What Irish word for the name of an island and a sovereign state is featured on Irish euro coins?
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Irish euro coins Irish euro coins all share the same design by Jarlath Hayes, that of the harp, a traditional symbol for Ireland since the Middle Ages, based on that of the Brian Boru harp, housed in Trinity College, Dublin. The same harp is used as on the official seals of the Taoiseach, and government ministers and the Seal of the Uachtarán. The coins' design also features the 12 stars of the EU, the year of issue and the Irish name for Ireland, "Éire", in a traditional Gaelic script.
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Éire Éire (] ) is Irish for "Ireland", the name of an island and a sovereign state. The English pronunciation is ( ).
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Inishbofin, County Galway Inishbofin (derived from the Irish "Inis Bó Finne" meaning 'Island of the White Cow') is a small island off the coast of Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Inishbofin has around 180 inhabitants and is a popular tourist destination.
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List of longest placenames in Ireland This is a list of the longest place names in Ireland. It includes names written in English as a single word of at least 20 letters. The vast majority of English-language place names in Ireland are anglicisations of Irish language names. The spelling which has legal force is usually that used by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Many of Ireland's longest place names are found in the far west of the island, where the Irish language survived the longest; including Gaeltacht areas, where it is still the vernacular. These names are generally written as multiple words in Irish.
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Uisce beatha Uisce beatha (] ) is the name for whiskey in Irish. The equivalent in Scottish Gaelic is rendered "uisge-beatha". The word "whisky" (as spelt in Scotland) or "whiskey" (as spelt in Ireland) itself is simply an anglicised version of this phrase, stemming from a mispronunciation of the word "uisce" in Ireland or "uisge" in Scotland. This development may in turn have influenced the Modern Irish word "fuisce" ("whiskey"). The phrase "uisce beatha", literally "water of life", was the name given by Irish monks of the early Middle Ages to distilled alcohol. It is simply a translation of the Latin "aqua vitae".
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Flaith A flaith (Irish) or flath (Modern Scottish Gaelic), plural flatha, in the Gaelic world, could refer to any member in general of a powerful family enjoying a high degree of sovereignty, and so is also sometimes translated as lord or aristocrat in the general sense, or can refer to sovereignty itself. Thus it did not usually refer to a specific position such as "Rí" (king) which any given "flaith" might or might not hold, allowing for the term to eventually develop the slightly alternative meaning of any hereditary high aristocrat who was understood to be subordinate to the king. In this later sense a "flaith" was similar to a magnate or Grandee.
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Twenty pence (Irish coin) The twenty pence (20p) (Irish: "fiche pingin" ) coin was a subdivision of the Irish pound. It was introduced on 30 October 1986. It was first Irish decimal coin that was of a different size to the corresponding British coin, as the Irish pound had not been pegged to the British pound since 1979. Its last issue was in 2000, two years before Ireland withdrew its pound for the euro.
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Garinish Island Garinish Island ("Garinis" in Irish, meaning 'The near island') can refer to:
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King's Island, Limerick King's Island is an area of central Limerick, Ireland. The area is often referred to colloquially as "The Island" and consists of two distinct areas, "Englishtown" and "St Mary's Park". The historical city of Limerick known as "Englishtown" is located on the southern end and St Mary's Park; a local authority housing estate is located on the northern end.
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Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Monaco) Euro gold and silver commemorative coins are special euro coins minted and issued by member states of the Eurozone, mainly in gold and silver, although other precious metals are also used in rare occasions. Monaco was one of the first countries allowed to introduced the euro (€) on 1 January 2002; although they are not officially part of the Eurozone. Since then, the "Monnaie de Paris" Mint in France have been minting both normal issues of Monegasque euro coins, which are intended for circulation, and commemorative euro coins in gold and silver.
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Falkland Islands pound The Pound is the currency of the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. The symbol is the pound sign, "£", or alternatively "FK£", to distinguish it from other pound-denominated currencies. The ISO 4217 currency code is "FKP".
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Soay Soay (pronounced "so - ay") is the name of several Scottish islands. It is Sòdhaigh (sometimes anglicised "Soaigh") in Scottish Gaelic, and comes from the Old Norse "so-ey" meaning "island of sheep". It may refer to:
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Outer Hebrides The Outer Hebrides ( ), also known as the Western Isles (Scottish Gaelic: "Na h-Eileanan Siar" ] or "Na h-Eileanan an Iar " ] ), "Innse Gall " ("islands of the strangers") or the Long Isle or Long Island (Scottish Gaelic: "An t-Eilean Fada" ), is an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland. The islands are geographically coextensive with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar , one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland. They form part of the Hebrides, separated from the Scottish mainland and from the Inner Hebrides by the waters of the Minch, the Little Minch and the Sea of the Hebrides. Scottish Gaelic is the predominant spoken language, although in a few areas English speakers form a majority.
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Easky Easky or Easkey (Irish: "Iascaigh" , meaning "abounding in fish" ) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is on the Atlantic coast, 26 miles from Sligo and 15 miles from Ballina, County Mayo. The village name derives from the Irish language term for fish ("iasc") and "Iascaigh" literally means "abounding in fish", due to the Easky River that lies adjacent to the village itself. Easky, as a parish, was originally called "Imleach Iseal". The area is a popular tourist destination due to its scenery and water sport options. Easky is a designated area on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way tourist route.
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Connemara Connemara (Irish: "Conamara" ; ] ) is a cultural region in County Galway, Ireland. The area has a strong association with traditional Irish culture and contains a vast part of the Connacht Irish-speaking Gaeltacht, which is a key part of the identity of the region and is the largest Gaeltacht in the country.
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Inishturk Inishturk ("Inis Toirc" in Irish, meaning "Wild Boar Island") is an inhabited island of County Mayo, in Ireland.
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Poblacht Poblacht is the Irish word for "republic". It may refer to:
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Fintown Fintown (officially known by its Irish name, "Baile na Finne") is a small village and townland on the banks of Lough Finn in County Donegal, Ireland. It is within the Gaeltacht, an Irish-speaking area, in the west of the county. Overlooked by Aghla (589m, 1961 ft) and Screig Mountains, its main attraction is "an Mhuc Dhubh", the Fintown Railway (Donegal's only operational narrow gauge railway), which runs along the length of Lough Finn. The village was named after a mythological woman, Finngeal, who drowned in the lake after attempting to save her wounded brother Thor.
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Florin (Irish coin) The florin (2s) (Irish: "flóirín" ) coin was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth ⁄ of a pound. It was more commonly known as the two-shilling coin.
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Hibernia Hibernia is the Classical Latin name for the island of Ireland. The name "Hibernia" was taken from Greek geographical accounts. During his exploration of northwest Europe (c. 320 BC), Pytheas of Massilia called the island "Iérnē" (written Ἰέρνη ). In his book "Geographia" (c. 150 AD), Claudius Ptolemaeus ("Ptolemy") called the island "Iouerníā" (written Ἰουερνία , where "ου"/"ou" stands for "w"). The Roman historian Tacitus, in his book "Agricola" (c. 98 AD), uses the name Hibernia.
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Devenish Island Devenish or Devinish (from Irish: "Daimhinis" , meaning "ox island" ) is an island in Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Aligned roughly north–south, it is about one and a quarter miles long and two-thirds of a mile wide. The main place to catch a ferry to the island is at Trory Point, just outside Enniskillen.
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Eochaid Eochaid or Eochaidh (earlier Eochu or Eocho, sometimes Anglicised as Eochy, Achaius or Haughey) is a popular medieval Irish and Scots Gaelic name deriving from Old Irish "ech", horse, borne by a variety of historical and legendary figures.