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Thread #27351   Message #793345
Posted By: GUEST,learner
29-Sep-02 - 05:09 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Slan le Fionnairaigh /Farewell to Fiunary
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: SLAN LE FIONNAIRIGH
actually, the name is spelled correctly in the lyrics in the first message, albeit not in the thread title.
according to MacLennan's Gaelic dictionary, "áirigh" is a shieling or sheep pasture and "airidh" means worthy, meretorious. Fionn is fair-coloured. There is also a word "fionnairidh" in the dictionary meaning either watching or evening (I think because another meaning of fionn is cool and aire can mean to keep watch).