maybe i should make a pinned post for links and info and stuff. i had one before but i think i deleted it oops

hi yes!

so "saint" is just the english word saint.

and "ó murċaiḋ" is more usually spelt "ó murchaidh" (since the letters with the dots haven't really been in widespread use in irish since like the 60s/70s). it comes from the first name "murchadh" (which i also use). "murchadh" is pronounced sort of like "MUR-uh-khuh", and "murchaidh" more like "MUR-uh-khee". there's sort of a syllable between the R and C that isn't written.

and the "ó" is like a long "oh" sound.

there's an audio pronounciation of "murchadh" here that i found, although they've used the spelling "murchadha".

anyway, i hope that was useful!!

i know they're all celtic languages, but seeing that scottish gaelic for "tired" is "sgìth" makes me so happy bc it's like.. ahh it's "skwith/skith" and "skuizh" in cornish and breton respectively, and that's so fun for me, i love it when languages are related.

aren't you people tired yet of acting like this about irish people and people from celtic nations in general. because we're really tired of hearing it.

something soemthing the victorian-era romanticisation and othering of celtic peoples is still alive and well, but people seem to think it's ok if they're being quirky about it.

i'm way too exhausted and brain-fogged to get into it properly now, but why are we (people from celtic nations) always viewed as like magical, otherworldly, nature-dwelling, musical, so-inherently-in-touch-with-the-natural-world, mythological, mysterious, fairies, or whatever.

this is really weird and uncomfortable. idk anythinf about hozier himself really either, i only know like 2 of his songs, but i know that he himself has said this is uncomfortable for him and a lot of irish people.