Funny thing is I live in Ulster, in the Republic of Ireland.

I await the World's refutations......

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"A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened."

...in An Cabhán?

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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
Marx (G.)

You have two more guesses!

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"A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened."

You live in the United Kingdom

I will leave you with this thought...

Please try again when you can find another 500,000 Ulster men and women who wish to join the Republic - then and ONLY then you might just squeaze into the Republic - until then you are British and carry a Britsh passport!

tá sin contáilte agat

my emphasis

But surely, kind Nawbut, in order to ascertain which, of the remaining two counties of Republican Ulster, is your stomping-ground I need only obtain your answer to one more guess.

Are you sure that your logic, in the matter of these islands, is not as poor as your maths (or your Irish)?

<punches air joyously and sings `Rule Britannia` three times, first verse only>

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Marx (G.)

Tá se sin contrailte! Deirfinn 'beirt' sa gcás seo, i nGaeilge dhílis mo cheantairse. (the posessive case here is vernacular as well - none of that 'mo gceantar fhéin' stuff for us!)

my emphasis

You will just never get it, will you Britons. We are one step ahead at all times - you presume that I would tell you, on your next guess, whether you were right or wrong.

'With what reason you had left you reasoned, but you reason ill!'

We dont go in for showy, triumphalist displays.

With the hints of dialect you will now need no more guesses....Tír Chonaill Abú!

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"A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened."

Beirt daoine ach dhá rud.

That is Standard Irish.

Of course, you are perfectly free to speak whatever Godforsaken primitive provincialism you choose but all I actually hear is that banjo music off the movie `Deliverance`.

Have you forgotten your history? Connall lost. Brits come out on top again.

(*)(*)(*)(*)! (*)(*)(*)(*)! (*)(*)(*)(*)! I hadn`t thought of that.

Graciousness in defeat is a very British trait. I don`t share it.



Mallacht Chromell ort !

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Marx (G.)

Nah, he came out of our country as well - we were beaten by our own. This doesnt make it 'ok'. We got them back though, (this does).

Standard Irish - would you have us saying 'dom'? The Gaelscoileanna have a lot to answer for!

But you are broadly right about 'beirt' being primarily used in reference to people. The exceptions in usage are usually in reference to a 'pair' - 'tá dhá chean fagtha' is rendered 'tá beirt fagtha' almost as an act of abbreviation in this instance. But its highly specific in how its used in this context; one would never say, for example, 'tá bheirt eitleáin lán Polonium 210 i Heathrow'.

That would just be ridiculous....

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"A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened."

I'm no fan of margaret thatcher, but screw argentina. Britain needs to get off it's ass, stop being so politically correct and implement social programs to increase birthrates, to support larger armies. Then, go back to conscription and start reconquering the Empire.

And by the by, no this does not mean staying in Iraq.

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"Those who turn swords into plowshares will do the plowing for those who do not" - Anon

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded emotional and mental development" - Sigmund Freud

Cotton suits, straw boaters and sundowners on the verander.....


Mmmmmm - then lunecat woke up - it had all been a dream

LOL

No need to reconquerer the Empire - the influences live on today - good and bad.