From:	Colm O'Donaill <codonill@****.TCD.IE>
Subject:	Irish - Tir na nOg
Date:	Sun, 8 Jan 1995 13:36:08 +0000

> OK, I really hate to be a booger about this, but is there a reason everyone
> keeps spelling Tir na nOg as Tir nan Og? Is this some Irish dialect I'm
> simply not aware of?
>
> Again, I'm sorry, but it grates on me the same way it does when someone
> substitutes an auxilliary "e" for an umlaut (i.e. Goethe), even though I
know
> that that particular form is accepted and correct. If I'm simply displaying
> my ignorance, please correct me, but I'm fairly confident that Tir na nOg
> (with the little accent guy over the O) is correct...
>

As a native Irish speaker I can say, Tir na nOg (with the little accent guy -
or fada - over the capital O) is correct. Anything else is wrong but acceptable
in ShadowRun due to the disclaimer in the front of the Tir na nOg sourcebook.

As you most likely know Tir na nOg means land of the young, from Irish Myth,
but did you know that Tir Tairngire refers to exactly the same place? Hmm,
maybe there's a plot in here somewhere? (As long as you ignore Earthdawn).

Colm.

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