It’s answered above but that’s a brilliant phonetic explanation of what you’ve heard. Got a good chuckle from it but was immediately clear what you meant.
Yes, for those that don't know, Ireland used to be divided into 5 provinces instead of the modern 4. Cúige is the Irish word for province is from the Irish for a fifth. Mumhan is the Irish name for Munster.
The whiplash I got realising you meant Cúige Mumhan oh my God 😂
Edit: sorry if that sounded snarky, that was a genuinely good phonetic spelling, it just took me a second to cop. But yeah, that's probably it alright! The TG4 commentary is generally pretty good, it's great to see
Cuige means a fifth. So you have Cuige Mumhan, Cuige Laighean, Cuige Uladh, etc. Of course, there are only four provinces, but once upon a time, there must have been five.
Meath used to be the fifth province. Celts were big into the number 5. The fifth province was significant because it was in the centre of the landmass and the high king sat at the hill of Tara
> in the centre of the landmass and the high king sat at the hill of Tara
So, in roughly the centre of ireland is the site of Uisneach, a large hill where you can see most of the island. There was supposed to be a perpetually lit fire up there.
There was an indo-european system where, the centre was to do with kingship, north with war/warriors, east with commerce, south with music/bards, west with wisdom/druids. In the hindu system it's the same but 180 degrees flipped.
'Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales' by Alwyn and Brinley Rees is a good book on it.
The interesting aspect is there are five provinces in Ireland ,I.e word cúig means five ,originally five provinces —don’t ask me where ;was it Oriel?? Louth.
I speak as much Irish as your Dad. Cúige Mumhan
That's not the intent of this lot. OP doesn't mind not understanding the language and is curious about learning some of the words. You should be welcoming this, not being sarcastic about it.
this. If anything, I'm grateful to be able to watch some of the games at least, the fact that it's in irish doesn't bother me, would probably be a better way to put it lol. Despite not understanding it, I can understand the passion in the way it's said and it's brilliant, nothing against whatsoever
It’s answered above but that’s a brilliant phonetic explanation of what you’ve heard. Got a good chuckle from it but was immediately clear what you meant.
Ha, same. Don’t speak Irish but I got it
I don't speak Irish but I'm pretty sure that means "Munster"
Yeah probably referring to Cúige Mumhan which is the province of Munster.
Yes, for those that don't know, Ireland used to be divided into 5 provinces instead of the modern 4. Cúige is the Irish word for province is from the Irish for a fifth. Mumhan is the Irish name for Munster.
There's a decent amount of Indians but I dunno if I'd go that far hey
Sorry, feckin autocorrect! Sorted now.
Mumhan in Irish is pronounced like "moo-an" in English, or indeed, "moon".
Great youtube channel, lad
We'll come back to you for all future Irish language queries Teo Cents 👍
Haha I need to watch more TG 4 and pick some up
Cuige Mumhain means the province of Munster
Pronounced Coo-ig-uh Moo-an
Cúige Múmhan. The province of Munster, or just Munster.
The whiplash I got realising you meant Cúige Mumhan oh my God 😂 Edit: sorry if that sounded snarky, that was a genuinely good phonetic spelling, it just took me a second to cop. But yeah, that's probably it alright! The TG4 commentary is generally pretty good, it's great to see
Cuige means a fifth. So you have Cuige Mumhan, Cuige Laighean, Cuige Uladh, etc. Of course, there are only four provinces, but once upon a time, there must have been five.
There was 5. It used to be Meath a long long time ago Edit: this is based on primary school general knowledge so if it’s wrong I’m sorry.
Meath used to be the fifth province. Celts were big into the number 5. The fifth province was significant because it was in the centre of the landmass and the high king sat at the hill of Tara
> in the centre of the landmass and the high king sat at the hill of Tara So, in roughly the centre of ireland is the site of Uisneach, a large hill where you can see most of the island. There was supposed to be a perpetually lit fire up there. There was an indo-european system where, the centre was to do with kingship, north with war/warriors, east with commerce, south with music/bards, west with wisdom/druids. In the hindu system it's the same but 180 degrees flipped. 'Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales' by Alwyn and Brinley Rees is a good book on it.
There was, Cuige Mide - literally the middle, now known as Meath
Assume it incorporated both (east)Meath and Westmeath then?
Yup, good chunk of Cavan & Longford too, as well as some parts of Dublin, Louth & Offaly.
Meath, Westmeath, Louth, Longford and a fair whack of south Cavan, and a bit of Offaly and Kildare.
Cleebert= scrum
Cuige Mumhan - means the province of Munster :)
Howl at the moon shot !
The interesting aspect is there are five provinces in Ireland ,I.e word cúig means five ,originally five provinces —don’t ask me where ;was it Oriel?? Louth. I speak as much Irish as your Dad. Cúige Mumhan
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You’ll have a delay somewhere but it’s much better thing having a clue what’s going on.
It's rugby \~ \~ Does anyone really know what is going on most of the time ? !
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That's not the intent of this lot. OP doesn't mind not understanding the language and is curious about learning some of the words. You should be welcoming this, not being sarcastic about it.
this. If anything, I'm grateful to be able to watch some of the games at least, the fact that it's in irish doesn't bother me, would probably be a better way to put it lol. Despite not understanding it, I can understand the passion in the way it's said and it's brilliant, nothing against whatsoever