Enmyn Buill
Summary
The Celtic countries are no the only ones where place names and their associated
history can be lost.
Va mee clashtyn rish claare er y radio voish yn Ullee as v'ad g'accan dy row sleih
ayn er shen as adsyn caghlaa enmyn buill voish Gaelg dys Baarle. V'eh taghyrt feer
vennick boayl va thieyn noa goll y hroggal ayns stay baghee noa. V'ad loayrt mychione
boayl enmysit Ballyree, mastey buill elley, va caghlaait dys Bexley. Ta lane fys ain,
shinyn ta g'ynsaghey Gaelg, dy vel y lhied taghyrt ayns shoh, as ta fys ain ooilley
dy vel lane caillt tra ta enmyn gollrish shoh skellal ersooyl.
Ta fys ain er bun jeh fockleyn gollrish "balley", "awin", "cronk" as "beg", as
eer mastey ny Baarleyryn ta sleih ayn as fys oc my-nyn-gione. Ga dy vel nyn enmyn
buill fo baggyrt as t'eh orrin ooilley dy coadey ad, boayl ta fys ta niart myrgeddin.
Ta sleih ny mast ain ta freayll arrey dy-kinjagh as streppey dy chur erash enmyn va bunnys
caillt. Agh nish, smooinee-jee er Sostyn. Ayns shen ta meeryn jerree (suffixes) dy-liooar
ayns enmyn buill gollrish "-ton", "-hurst", "-worth", as "-ham" agh cha nel fys ec monney sleih er nyn vun. Ta fys ec bunnys ooilley yn theihll er y vun jeh "-ford"
as "-chester" agh er-lhimmey jeusyn shen cha jinnagh monney cur bun er ennym gollrish
"Billingshurst" boayl ta my huyr baghey.
Roish my row mee poost as foast baghey ayns Essex, tra nagh row fys erbee aym
er'n Ghaelg, va stayd baghee noa goll y hroggal mysh daa veeiley ersooyl voym. Er
yn oyr dy beagh palchey dy leih noa cheet stiagh 'sy valley beg v'ad er-chee troggal
thie oast noa da ooilley ny scoarnaghyn chirrym noa shen. Va'n boayl reihit er corneil er
raad enmysit "Hanging Hill Lane". Myr shen reih yn thie imbyl dy chur yn ennym "The
Gibbet" er. Va lane accan mastey ny barrantee ayns yn balley sniessey (Brentwood).
V'ad smooinnaghtyn dy row yn ennym jeh'n raad cheet voish dunverys-hene ennagh as d'ennee
ad nagh row ennym yn thie oast cooie. Cha row ad arryltagh kied y chur er-y-hon.
'Sy vlein 1381 va irree magh ny sleih cadjin ayns Sostyn. Va fer jeh ny cooishyn
v'ad noi, keesh noa va'n Ree er-chee cur ad fo enmysit yn "poll tax". Haghlee fir-baghee
voish daa valley beg cheerey (Fobbing as Mucking) dys Brentwood as hyndaa ad harrish ny buird boayl va ny briwnyn beggey chaglym yn keesh. Tra cheayll ny deiney voish
Kent, ta tammylt beg ersooyl harrish yn Thames voish Fobbing as Mucking, dy row nyn
vraaraghyn ayns Essex g'irree magh hie ad lesh Lunnin fo'n leeideilys Wat Tyler as
Jack Straw. Roish shen va saggyrt ayns Essex enmysit John Ball er ve preachcil voish
teks myr shoh:
"When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?" Tra rosh ad ooilley
dys Lunnin va'n Ree loayrt roo ec chaglym mooar ayns Spittalfields. Va Tyler dunverit
dy vraheyderagh liorish yn Ard-Veoir Lunnin as ghow yn Ree as e chiannooyrtys toshiaght er tranlaase ny sleih cadjin. Hug ad palchey jeu dys y chriy ec Gallows Corner
as Hanging Hill Lane ayns Essex as buill elley ayns Kent.
