Word Definition

[Rhomylly]

I've been looking up Irish festivals and course weekends and stuff online, and a word I keep running into is "tionol"

 

Any idea what the exact definition is? "Event with teaching and other stuff" may be too vague, but it's what I've gotten in context.

[Stephen Mills]

Sounds like you're close. This websitehere says:

 

"Tionól" (pronounced chin-OL) is an Irish word that has come to describe a workshop series taught by a distinguished master, often drawing students from all over. "

 

It seems to pop up mostly with pipes in my brief web trawl.

[Rhomylly]

Thanks, Stephen.

 

 

Hmmm, "come to describe."

 

Wonder what it meant before?

[JimLucas]

...a word I keep running into is "tionol"

 

Any idea what the exact definition is?

"Tionól" (pronounced chin-OL) is an Irish word that has come to describe a workshop series taught by a distinguished master, often drawing students from all over. "

Hmmm, "come to describe."

 

Wonder what it meant before?

My 1927 Irish-English dictionary says:

..1) act of assembling, mobilising, convening, collecting

..2) an assembly, a gathering, a crowd, an army, a gang

..3) marriage gifts or goods

I presume the meaning discussed here derives from the second of the above meanings.

[Rhomylly]

Thank you Jim.

 

Note to self: buy an old Irish-English dictionary!!