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Le haghaidh an mhic léighinn - Irish Names of Sea Fish.

Title: Le haghaidh an mhic léighinn - Irish Names of Sea Fish.
Author(s): Féach bailitheoir,
Compiler/Editor: Laoide, Seosamh (Lloyd, Joseph H.)
Collector: O'Donnell, Patk
Composition Date: 1899
Publisher: Connradh na Gaedhilge

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IRISH NAMES OF SEA FISH.

Used by the Fishermen of Clew Bay.

cadóg,  a haddock
colamóir,  a hake
balach,  a gunner
cor,  a sand eel
cor ghobach,  a fish of the sand eel kind, with a bill
about 6 inches long

bolagóg,
(= bolgóg?) a pollock(small)
crúdán,  a gurnet.
glasóg,  called in English glassing.
longa,  a ling
mongach,  a coal fish,  ruacán, a cockle
trosg,  a cod fish,   sliogán dubh, a mussel
bodach,  a codling.  fíochóg (= faochóg), periwinkle
ronnach,  a mackerel,  rib rúnáin, a shrimp
madadh garbh,  a dog fish,  cluaisín, a kind of shell-fish
mulrúis,  large pollock,  fíochóg chorn, a large periwinkle
muc ruadh,  bream
eascoin,  eel
ruc,  slate
lannach,  a mullet
bolamán,   horse mackerel
fíogach,  penfish
leith, plaice
teanga chait, sole
crúbóg, a large crab
portán, a small crab
muc mhara, a porpoise
glasán,  a fish much like a salmon, but of a dark colour,
I have never heard an English name for it.
gliomach,  lobster
bráchair,  a fiddle fish
scadán,  a herring
bárnach
(= báirneach), limpet

SEANRÁIDHTE

1. Faoillidh dhoininne mian an tseanóra.
2. Is ro-dheas an chaoi bheith gan fhios an dlighe
'Gus ní costas a choidhche an t-eudach.
3. A dhuine gan chéill, tabhair airc dhuit féin
'Gus níl tuilleadh da mhead nach tráighthe.
4. An rud a théidheanns i bhfad téidheann sé i
sínteachas.

PATK. O'DONNELL.

Newport, Co. Mayo.

Historical Irish Corpus1600 - 1926

Le haghaidh an mhic léighinn - Irish Names of Sea Fish.

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Historical Irish Corpus
1600 - 1926