Grimoire Vocabulary — Famine & Diaspora
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| Irish | Ogham | How to say it | English | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Drochshaol | ᚛ᚐᚅ ᚇᚏᚑᚉᚆᚄᚆᚐᚑᚂ᚜ | un DROKH-heel | the bad times | Rosmerta editorial | The Bad Times — the Irish term for the Great Famine (1845–52). Drochshaol is literally ‘evil-life,’ a name borne with terrible understatement. |
| An Gorta Mór | ᚛ᚐᚅ ᚌᚑᚏᚈᚐ ᚋᚑᚏ᚜ | un GUR-tuh MOHR | the great hunger | Rosmerta editorial | The Great Hunger. The other Irish name for the Famine. |
| deoraí | ᚛ᚇᚓᚑᚏᚐᚔ᚜ | JOH-ree | exile | gaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Exile — one in a foreign land. The diaspora’s word for itself. |
| diaspóra | ᚛ᚇᚔᚐᚄᚚᚑᚏᚐ᚜ | DEE-uss-poh-ruh | diasporaEnglish loan | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóir | Diaspora. Modern Greek-Latin loan. |
| fánaí | ᚛ᚃᚐᚅᚐᚔ᚜ | FAW-nee | exile | gaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Wanderer, exile. |
| imirce | ᚛ᚔᚋᚔᚏᚉᚓ᚜ | IM-er-kuh | emigration | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Emigration. Imirce na nGael — the Irish emigration. |
| long bhán | ᚛ᚂᚑᚅᚌ ᚁᚆᚐᚅ᚜ | LUNG VAWN | coffin ship | Foclóir | Coffin ship — literally ‘white ship,’ the ships that carried Famine emigrants to America with terrible mortality rates. |
| tír na ndaoine | ᚛ᚈᚔᚏ ᚅᚐ ᚅᚇᚐᚑᚔᚅᚓ᚜ | cheer nuh NEEN-uh | land of the people | Rosmerta editorial | Land of the people — wistful name for the homeland in diaspora poetry. |