It’s St. Columba Day!

[Rollo]

I hope you a good feast Matt !
Andrew

[gu3]

So to each of you a very happy St. Columba Day!

And to you! Thank you for the photos.

A question for Gaelic speakers: How is "Colum Cille" correctly pronounced? Merriam-Webster Online says that in English it is pronounced \ˈkə-ləm-ˌkil\, but I am under the impression that in Gaelic it would be closer to \ˈkə-ləm-ˌkil-ə\, with the 'e' uttered as a distinct, unstressed syllable, and, moreover, that it would be so pronounced whether spelled "Colum Cille" or "Colm Cille" (without the 'u').

[piperdbh]

And to you! Thank you for the photos.

A question for Gaelic speakers: How is "Colum Cille" correctly pronounced? Merriam-Webster Online says that in English it is pronounced \ˈkə-ləm-ˌkil\, but I am under the impression that in Gaelic it would be closer to \ˈkə-ləm-ˌkil-ə\, with the 'e' uttered as a distinct, unstressed syllable, and, moreover, that it would be so pronounced whether spelled "Colum Cille" or "Colm Cille" (without the 'u').

I'm no Gaelic speaker, but I've heard it said kuh-LUHM-kee-luh, and I've heard it KAHL-uhm-KEEL.

[Highlander31]

Thanks for the reminder Mael Coluim.

Rollo, great bit of history. Thanks for posting it.

[SFCRick]

Very nice pics & informative posts

[Mael Coluim]

Matt is right on! Today was the perfect day to wear my St. Columba tartan Newsome box pleat to work.

[Mael Coluim]

I had gone downtown to pick up our tax filings at our auditors’ office. Across the street was Mary Ball Washington’s home (George’s mother). I remember Ron, ‘Riverkilt’ had posted on one of my Kilted Friday’s threads about how he enjoyed the garden behind Mrs. Washington’s home.

I went in to the delight of the docents. They didn’t know of St. Columba, so I gave them a quick history lesson and answered many questions about tartans and kilts.

The docent Leslie and I went to the garden to take these pix for Ron. Sorry Ron, I was two weeks late for the spring flowers and two weeks early for the summer blooms. Nevertheless it was a beautiful garden.


Here’s Leslie beside the sun dial which base was Mary’s.

[Mael Coluim]

To my right are boxwoods from Mary’s day.

[Mael Coluim]

Leslie stands next to the vegetable garden. Leslie is a student at Mary Washington University. She is writing a paper this summer on William Wallace!

[Mael Coluim]

I am standing beside one of the largest crepe myrtles, I’ve ever seen. I understand that it was Thomas Jefferson who imported some of the first crepe myrtles from Central America.