Screeu mish as my chaarjyn rish yn thie imbyl as dooyrt shin cre'n fa nagh oddagh
ad cur ennym gollrish "The Wat Tyler" ny "The Peasants' Revolt" er'n thie oast. Oddagh
jallooaghyn voish yn traa shen ve currit er ny voalaghyn as verragh shen foays er'n thie. Hooar shin freggyrt voue gra dy row ad er ve smooinaghyn er'n ennym "The Last
Drop" er agh va lane boirey er ve oc hannah, as va'd er reih dy chur yn ennym "The
Woodpecker" er.
Colin y Jerree
Yn Eddyr-Voggyl as ny Chengaghyn Celtiagh
Summary:
While some people may well be tired of hearing exaggerated claims for the Internet
it has significant potential to further the cause of the Celtic languages.
Shimmey imraa mychione yn Eddyr Voggyl (Intenet) t'ayns na pabyryn-naight er y
gherrid. Er y fa dy vel y chooish shoh bentyn rish co-earrooderyn as y lheid, nee
ram sleih gra nagh mie lhieu clashtyn my e chione. Agh oddagh y lheid jannoo foays
da chengaghyn beggey goll rish ny chengaghyn Celtiagh as bare dooin goaill ymmyd jeh.
Ghow yn Eddyr-Voggyl toshiaght red goll rish jeih bleeaney as feed er dy henney
tra va ny Americanee geearree co-earrooderyn mooarey y chiangley ry cheilley. Ec
y traa v'ayn, cha nee agh co-earrooderyn mooarey v'ayn, ayns ynnydyn ronsee currit
da cooishyn-caggee as ayns ollooscoillyn (ram jeusyn currit da cooishyn-caggee neesht). Lurg
tammylt, hoig sleih dy liooar dy row eh beggan ommidjagh dy ve gobbraghey dy jeean
lesh co-earrooder mooar ayns un voayl, geddyn ooilley ny eiyrtysyn (results) er tape
ny pabyr, eisht cur lesh ooilley ny tapeyn as pabyr shen ayns gleashtan ny etlan dys
co earrooder mooar elley ayns boayl elley, as jannoo obbyr dy liooar nagh row ymmyrchagh.
Cre mysh kiangley y daa cho-earrooder ry cheilley as giarrey magh ram jeh'n obbyr?
Eisht, veagh y daa cho earrooder 'loayrt' eddyr oc hene, goaill ymmyd jeh linnaghyn-chellvane.
Dy beagh sheanseyryn (scientists) gobbraghey ayns California, abbyr, oddagh ad cur
eiyrtysyn nyn obbyr stiagh ayns co-earrooder raad v'ad gobbraghey as eisht cur ny eiyrtysyn shen dys co-earrooder erbee va kianlt lesh y cho-earrooder ocsyn. Oddagh
y nah cho-earrooder ve faggys da'n chied cho- earrooder, ny thousaneyn dy veeilaghyn
ersooyl. As oddagh co-earrooderyn dy liooar ve kianlt ry cheilley dy yannoo moggyl
(network).
Ghow sleih toshiaght dy chur chaghteraghtyn hug sleih elley harrish ny linnaghyn
eddyr ny co-earrooderyn. Va shen y toshiaght jeh post lectraneagh as y toshiaght
jeh'n Eddyr-Voggyl myr ta shin toiggal eh nish. Va moggylyn currit er bun son anaaseyn
er-lheh (special interests). Eisht, va moggyl mooar jeant jeh ny moggylyn ooilley. Y
moggyl mooar, shen yn Eddyr-Voggyl.
Derrey tammylt beg er dy henney, v'eh doillee da peiagh ny lomarcan dy ghoaill
ayrn syn Eddyr-Voggyl. V'eh orts ymmyd y ghoaill jeh co-earrooder mooar va lesh reiltys
ny ollooscoill ennagh. Agh nish, foddee oo goaill ayrn lesh co-earrooder persoonagh
sy thie ayd hene, choud's ta jee-chummeyder (modem) ayd as t'ou surransagh dy liooar.
