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Cool irish wods?

  • 15-03-2014 12:13am
    #1
    downey502
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    Hey everyone I'm looking for some cool Irish words to use as the name of a product that I'm coming up with. The product is a premium Irish vodka so something that sounds cool and sophisticated with some sort of Irish historical context would be great and I promise lots of free vodka for whoever has the best idea.


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  • #2
    onemorechance
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    Uisce beatha (water of life) is the Irish word for whiskey, and I'm surprised to read that the English word whiskey came from the Irish rather than the other way around. These days, fuisce is most often used in Irish for whiskey.

    It might be an idea to try and work on the uisce beatha version, and I think that post # 25 in the AfterHours thread from poster Rayne Wooney is a great suggestion, Uisce na bhFiann.


  • #3
    An Riabhach
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    Ériu
    (the goddess which Ireland/Éire is named after)

    Siúl leat, siúl leat, le dóchas i do chroí, is ní shiúlfaidh tú i d'aonar go deo.



  • #4
    uch
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    Mún Tairbh has a nice ring to it.... Bulls Píss

    21/25



  • #5
    An gal gréine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 941 ✭✭✭An gal gréine


    downey502 wrote: »
    Hey everyone I'm looking for some cool Irish words to use as the name of a product that I'm coming up with. The product is a premium Irish vodka so something that sounds cool and sophisticated with some sort of Irish historical context would be great and I promise lots of free vodka for whoever has the best idea.

    Boru vodka got in there before you.
    Fodhla or Banba vodka?


  • #6
    Krusader
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭Krusader


    Lír as in the king. You could have a swan as the emblem

    Also a swan is a symbol for purity, which would be nice symbolism for a clear spirit like vodka


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  • #7
    An gal gréine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 941 ✭✭✭An gal gréine


    Krusader wrote: »
    Lír as in the king. You could have a swan as the emblem

    Nice one Krusader but it is Lir with no fada, even though you do hear it being pronounced (wrongly) as though it had a fada as "leer".


  • #8
    hullaballoo
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    Lir doesn't make any sense on its own. It's the genitive form of Lear, the given name of the man from the legend known as "Clann Lir".

    "Lir" as it is means "lyre", which wouldn't make much sense as a name for a drink. Also, I'm pretty sure others have used "Lir" as a consumable product name before, be it drink or whatever but there is likely to be trademark issues.

    OP, given that "vodka" is derived from the Russian for water, "vody/a" (and, I think, means "water of life" much like "uisce beatha"), could you work from there?

    Poitín is also the Irish version of vodka but you probably don't want to market your product as that even though there might be regulations requiring you to do so.


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