Irish Oral OL/HL Reception

readystudypass

So when you go into the oral, the examiner looks for 5 pieces of information. Problem. How do I find out my name and address in irish ?

coolerboy

readystudypass wrote: »

So when you go into the oral, the examiner looks for 5 pieces of information. Problem. How do I find out my name and address in irish ?

Theres a site called http://www.logainm.ie/ga/ just type your address into the searchbar or use the map beneath

IncognitoX

Ask your teacher.

Surely you know your name in Irish anyway?

readystudypass

coolerboy wrote: »

Theres a site called http://www.logainm.ie/ga/ just type your address into the searchbar or use the map beneath

Brilliant. Thanks. I got my county and town but not my street

readystudypass

IncognitoX wrote: »

Ask your teacher.

Surely you know your name in Irish anyway?

I don't have a teacher. There's a few variations of my surname none of which are really right I think.

So what's happening? The examiner has my actual name and address in front of them in English ? So I have to give my real address ? Because I live in an estate and that scuppers my chance of giving a story that I am living on a farm which could take up a minute naming all the animals.

Cr4pSnip3r

My name is essentially already in Irish but why on earth would I give it to them in Irish if it wasn't? That wouldn't be my name.

readystudypass

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

My name is essentially already in Irish but why on earth would I give it to them in Irish if it wasn't? That wouldn't be my name.

Ah so I give my name and address in english and my age, date of birth and exam number in irish ?

Cr4pSnip3r

readystudypass wrote: »

Ah so I give my name and address in english and my age, date of birth and exam number in irish ?

Everything in Irish but your name is your name. I would give that as it is, and if that's in English - so be it.

IncognitoX

Give your name in Irish!

PeterJC!

Yeah definitely give your name As Gaeilge! No point in being pedantic, you want to win you're examiner over!

Cr4pSnip3r

Listen to those fellas, I guess. I absolutely despise the idea of changing one's name as part of language revival (even if it was probably anglicized in the past) and I may be a little bitter. Don't want to be an ass and affect your grade, though.

EDIT: Just to be sure; I didn't tell you to say your name in English before as some sort of self satisfaction thing. I had never heard anything about this changing your name business until recently and not from any teachers I know.

readystudypass

Thanks for all the advice. I will get an Irish name for myself and if it's wrong sure it's only 1 mark

DarraghF197

I know this is a little OT, but I have an oral this day week and have the whole package coming up.

Problem is is that I have only done about 3 sraithpictiur and of course there's seventeen others that I barely recognise. Anyone know what's the most efficient way of covering all of them in say 6 hours? Or even a link to where I could find some notes on them would be greatly appreciated.

All the vocab that is required is all areas which I haven't looked at since the JC, holidays, birthdays etc which are all extremely rusty, annoyingly.