Gaelic Ideas
Here are a few ideas for designing your own home place sign in Gaelic.
A Gaelic home place sign is a great conversation starter!
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| Glochamora | from "Finnegan's Rainbow" / "Brigadoon" | |
| * | An t-sabhal | The Barn Site |
| * | Glencraig | Narrow Valley With Rocky Cliffs |
| Clach dhion | Shelter Stone | |
| Coire cheathaich | Misty Mountain Hollow | |
| Aillig | Stony Place | |
| Meall nam eun | Hill of the Birds | |
| Allt a' choire | Stream of the Mountain Hollow | |
| Slochd na beinne | Hollow of the Mountain | |
| Allt nam breac | Trout Stream | |
| Ardlamont | Height of Lamont | |
| Ard ... | Height of ... | |
| An t-bearn | The Gap | |
| Diebibearn | Deep Gap | |
| Beinn macdonald | MacDonald's Mountain | |
| Carn an t-sabhail | Hill of the Barn | |
| An t-caiplich | The Place of Horses | |
| Choinneachan | Place of Moss | |
| Craighouse | Rock House | |
| Eadar da aih | Between Two Streams | |
| An t-easan | The Waterfall | |
| Fuar-ghlaic | Cold Hollow | |
| * | An t-elrig | The Deer Pass |
| Fuaralaich | Cold Place | |
| Fuar-mhonadh | Cold Mountain | |
| Fuar-ailt | Cold Stream | |
| Fheadain | Mountain Hollow With Streamlet | |
| An t-fhuarain | The Spring | |
| Iolair | Eagle | |
| Leabaidh an fheidh | The Deer's Lair (bed) | |
| Leabaidh an mhadaidh | The Wolf's Lair (also dog or fox) | |
| Monadh-ruadh | Red Mountains | |
| Monadh-uaine | Green Mountains | |
| An t-saobhaidhean | The Fox Den | |
| * | An t-seamraig | The Shamrock |
| * | Sheiling | Summer Home |
| An t-suidhe | The Resting Place | |
| Taig an droma | House on the Ridge | |
| * | Tiag an monadh | Mountain Home (House) |
| * | Taig an traigh | Beach Home (House) |
Lots of people email me to ask about the meaning of Celtic knots. I often say that I am a wood carver and dealer of Celtic art and music. I am really not a scholar in the subject of the meaning of these knots. With that disclaimer, the following is the best of my understanding at this time. Please feel free to send me an email and offer your knowledge on the subject and I will update this section from time to time.
As best I can learn, Celtic art had three main functions: decoration; religious symbolism; and depiction of stories. For the most part it is purely decoration and art for the sake of beauty. I now believe that, where meaning can be assigned, most of the ancient symbolism attributed to Celtic knots either has been lost or is a later development. There is no real ancient authority (like the Bible) on the meaning of each of the thousands of designs.
Where meaning can be assigned you will probably find that the same design meant different things to different people at different times. For example, the "King Solomon Knot" on my site was known by this name until about the time of Napoleon. Then it became known as the "Josephine Knot." Today it is often referred to as a "love knot."
Lots of Celtic knots are designs by contemporary artists. The "Wedding Knot" on my page is my own creation. I just named it that because it seemed the thing to do!
Much of my work is inspired by The Book of Kells. This is a copy of the New Testament and we know a good bit about the beliefs of the church in Ireland after Patrick. This allows us to make a number of assumptions about many of the designs in this great treasure of Celtic art.
One more thing, the Celts valued the freedom of the individual and it is a very "Celtic" thing for you to assign whatever meaning you want to a particular knot or design.
Hope this helps. Thanks for visiting my web site. Please check out the cool stuff you will find here. Everything on this website is original art and music created by the artists and musicians themselves.
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