

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
Plandaí - plants
Flowers
Bláth - flower Bláthannaí - flowers
Pabhsa – flower Pabhsachaí – flowers
Gas - stalk
Trees
Crann - tree Crainn – trees
Rúisc – bark of tree
Duilleog - leaf Duilleogaí - leaves
Darach - oak
Giúisigh - fir
Rúta - root
Weeds
Cacalóid – weeds
Lufarnach – weeds
Giosadán – thin withered stem
Baráiste – borage
Buachalán buí – ragweed
Capóg – dock leaf
Cnádán - thistle
Guiseadáin - soft thistle
Fraoch - heather
Neantóg – nettle
Nóinín – daisy
Tom aitinne - gorse bush
Tráithnín - dandelion
Monocots
Seileastrain – yellow iris
Monocotyledon
Broimfhéar – long wispy grass
Feadh – rushes
Giolcach – reed
Muiríneach – marram grass
Buacall - root of the marron grass
Caonach – moss
Shrubs
Tom - bush
Tom fraoigh – heather bush
Processes of life
a'fás - growing



