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* '''Finn Gall:''' (''Irish'') fair-haired foreigner → an Irish epithet for one of the factions of Danish Vikings who ruled Dublin in the Middle Ages → contrasted with [[dovesgall|Dubh Gall]]
 
* '''Finn Gall:''' (''Irish'') fair-haired foreigner → an Irish epithet for one of the factions of Danish Vikings who ruled Dublin in the Middle Ages → contrasted with [[dovesgall|Dubh Gall]]
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* '''Fingal:''' Scots form of Finn MacCumhail, legendary Irish hero → the second part of the Prankquean episode is set in Vico's heroic age
  
 
* '''Fine Gael:''' (''Irish'') tribe of the Irish; also the name of a prominent political party in Ireland
 
* '''Fine Gael:''' (''Irish'') tribe of the Irish; also the name of a prominent political party in Ireland
  
* '''Fingernail''' (e.g. pointing at her as he blathered)
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* '''Fingernail''' (i.e. pointing at her as he blathered)
  
  
 
[[Category:Irish phrases]]
 
[[Category:Irish phrases]]

Latest revision as of 15:31, 16 November 2010

  • Finn Gall: (Irish) fair-haired foreigner → an Irish epithet for one of the factions of Danish Vikings who ruled Dublin in the Middle Ages → contrasted with Dubh Gall
  • Fingal: Scots form of Finn MacCumhail, legendary Irish hero → the second part of the Prankquean episode is set in Vico's heroic age
  • Fine Gael: (Irish) tribe of the Irish; also the name of a prominent political party in Ireland
  • Fingernail (i.e. pointing at her as he blathered)