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General => Kayaking => Topic started by: Ritchie on April 21, 2008, 13:36:27

Title: imirt-holla.
Post by: Ritchie on April 21, 2008, 13:36:27

anyone know where in leixlip this hole is....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roo8tl56h2Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roo8tl56h2Y)

Title: Re: imirt-holla.
Post by: Kerry on April 21, 2008, 15:33:40

well all i know is that the rivers runs at the back of intel in Leixlip, and the rivers runs from Maynooth.

Title: Re: imirt-holla.
Post by: Ritchie on April 21, 2008, 17:42:57

i reckon its down from the bridge in the village... i'd put up with all intels toxic waste, looks pretty sweet!! 8)

Title: Re: imirt-holla.
Post by: kmck on April 21, 2008, 17:45:25

It takes an awful lot of water to run, according to pete.

Title: Re: imirt-holla.
Post by: Diarmaid on April 22, 2008, 08:54:42

a further question: what the hell does imirt-holla mean?

it's like some weird Gaeilge / Gangsta crossover... hmm... gaelsta...

Title: Re: imirt-holla.
Post by: kill on April 22, 2008, 11:20:48

Nothing.

The irish for hole is 'poll' and not 'holla'

I would say that a closer translation of play-hole would be poll-súgradh

Title: Re: imirt-holla.
Post by: Ritchie on April 22, 2008, 12:02:03

"gaelsta..."

...i like it!!!. someone who actually knows some irish should try putting it into that google-gan'sta page.

http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ucdcanoeclub.com (http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ucdcanoeclub.com)

Title: Re: imirt-holla.
Post by: Diarmaid on April 22, 2008, 12:23:23

Quote from: kill on April 22, 2008, 11:20:48

I would say that a closer translation of play-hole would be poll-súgradh

well that depends... súgradh refers to the aimless kind of playing with no rules or objective that a toddler might do. imirt is for games with a purpose and a way of playing, and I suppose if you were making sweet sweet music with the hole you could even call it a poll-seinm (or seint?)...

so the question becomes, is there any point to playboating or not? :P

Title: Re: imirt-holla.
Post by: Emmett Trin on April 22, 2008, 14:54:57

Ritchie, that hole is at the back of my house. as kieran said it does take a lot of water to work, the sluice has to b pretty much washed out.

to get there- take the 1st Leixlip exit after lucan. when you get into the village, take a left at the lights. go up the hill and take the first right (its right before the church n school). and its at the  bridge at the botom of that hill

Title: Re: imirt-holla.
Post by: Ritchie on April 22, 2008, 17:43:16

you mean the weir opposite the ozone.... sure its that one??

Title: Re: imirt-holla.
Post by: Tr Ash on April 22, 2008, 18:21:35

Tremmet can see it from his back garden so call him up to see if its workin!!! :P ;D

Title: Re: imirt-holla.
Post by: Ritchie on April 22, 2008, 22:46:04

nice!!! 8)

Title: Re: imirt-holla.
Post by: Emmett Trin on April 23, 2008, 11:31:51

no its not that weir. its upstream from there.

Title: Re: imirt-holla.
Post by: Tr Ash on April 23, 2008, 13:55:16

so what were u showin me from your backgarden the other day?? :-\

Title: Re: imirt-holla.
Post by: Emmett Trin on April 26, 2008, 14:21:11

exactly