{"id":1171,"date":"2023-03-15T12:16:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T12:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeonmachair.ie\/baile\/cad-a-chiallaionn-machair\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T13:08:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T13:08:17","slug":"cad-a-chiallaionn-machair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeonmachair.ie\/ga\/baile\/cad-a-chiallaionn-machair\/","title":{"rendered":"Cad a chialla\u00edonn Machair?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>In \u00c9irinn, t\u00e1 ainmneacha \u00e9ags\u00fala ag su\u00edomhanna Machair. Tagann an focal <em>Machair<\/em> f\u00e9in \u00f3 Ghaeilge na hAlban, agus t\u00e1 an bun\u00fas c\u00e9anna aige agus at\u00e1 ag \u00e1r bhfocal Gaeilge <em>maghera<\/em>, rud a chialla\u00edonn gur machaire fh\u00e9armhair ar leibh\u00e9al \u00edseal at\u00e1 i gceist. Focail eile a \u00fas\u00e1idtear chun cur s\u00edos a dh\u00e9anamh ar na ceantair seo in \u00c9irinn n\u00e1 <em>duach<\/em>, <em>dooagh<\/em>, <em>dumhca<\/em> and <em>muirbheach<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Athra\u00edonn na hainmneacha a \u00fas\u00e1idtear go r\u00e9igi\u00fanach agus i Maigh Eo, mar shampla, is \u00e9 an t\u00e9arma a \u00fas\u00e1idtear go forleathan ar leithinis ar an Mhuirthead agus ar Acaill n\u00e1 \u2018bruach-gainmheach\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cib\u00e9 ainm a \u00fas\u00e1idimid, cuireann su\u00edomhanna Machair c\u00f3rais chasta feirmeoireachta i l\u00e1thair. Cuid\u00edonn oibri\u00fa ar leibh\u00e9al na gc\u00f3ras lena chinnti\u00fa go nglactar dearcadh uileghabh\u00e1lach chun go mbeidh r\u00e9imse na ngn\u00e1th\u00f3g agus na speiceas a chomhdh\u00e9anann iad ann i gcomhthr\u00e1th leis an bhfeirmeoireacht agus le h\u00fas\u00e1id\u00ed eile ar n\u00f3s na turas\u00f3ireachta, at\u00e1 tagtha chun cinn le blianta beaga anuas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeonmachair.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/scottish-machair-1-edited-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeonmachair.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/scottish-machair-1-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Machair Albanach\" class=\"wp-image-1182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeonmachair.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/scottish-machair-1-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.lifeonmachair.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/scottish-machair-1-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lifeonmachair.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/scottish-machair-1-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lifeonmachair.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/scottish-machair-1-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lifeonmachair.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/scottish-machair-1-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeonmachair.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/scottish-machair-1-edited-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lifeonmachair.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/scottish-machair-1-edited-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Machair Albanach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In \u00c9irinn, t\u00e1 ainmneacha \u00e9ags\u00fala ag su\u00edomhanna Machair. Tagann an focal Machair f\u00e9in \u00f3 Ghaeilge na hAlban, agus t\u00e1 an bun\u00fas c\u00e9anna aige agus at\u00e1 ag \u00e1r bhfocal Gaeilge maghera, rud a chialla\u00edonn gur machaire fh\u00e9armhair ar leibh\u00e9al \u00edseal at\u00e1 i gceist. Focail eile a \u00fas\u00e1idtear chun cur s\u00edos a dh\u00e9anamh ar na ceantair seo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1059,"parent":233,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1171","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cad a chialla\u00edonn Machair? - LIFE ar Mhacaire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeonmachair.ie\/ga\/baile\/cad-a-chiallaionn-machair\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cad a chialla\u00edonn Machair? - LIFE ar Mhacaire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In \u00c9irinn, t\u00e1 ainmneacha \u00e9ags\u00fala ag su\u00edomhanna Machair. 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