

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
Miosúr - measurement_
Imperial measurements - distance
Méid - size Méideannaí - sizes
Orlach - inch Orlaigh - inches
Troighe - feet
Troigh go leith - a foot and a half
Dhá throigh - two feet
Dhá throigh ar leithead - three feet wide
Slat - yard
Feá - six foot
Míle - mile
Dhá mhíle - two miles
Trí nó ceathar dhe míltí a'srúl - three or four miles away
Measuring water depth
Fídh - a fathom
Ar domhain - depth
Informal measurement
a'tuis - measuring
Cruma - the length from the tip of your middle finger to the bottom of the palm of your hand
Weighing
a'meáchan - weighing
Meá - weighing measure
Onsa - ounce
Measuring items with a scales
Scála - scales
maol a'charta - the overflow of the card
teilgean a'scála - the surplus of the scale
Discussing measurement
Fad - length
Cruinn - accurate
Cébí fad a theastódh é - whatever length it was required to be