There is a reel named "The Shaskeen". So i wanted to know the meaning of this word and I searched with Google. I found differet pubs in various parts of the world, a band named "the Shaskeen" and all sorts of things, but nothing concerning the meaning of the word.
Can somebody explain the meaning of this word? (I'm sure I'm not the only ignorant here).
P.S. : excuse my bad English
In my Irish dictionary there is:
seascann (gs. & npl. seascainn): bog, marsh, swamp
Probably the -een (as spelt in English) ending is the diminutive ending, so it probably means "little bog". I don't know what the Irish spelling would be for that, perhaps it is the "seascain" given above, though neither "seascain" nor "seasguin" is in my dictionary.
Shaskeen is also the name of a townland in Co Mayo,right on the border with that great county of Sligo. Its apparently the place where fiddler Michael Coleman got the tune of the same name...happy new year!
I was told by one of the older players I met in Gurteen that the tune was played by a piper who was from the townland known as Shaskeen and that's how it got its name.
What does mean "Shaskeen"
What does mean "Shaskeen"
There is a reel named "The Shaskeen". So i wanted to know the meaning of this word and I searched with Google. I found differet pubs in various parts of the world, a band named "the Shaskeen" and all sorts of things, but nothing concerning the meaning of the word.
Can somebody explain the meaning of this word? (I'm sure I'm not the only ignorant here).
P.S. : excuse my bad English
# Posted on January 3rd 2008 by Pierre Commes
Re: What does mean "Shaskeen"
I forgot : Happy New Year to all of you.
# Posted on January 3rd 2008 by Pierre Commes
Re: What does mean "Shaskeen"
"Shaskeen" is Irish Gaelic for "marshy land", the place where peat is cut.
# Posted on January 3rd 2008 by dafydd
Re: What does mean "Shaskeen"
Do any of our Irish speakers have the correct spelling? "Seascaín" perhaps?
# Posted on January 3rd 2008 by Murph
Re: What does mean "Shaskeen"
I think it's spelt "Seasguín" on one of Seamus Tansey's albums.
# Posted on January 3rd 2008 by Key Maniac Lad
Re: What does mean "Shaskeen"
In my Irish dictionary there is:
seascann (gs. & npl. seascainn): bog, marsh, swamp
Probably the -een (as spelt in English) ending is the diminutive ending, so it probably means "little bog". I don't know what the Irish spelling would be for that, perhaps it is the "seascain" given above, though neither "seascain" nor "seasguin" is in my dictionary.
# Posted on January 3rd 2008 by Richard D Cook
Re: What does mean "Shaskeen"
Shaskeen is also the name of a townland in Co Mayo,right on the border with that great county of Sligo. Its apparently the place where fiddler Michael Coleman got the tune of the same name...happy new year!
# Posted on January 4th 2008 by feadoger
Re: What does mean "Shaskeen"
Feadoger how is it spelt in Irish (if you have the bilingual signs)?
# Posted on January 4th 2008 by Richard D Cook
Re: What does mean "Shaskeen"
I was told by one of the older players I met in Gurteen that the tune was played by a piper who was from the townland known as Shaskeen and that's how it got its name.
# Posted on January 4th 2008 by Phantom Button
Re: What does mean "Shaskeen"
there are lots of different names in Irish for fields - seascain, gort, pairc etc depending if they are marshy, stoney, arrible etc
# Posted on January 7th 2008 by iwerzon