.. ..
| Post details |
Post (Contract pics) |
| Thankful for the r.. by kernowclimber (Show all posts) |
| The heat from a gl.. by kernowclimber (Show all posts) |
| Thanks for the qui.. by hbowman1 (Show all posts) |
| The distance to th.. by mcrtchly (Show all posts) |
| Last week I was ab.. by hbowman1 (Show all posts) |
| Some missive to do.. by BleckCra (Show all posts) |
| hi folks. We're pl.. by eugeneryan959 (Show all posts) |
| On Tue. 9th July t.. by Hilltop-Harrier (Show all posts) |
BleckCra
2013-07-10 21:41:48
|
STICKS AND STONES OR NAMES?
I should like to invite the erudite and personable Paul Tempan to revisit his translations from the Irish, in regard to mountain names on this website - perhaps even just for his own interest. After all, we have lumps of granite and shale measured to within a nano millimetre of their life on here. So what about the words too?
A successful novelist was being interviewed recently on BBC Radio 4. He was asked about writers editing their own work. His position was interesting. He advised the best way was to write the thing and walk away - next day it will seem like someone else's work so it is then much easier to edit. A bit wussy in my view but ........ So.
I have commented on Paul's unravelling of Slieve Bearnagh and the Meels before - and certainly would again but perhaps we could start with Arderin, the word a very shibolleth amongst the mountainviews elite. Paul advises us it means "The Height of Ireland". It doesn't. "The Height of Ireland" would be a English way of trying to deal with the thing - much like a cricketer teaching you how to use a hurley - there is much in common but much more that isn't.
In Irish "ard" means high but isolated from any further descriptive context, it means "the high thing/one" - this kind of construction is common out of English. Ard Mhacha, my own town - the High place/thing/stuff of Macha. In French "le bleu" the blue one/thing.
So Arderin means the high place/thing of Ireland - which incidentally can mean high as in important - Ard Fheis.
C'mon Paul, sharpen your pencil ........ and we can get to the ants in my pants about Meelmore next.
.... and Simon - everything on this site should be accurate - or ..., it isn't. |
| Aidan - thanks - y.. by BleckCra (Show all posts) |
..
|
|
|
|
|
Summit Summary
Skregmore: Incidental summit in the Reeks |
 Collaborative entry Last edit by: Peter Walker a day ago.
Much climbed but little remembered, Skregmore is a victim of its location. One of the highest summits in Ireland but adjacent to still higher tops, impressively rocky but still far less dramatic t... |
|
|
Summit Summary
Cnoc an Bhráca: The last hurrah of the high Reeks |
 Collaborative entry Last edit by: Peter Walker 2 days ago.
Cnoc an Bhráca, together with its near neighbour Cnoc na DTarbh, are the last (relatively) high summits along the great ridge of the Eastern Reeks; beyond here the ground gradually declines to the... |
|
|
Summit Summary
Tievnabinnia: Bulky Sheeffrys summit |
 Collaborative entry Last edit by: Peter Walker 3 days ago.
Tievnabinnia is the easternmost of the higher Sheeffry Hills, a distinctly bulky eminence where gently grassy upper slopes contrast with a series of steep corries to both north and south of its ge... |
|
|
|
User profile
WalkinIreland |
WalkinIreland 2 days ago.
Walking Holiday Ireland provide self-guided hiking & guided walking tours in Ireland’s Ancient East and along the Wild Atlantic Way since 2012 for hiking & trekking enthusiasts from around t... |
|
|
Summit Summary
Maumtrasna: A steep-sided fortress in the West |
 Collaborative entry Last edit by: Peter Walker 4 days ago.
Maumtrasna is one of the most singular mountains in Ireland, a monumental sprawl of plateau plunging away in viciously steep slopes around almost all of its perimeter; these slopes are themselves ... |
|
Track
Wicklow: Cullentragh Mountain |
Onzy 6 days ago.
Easiest route to an hill that is really just a point on the way to Mullacor and beyond ... run, Len: 5.0km, Climb: 185m, Area: Cullentragh Mountain, Dublin/Wicklow (Irela... |
|
|
Summit Comment
Corn Hill: New Pathway around the Summit |
TommyMc 6 days ago.
A new pathway around the summit has been installed over the summer. Walkers are now met with a locked gate within circa 50 yards of the masts and trig point, but a new and quite attractive pathway... |
|
|
|
..
