Abhainn Dearg

Forum for general cruising topics
Post Reply
User avatar
Clyde_Wanderer
Yellow Admiral
Posts: 1107
Joined: Mon May 19, 2008 8:00 pm
Boat Type: Hummingbird 30
Location: Clyde

Abhainn Dearg

Post by Clyde_Wanderer »

Fancy a bottle of this for my collection after I have bought a new autohelm unit first though.
http://www.abhainndearg.co.uk/shop.html ... ort=normal
Judging from what I know of Erse, would I be wrong thinking that it means something like "Dark Haven" or "Dark House"?
C_W
jim.r
SWS
Posts: 863
Joined: Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:49 pm
Boat Type: Moody S38

Re: Abhainn Dearg

Post by jim.r »

Google translator Irish to English gives it "Red River" ;-)
User avatar
Fingal
Old Salt
Posts: 472
Joined: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:12 pm
Boat Type: Westerly Fulmar 32
Location: Edinburgh

Re: Abhainn Dearg

Post by Fingal »

Clyde_Wanderer wrote: Judging from what I know of Erse......
Clearly, you do not know yer Erse ...... :lol:
Ken
Fulmar 32 Fingal
User avatar
Telo
Admiral of the Red
Posts: 2505
Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:27 pm
Boat Type: Vancouver 34 Pilot
Location: Bampotterie-sur-mer
Contact:

Re: Abhainn Dearg

Post by Telo »

Red Burn or River - often spelt as Abhuinn. Crops up in Scotland and England as the River Avon which is tautological.
User avatar
sahona
Admiral of the White
Posts: 1992
Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:17 pm
Boat Type: Marcon Claymore
Location: Clyde

Re: Abhainn Dearg

Post by sahona »

Clyde_Wanderer wrote:Judging from what I know of Erse, would I be wrong thinking that it means something like "Dark Haven" or "Dark House"?
C_W
Brush up your Erse, by Ken Bruce I believe, may help.

At £150 for a half litre, it looks as if I'll need to form a consortium in order to get a sniff of it.
http://trooncruisingclub.org/ 20' - 30' Berths available, Clyde.
Cruising, racing, maintenance facilities. Go take a look, you know you want to.
User avatar
claymore
Admiral of the Green
Posts: 4762
Joined: Sun Oct 19, 2003 2:55 pm
Boat Type: Claymore
Location: Ardfern or Lancashire

Re: Abhainn Dearg

Post by claymore »

sahona wrote:
Clyde_Wanderer wrote:Judging from what I know of Erse, would I be wrong thinking that it means something like "Dark Haven" or "Dark House"?
C_W
Brush up your Erse, by Ken Bruce I believe, may help.

At £150 for a half litre, it looks as if I'll need to form a consortium in order to get a sniff of it.
Well William - 10 like minded souls stumping up £15 - but it'll be a very wee nip
Regards
Claymore
:goatd
User avatar
Clyde_Wanderer
Yellow Admiral
Posts: 1107
Joined: Mon May 19, 2008 8:00 pm
Boat Type: Hummingbird 30
Location: Clyde

Re: Abhainn Dearg

Post by Clyde_Wanderer »

Shard wrote:Red Burn or River - often spelt as Abhuinn. Crops up in Scotland and England as the River Avon which is tautological.
Thanks Donald, I had to learn gealic (Erse) when at primary and secondary but always hated it and never had any interested in it as it took me all my time to get to grips with the English grammer, just about.
The only complete bit of gealic I can remember is one prayer.
I remember the gealic word for red is Dearag, similar to Dearg.
Never learned what tautological means :lol:
C_W
Post Reply