My husband and I are buying a house in Ireland and we need to give the house a name, any suggestions please?

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Christine

Teach Athais, that Irish for 'Happy House'

Teach = House
Athais = Happy

lake is Loch, so if you want to call it the lake house its teach loch

or Teach na nOg, which is after Tir na nOg, (land of the young, I think thats the direct translations, but i will stand corrected, its an old Irish legend, thing is its very popular so there could be a few others with the same name)

Sorry, I should tell you how to pronounce that

teach is chak
athas is awhis

deburca98

Radharc an locha
(View of the lake) <----as direct a translation as possible.
Phonetically pronounced Rye-arc- aan - Luck-a.

Please give your house an irish name

Edit
I have seen both versions used, it makes no difference, Its a place name and variations occur from place to place. I have seen radharc an locha and radharc na locha, I never said it was gospel. There is a place called radharc an locha in leitirmoir(sorry i have not included a fada, there, should be LeitirmÃ³ir). No wonder the irish language is dying on its ****, when you discourage people so much. I agree and will say that the Na is also used.
Baile atha an ri, is "town of the ford of the kings", why is it not baile atha na ri ?

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EchoIndia756

Loch ( irish for lake) MÃ¡la for hill

Loch MÃ¡la.

fafandloo

lakeside
water-view
lake-hill
surrey - to remind your 32 yrs together and a fresh start,
enjoy Ireland, happy retirement,

sarah n

Manderlay- taken from the book rebecca, its a lovely name and the setting of your house, seems ideal

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Wackford Squeers

Ballyboghooley view

wetdufflecoats

Dunroamin seems to be quite popular!

peter k

Uppitty manor

lyndsayc1984

Maybe something like Radharc (pronounced rye-erk, roughly, translates as 'view'). Otherwise I agree with sarah n, and would go for Manderlay.

Edit: deburca's answer: View of the Lake would not be Radharc an locha, but rather Radharc na Locha. The first is incorrect, so make sure you get an accurate translation if you do decide to go for an Irish name.

Edit: Okay, point taken - I'll admit I was incorrect. But I'm not trying to discourage anybody, this couple may not even want an Irish name. Apologies!

sarah m

clover, because its pretty, irish and lucky, good luck, im jealous!

jckbrd

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