Clisare

For those of you that don't follow me on Instagram, I thought you might be interested in this post I shared recently.

For the last year, I've been decolonising my email signature by swapping the usual English-language email sign offs with Irish language ones in varying levels of seriousness. ⁠(Meanings below!)
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My most used is "Le Meas", which means "with respect". My actual favourite is "Lean ort" which basically means "go on" and is a VERY informal encouragement in speech, but I haven't had the balls to use that one in an email yet. I am also a fan of "Tóg go bog é", which means "take it easy", but I don't send enough casual emails to have gotten massive use out of that one either.
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And yes - I do use these ALL the time. Even when emailing people I know are based in the US or the UK (so I KNOW they do not speak Irish). For me, these little acts of decolonisation need to be unapologetic!

Since I posted this, a few people suggested "Bígí deas" which means "Be good" and I've started to add that into my rotation. Any other suggestions? 💬
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Meanings:
Le Meas = With Respect
Míle Buíochas = A Million thanks
Go n-eirí leat = May you succeed (good luck)
GRMA (Short for "Go Raibh Mile Maith Agat) = Thanks a million
Síocháin = Peace ✌🏻
Lean Ort = Go on (encouraging)
Slán Slán = Bye Bye
Tóg Go Bog é = Take it easy

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1 day ago (edited) | [YT] | 153

Clisare

Hi guys!

Paddy's Day is fast approaching but before we move on to St Patrick, I wanted to take a minute to show you what I got up to to celebrate St. Brigid this year! I think you'll really enjoy the Storytelling Night at the Irish Whiskey Museum! ⤵️

PS The St Patrick's Day merch is now up on my site too, go grab some in time for St. Patrick's Day! ☘️clisare.com/en-eur/collections/st-patricks-day-202…

5 months ago | [YT] | 82

Clisare

Hello! 👋🏻 Few announcements ⤵️

New Video: Festival Mná (Experiential cut) is up on Patreon now: clisare.rocks/festivalmna-extended 🩷

Festival Mná is Ireland's only women-only festival, and the Patreon cut is a full, 40-minute-long version which includes all interviews in full and original audio from the festival (rather than added music)so it truly gives you a taste of the experience! For Exclusive Content Club Patrons. 🧡 (The YouTube version will be published this week but will be much shorter)

In other news, the Valentine's Day & St. Brigid merch drop is up on my website now: clisare.rocks/brigid-drop
This year, I'm going to be doing themed merch related to the videos each month, so these designs are available for three weeks only. St. Brigid's Day is Feb 1st and Valentine's Day is Feb 14th. The St. Brigid's cardigan features the St. Brigid's cross and the Valentine's Day designs feature the Irish word for 'Love' - "Grá".

Last but not least, the discounted copies of the Bilingual (Irish & English) Year Planner are almost gone! Get yours: clisare.rocks/dialann25 💚

7 months ago | [YT] | 100

Clisare

Introducing "Gaeilge Gear"! ☘️

While I've been on maternity leave, I've been designing loads of Irish language merch, which I'm calling 'Gaeilge Gear'. My FAVOURITE thing I've designed so far is this sterling silver "Fáinne"-inspired necklace. ⤵

If you don't know, The 'Fáinne' is a circular pin badge generally recognised in Ireland, which indicates a level of fluency and a willingness to speak Irish with others. I keep losing my badges, so my idea is to have a necklace instead that you can wear all the time! ☘️ It's inscribed with "Labhair Liom" which means "Speak to me" in Irish!

Pre-orders close soon and it's a once-off run, so grab yours now if you want one!

Shop 👉🏻 clisare.com/en-eur/pages/gaeilge-gear

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9 months ago | [YT] | 174

Clisare

Good to be back at ‪@TheTRYChannel‬ 🥳

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