cailín gaeilge (irish girl) 5
Taken a few days later (the day after my birthday to be precise), this is me in the Navvy, proudly wearing a green and white striped Irish rugby shirt by Lansdowne that I’d bought nearly sixteen years earlier at the Aer Rianta duty-free shop at Dublin Airport; after all, St Patrick’s Day or Lá Fhéile Pádraig in Irish (pronounced “Law leh Pawdrig”) was only a few days away.
I say 'proudly' because I’m of Irish extraction, my mum being from Dublin (or Áth Cliáth in Irish). For those who don’t know Irish (or can’t speak it) the first part is in Irish (or ás gaeilge meaning ‘in Gaelic’) ás being pronounced awss or us and gaeilge being pronounced ‘gwayligeh’. Cailín (or ‘coleen’) is Irish for ‘girl, hence the title.
If you think all this is a mouthful, then you should have listened to the news on RTE Radio 1 years ago when it was on longwave 252 at half three in the afternoon because that was in Gaelic, so really it would’ve have been the Nuacht (newockt) ás gaeilge…’nuacht’ being the Irish for ‘news’. I say ‘when it was on longwave 252’ because it should down at the stroke of midnight on 15 April 2023!
Yes, as soon as March comes around, that’s when I start wearing the green. Whereas most start wearing it only on Lá Fhéile Pádraig, I wear it for meaning, because of my Irish roots. Although still a blonde, I’ve reverted to my curly-haired look but only for a few days when I would revert to my ‘big hair’ look before ending the month sporting the same wig as www.flickr.com/photos/202535582@N03/54752555529.
As for the original description, I have no idea because later that month, the account I had under the name of Barbara Cortina was terminated by Flickr for violating their terms and guidelines, without a word of warning (which they can do by the way). Not only did I lose nearly 2500 photos but also their descriptions, not to mention 11-12 pages of favourites and people who I followed as Barbara Cortina. It'll take ages to build up what I have left because half the photos are gone forever.
As Barbara Cortina, I'm no longer allowed to have a Flickr account, because, apparently, I violated their terms and guidelines but did they tell me HOW I'd done that? No. Many of the photos (including most of those I took while at Haven Lodge) are gone forever because I didn't think to back them up by downloading the relevant folders – it was really crushing. Right at the end of March, the same thing happened again when another account I set up (under Barbara C this time) got terminated as well...also without warning for violating their terms and guidelines (which I never did). As a result, I lost 2447 images but this time THIRTY-ONE pages of favourites. Again, it's really fucking crushing.
cailín gaeilge (irish girl) 5
Taken a few days later (the day after my birthday to be precise), this is me in the Navvy, proudly wearing a green and white striped Irish rugby shirt by Lansdowne that I’d bought nearly sixteen years earlier at the Aer Rianta duty-free shop at Dublin Airport; after all, St Patrick’s Day or Lá Fhéile Pádraig in Irish (pronounced “Law leh Pawdrig”) was only a few days away.
I say 'proudly' because I’m of Irish extraction, my mum being from Dublin (or Áth Cliáth in Irish). For those who don’t know Irish (or can’t speak it) the first part is in Irish (or ás gaeilge meaning ‘in Gaelic’) ás being pronounced awss or us and gaeilge being pronounced ‘gwayligeh’. Cailín (or ‘coleen’) is Irish for ‘girl, hence the title.
If you think all this is a mouthful, then you should have listened to the news on RTE Radio 1 years ago when it was on longwave 252 at half three in the afternoon because that was in Gaelic, so really it would’ve have been the Nuacht (newockt) ás gaeilge…’nuacht’ being the Irish for ‘news’. I say ‘when it was on longwave 252’ because it should down at the stroke of midnight on 15 April 2023!
Yes, as soon as March comes around, that’s when I start wearing the green. Whereas most start wearing it only on Lá Fhéile Pádraig, I wear it for meaning, because of my Irish roots. Although still a blonde, I’ve reverted to my curly-haired look but only for a few days when I would revert to my ‘big hair’ look before ending the month sporting the same wig as www.flickr.com/photos/202535582@N03/54752555529.
As for the original description, I have no idea because later that month, the account I had under the name of Barbara Cortina was terminated by Flickr for violating their terms and guidelines, without a word of warning (which they can do by the way). Not only did I lose nearly 2500 photos but also their descriptions, not to mention 11-12 pages of favourites and people who I followed as Barbara Cortina. It'll take ages to build up what I have left because half the photos are gone forever.
As Barbara Cortina, I'm no longer allowed to have a Flickr account, because, apparently, I violated their terms and guidelines but did they tell me HOW I'd done that? No. Many of the photos (including most of those I took while at Haven Lodge) are gone forever because I didn't think to back them up by downloading the relevant folders – it was really crushing. Right at the end of March, the same thing happened again when another account I set up (under Barbara C this time) got terminated as well...also without warning for violating their terms and guidelines (which I never did). As a result, I lost 2447 images but this time THIRTY-ONE pages of favourites. Again, it's really fucking crushing.