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Dia Duit / Hello!

Welcome to Nine Arrow, a place where I share my illustration journey in Irish. 

Join me in learning some interesting

‘cupla focail as gaeilge’ / few words in Irish.

~ Beagán a rá agus a rá go maith ~

~ Say a little and say it well. ~

 

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Dearg Due - Spooky Irish Halloween Creatures: The Vampire Feature

This blog post tells the story of Dearg Due one of Ireland’s first vampires.

I had to include this one! I mean its not Christmas without talking about 'cnap guail'. It seems getting a lump of coal for Christmas is a tradition older than Santa himself. There are a number of supposed origins such as Italy where La Befana (a pre-Santa witch who did the gift giving) would leave coal for undeserving children, or 16th Century Holland where clogs were set out by the fire and coal popped into the naughty kids shoes! Either way something tying the coal to all of these origin stories is setting out shoes or stockings by the fire so I think its safe to say that coal is the easiest thing on hand for La Befana and Santa to give to naughty children 😜 . . . . #itschristmas #seasonsgreetings #madeinireland #irishmade #irish☘️ #irishcraft #irishbusiness #irishpride #loveirish #irishblessing #thisisireland #irishlife #irishartist #irishdesign #shopindependent #shopindie #dublinart #irishcentral #santasocks #irishwildlife #Sketchaday #makearteveryday #artgift #draweveryday #gaelige #irishlanguage #lumpofcoal #krampus
Its been getting very chilly! Time for the 'buidéal te!' This is literally my dream 'buidéal te!' I imagine hugging a real penguin would be a similar experience..... they'd have to be warm living in such a cold place.... right :) . . . . #itschristmas #seasonsgreetings #madeinireland #irishmade #irish☘️ #irishcraft #irishbusiness #irishpride #loveirish #irishblessing #thisisireland #irishlife #irishartist #irishdesign #shopindependent #shopindie #dublinart #irishcentral #santasocks #irishwildlife #Sketchaday #makearteveryday #artgift #draweveryday #gaelige #irishlanguage
I saw 'lus an phiobair' which is peppermint on a facebook post and fell for the phrase, it just sounds so nice! So I thought that must be how you describe peppermint sticks and then a few people pointed out that they'd usually call them candy canes. Thanks to @stiobhard1234 for sending me the translation for candy cane, 'maide milis'. I will return to this 'lus an phiobair' someday, probably in tea form :) . . . . #itschristmas #seasonsgreetings #madeinireland #irishmade #irish☘️ #irishcraft #irishbusiness #irishpride #loveirish #irishblessing #thisisireland #irishlife #irishartist #irishdesign #shopindependent #shopindie #dublinart #irishcentral #santasocks #irishwildlife #Sketchaday #makearteveryday #artgift #draweveryday #gaelige #irishlanguage
Have you guys gotten yours out of the attic yet? . . . . #itschristmas #seasonsgreetings #madeinireland #irishmade #irish☘️ #irishcraft #irishbusiness #irishpride #loveirish #irishblessing #thisisireland #irishlife #irishartist #irishdesign #shopindependent #shopindie #dublinart #irishcentral #santasocks #irishwildlife #Sketchaday #makearteveryday #artgift #draweveryday #gaelige #irishlanguage

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