

A website dedicated to the Irish language in County Mayo
TURAS SIAR - A DOCUMENTARY
Pap and Kath Murphy discuss their journey to establish a centre that celebrates the local dialect, history and genealogy of the people of Belmullet. They discuss the state of Mayo-Irish dialect and their efforts to revive it.
Dé Máirt
8ú Meán Fómhair 2025
Geography
Highlands features
Sliabh - mountain
Sléibhtí – mountains
Mám - mountain pass
Cnoc - hill
Gleann - valley
Bog
Portach – bog
Mianach bogaigh - boggy ground
Rocks and soil
Talamh - Land; ground
Créafóg - clay
Dúramhán - loam
Talamh dúramhán - damp ground
Dóib - clay, sticky mud
Slaba - mud
Carraig – rock Carraigeachaí - rocks
istigh sa gcloich - within in the rock
Cloch - stone Clochaí - stones
Leac – flat stone or rock, slab
Graibhéal – gravel
Coastal features
Cósta - coast
Dumhachannaí - sandbanks
Alt - cliff Aillt - cliffs
Criomadh - erosion
Gob – tip, point
Cuais - a hole worn back under the cliffs
Liathrachaí - crevices
Rivers
Abhainn - river
Bruach – edge, bank
Lakes
Loch – lake
Dílinn – flood
Woodland
Coill - wood, forest
States
Tír - country
Description of location
áit – place áiteachaí – places
áit eicínt - somewhere
Pé áit - wherever
Cébí áit a mbeifeá - where ever you might be
Cébí fad - however far
Ball - spot; place
i bhfad - far
B'iontach an áit é - it was a great place
Ó theach is ó áras - from place to place
Geographical language
in ionsacht - at a distance of
Teorainneachaí - divisions, borders
