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Translations of terms on a headstone.

  • 27-10-2007 11:48am
    #1
    ircoha
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    The following, in old Irish, appear on my grandparents' headstone:

    At the top:

    I ndil-chuimhe ar...


    At the very bottom, below the their names and their deceased child who is also buried there.

    Solas comhnaiteach na bhflaitheas da n-anamnacha.

    the a in da is 'a fada'

    I would be obliged for a translation please.


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  • #2
    dranoel
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    I ndil-chuimhe ar...
    In loving memory of

    Solas comhnaiteach na bhflaitheas da n-anamnacha.

    Comhnaiteach has me stumped. It acts here as an adjective for the word light but I don't know what it means.
    May the [comhnaiteach] light of heaven shine on their souls.

    If no-one else can help you here I'd suggest http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com


  • #3
    dranoel
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    I stumbled across cuimhnitheach in my dictionary meaning memorial. Comhnaiteach could be a variant spelling.

    If so, then I would translate the phrase to something like:
    May the light of heaven shine in memory of their souls


  • #4
    ircoha
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    Many thanks; I will check the spellings again: my widowed aunt will be very pleased as she wants to use the same wording on her late husband's headstone.
    Thanks again


  • #5
    dranoel
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    Glad to help, n-anamacha would need to changed to hanam for a single person


  • #6
    ircoha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,290 ✭✭✭ircoha


    dranoel wrote: »
    Glad to help, n-anamacha would need to changed to hanam for a single person
    Thanks for the heads up.

    I took your advice and posted on the site you suggested, the first answer back was as you gave with a proviso that I wait for a second or 3rd opinion.

    The headstone is in West Cork so perhaps there is a dialect issue with Comhnaiteach.

    Thanks again


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  • #7
    dranoel
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    I'm surprised just how close that first translation was to mine - in fact the choice of phrasing is absolutely identical which doesn't happen too often.

    Cónaitheach which means constant has been given as an alternative and sounds more likely to me than memorial.


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