of the State, tis a real legal can of worms, a case sorted it all out recently, a fella got his drink driving conviction quashed because the law on drink driving had never been translated into Irish and since Irish is the first official language......end result of that was that students like me have to translate all the feicin Acts into Irish next year, and not get paid for it!!!!

[SÓC]

Originally posted by The Donie Forde
As opposed to Eire, which means 'satires'. Important thing, after all, that li'l ol' fada ...

Donie

as the Pats fans have shown us

www.geocities.com/blahabaah/pats.html

[yur man]

good point conor

me ' i'd like to post this to the irish republic '
post office worker ' southern ireland '

i'd love to post somethin to donegal

[Aberdonian Stu]

Eh satire is spelt aoir not eire, plural (I think) being aoire.

Is it law and irish you're doing SÓCcfc? If so then in true Nelson Muntz fashion...HA HA

[Cityace]

Aoire is the Irish for Shepard?!

Republic of Ireland is Publacht (na h)Éireann.

Éire is the Constitutional name of the country whereas The Republic of Ireland is the official name....I'm pretty sure of it anyway.

And ther is a southern Ireland,A country separated from the rest.
It is THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CORK!!!!!!!!!

[Aberdonian Stu]

Article 1 states Ireland is the name doesn't it?

[Éanna]

sheesh, when I split this thread off from the other one I thought it would just die

[Schumi]

Originally posted by Aberdonian Stu
Article 1 states Ireland is the name doesn't it?

Article 4 actually.

The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland.

[The Donie Forde]

Originally posted by Aberdonian Stu
Eh satire is spelt aoir not eire, plural (I think) being aoire.

Gabh mo leithscéal, tá an ceart agat, gan abhras! Bhí mé ag déanamh greann beag le úsáid a baint as 'phonetics'!


Chun na fírinne a insint, 'eire' (gan an fada) = 'load, encumbrance' as Béarla....

Agus sin sin de chursaí spóirt...

Dóní