Re: What is a leprechaun?

GWBush wrote:
> On 19 Jul 2004 01:17:02 +0100, "Sidheseeker"
> <sidheseeker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallaghan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>Sidheseeker wrote:
>>>
>>>>WCB <republican@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On 14 Jul 2004 21:45:02 -0700, nitromill@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Evan-Josh
Roose)
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>They're the little people.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Where do they come from?
>>>>>
>>>>>Tyr nan Og.
>>>>
>>>> 
>>>>Really..???? 
>>>> 
>>>>and I always thought that was Tir na nOg 
>>>> 
>>>
>>>The place is called Tír na nÓg (the Land of the Young - usually 
>>>trsanslated as the land of Youth),
>>
>>Hmm.. seems I missed the fada on the ó.. (can't do caps) anyway
>>you rarely see it written that way..
> 
> 
> Are you sure?  I see it that way all the time.  

Perhaps he means in English texts - we shouldn't forgeet that 
English-language keyboards lack accented characters and are therefore 
unable to represent Irish adequately.

Slán, Einde O'Callaghan