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Thread #111607   Message #3920024
Posted By: GUEST
26-Apr-18 - 03:32 AM
Thread Name: Quiet Man - gaelic word? Help!
Subject: RE: Quiet Man - gaelic word? Help!
"shaughraun"
The "shaughraun sidhe" is the wandering fairy in folklore
The Shaughraun" is the title of an excellent play by Dion Boucicault, set in the time English Soldiers "Sappers" were Anglicising Irish place-names in thee 19th century
Jim Carroll