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S o gairm gaoirm i, is gairim i mo stor Mile ghra le m 'ainm i' si Peigin Leitir Moir. '
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S o gairm gaoirm i, is gairim i mo stor Mile ghra le m 'ainm i' si Peigin Leitir Moir.
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S o gairm gaoirm i, is gairim i mo stor Mile ghra le m 'ainm i' si Peigin Leitir Moir.
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(Soundbite of Irish polka) (Soundbite of song "Peggy Lettermore") Mr. CONNEFF: (singing) 'S o gairm gaoirm i, is gairim i mo stor Mile ghra le m 'ainm i' si Peigin Leitir Moir.
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Slogans—from the Gaelic sluagh- (army) gairm (yell), or “battle cry”—need not be complete sentences.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Slogans—from the Gaelic sluagh- (army) gairm (yell), or “battle cry”—need not be complete sentences.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The belligerent clans of the Gael knew this many centuries ago – though they, with their genius for wasting letters, wrote it sluagh-gairm.
Try Anything Twice 1938
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` sandal '(cf. Latin calligula, ` soldier's boot'); German, from the Celtic gairm, a battle cry transmitted via the Latin Germanus; golf, from the Gaelic gowf ` blow with the hand '(an acceptable pronunciation for golf is "gof"); gull, from the Welsh gwylan or the Breton gwelan, ` sea bird'; havoc, from the Welsh hafog ` devastation '; hooligan,
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