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Thread #2717 Message #614653
Posted By: GUEST,Philippa
22-Dec-01 - 05:01 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mo Ghile Mear (from Sting/Chieftains)
Subject: RE: Mo Ghile Mear
The Irish language chorus -which negrosoft85 tried to render phonetically - is properly spelled: 'Sé mo laoch, mo ghille mear, 'Sé mo Shaesar, gille mear! Ní bhfuaireas féin aon tsuan ar séan, Ó chuaigh i gcéin mo ghille mear!
If you search the archives - I used "mear" as my keyword - you'll find several other relevant threads. Including ... mo ghile mear It's okay to write "giolla" as that would be the nearest present day Irish equivalent of "gille", a lad. It's more common to nowadays to use "gile", brightness, in transcribing the lyrics, though that's a feminine noun so it would normally be "gile mhear". Other forums have had long debates about gile vs gille. The word/spelling "gille" is still found in contemporary Scottish Gaelic.