Re: OT: Re: My suggestions for this Group

Bill wrote:
> Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>> squaredancer wrote:
>> [...]
>>> sorry - didn't realise that the Irish had their *very own* ocean   
>>> I was thinking they would have a Channel, such as the English do to 
>>> keep the french at bay!
>>> Anyway - I mean "that stretch of water" to the LEFT of Wales-England 
>>> and to the RIGHT of Ireland, from the North Channel at the top to the 
>>> St. George's Channel at the bottom.
> 
> Now I'm confused? Are there Yankees over here in Ireland? LOL
> 
>>>
>>> No offence taken, for your correction of my geography, Bill! :-P
> 
> None intended Reg.
>>>
>>> reg
>>
>> Isn't that the Irish /Sea/ ? I wonder how it's called in Gaelic. Names 
>> change with language: Strait of Dover = Pas de Calais, English Channel 
>> = la Manche (wfw. the Sleeve, is that it?), Bay of Biscay = Golfe de 
>> Gascogne, etc.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tony.
> 
> Muir Éireann (Irish Sea) Probably called Irish Sea because the English 
> didn't want it.
> 
> Bill

Ah, yes.  And then there's Connemara.  http://edmullen.net/ireland01.html

:-D

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