Jee-chummeyder, shen greie ta lhiggey da co-earrooder ennagh 'loayrt' rish co-earrooder
elley harrish linney chellvane.
T'ou geeck argid dy reiltagh da sheshaght-voggyl ennagh as t'ee shen cooney lhiat
dy ghoaill ayrn sy voggyl eck hene as syn Eddyr-Voggyl. Dy firrinagh, t'eh foast
doillee as costal dy liooar dy ghoaill ayrn, ga dy vod oo 'loayrt' rish sleih ayns
Tokyo, abbyr, son y leagh jeh eam-chellvane ynnydagh (bwooise da'n argid reiltagh t'ou geeek
da'n cheshaght voggyl). Ta'n doilleeid ayn kyndagh rish cooid-vog (software) teaymagh
as jee chummeyderyn teaymagh. Ta colught Microsoft toiggal shoh, as t'adsyn er-chee creck stoo vees dty warree abyl dy ymmydey gyn boirey! Heemayd.
Ta moggylyn co-earrooder ymmydoil dooin er y fa dy vodmayd cur stoo Celtiagh noon
as noal feiy ny cruinney. Fodmayd cur stoo-ynsee (lesh jallooyn as sheean) harrish
ny linnaghyn. Dy jarroo, ta Marion Gunn voish Divlyn as e caarjyn jannoo y lheid
rish shiartanse dy vleeantyn lesh y voggyl Gaelagh GAELIC-L. Agh foastagh, tra va shen currit
er bun, v'ou eginit goll trooid co-earrooder mooar - red nagh vod oo roshtyn dy aashagh
ayns Mannin. Nish, ta reddyn er jeet dy ve ny sassey.
Son shickyrys, cha nodmayd jerkal rish mirrilyn dy heet magh ass co-earrooderyn.
Ta niart boghtynid er ny screeu mychione Ard-Raad Mooar y Fysseree (The Information
Superhighway), raad vees co-earrooderyn, chellvaneyn as chellveeish gobbraghey ry
cheilley. Dy firrinagh, cha nel monney anaase ec y chooid smoo dy 'leih er y lheid ec y
traa t'ayn. Rouyr blaatar, foddee. Agh red erbee ta lowal dooin skeayley magh fys
er yn Ghaelg, she red feeu t'ayn, gyn ourys erbee. Erskyn ooilley, sheeu eh tra ta
sleih shirrey y lheid orrinyn. As ec y traa cheddin, fodmayd gynsaghey voish stoo ta shin
geddyn voish cheeraghyn elley, stoo ta cheet harrish ny moggylyn.
Ta reiltysyn toiggal dy vel niart ec y fysseree (information). Er aghtyn ennagh,
ta ny Americanee ny smoo currit da seyrsnys y pheiagh na ny Oarpee. Shen y fa dy
daink yn Eddyr-Voggyl rish ayns America. Agh eer ayns shid, ta sleih pooaral cheet
dy ve imneagh mychione corvaal yn Eddyr-Voggyl. By vie lhieu eh y chur fo'n smaght oc as
gagh red y reill dy jesh. Choud's shoh, ta lught yn Eddyr Voggyl caggey dy jeean
noi shen.
Surrys enn nagh bee reiltys Hostyn ny smoo graihagh er yn Eddyr-Voggyl lurg da
fer brishey stiagh ayns co-earrooder Chellinsh Goaldagh as feddyn magh earrooyn-chellvane
follit. Agh s'doillee da reiltys Hostyn lhiggey er dy vel eh geddyn rey rish reillyn as prowal dy screeu reillyn noa ec y traa cheddin. Dy bishee niart yn Eddyr-Voggyl!
As nagh mie dy smooinaghtyn dy vel oo cur paart dy imnea er reiltys ennagh as oo
cur cooishyn Celtiagh er e hoshiaght ec y traa cheddin.
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