The article is right in that 'Cuil' got it wrong. But the article isn't entirely right either. 'Cuil' is a declination in adjective form of the word Cul. While in noun form 'Cul' it can mean 'side' or 'corner'  example : Cul an bothair [The side of the road] in adjective form it ALWAYS means 'back' or 'bottom'.

The name of the area which I spent my teenage years was called Cuil Moin [meaning back of the bog] because there was a turf fuel harvesting area to the front of the roadway into the village.

Cul is actually not originally an Irish word, but was imported into the Irish language around 1798 and comes from the influence of France over the Irish language during the 'Years of the French'  You will probably be familiar with the french phrase 'Cul de Sac' meaning a road that leads nowhere [dead-end], Translated literally from French it means 'bottom of the bag'.

There is indeed a legend regarding the 'Salmon of Knowledge' - 'An Bradan Feasa', although the most common word generally used for 'Knowledge' is 'Eolas' a derivative of the word 'Solas' meaning 'light'.....but Fionn's last name is not spelled 'Cuil' or 'Cuill' but rather ''Cumhail' but is still pronounced 'cool'.

Many bastardizations of Irish language exist globally as a result of small pockets of people of Irish origin being divorced from their parent culture resulting in cultural and tradition bankruptcy. This is most notable in the United States where some people actually think that bagpipes are Irish - they are not, they are Scottish only!

Irish pipes are called Oileann Pipes and sound is produced not by blowing into them but injecting air with a bellows mechanism kept under the arm!

Other examples of irish cultural/tradition bankruptcy are:

1. Spelling 'Sean' like 'Shawn' , 'Shaun' and other variatons.

2. The last name 'Mahoney' and being pronounced 'MAH-HONE- EE' The right spelling is 'Mahony' and pronounced 'MAH-NEE'

3, The last name 'Kinsella' being pronounced 'kin-SELL-a' with emphasis on the middle sylabel. The right pronounciation is 'KIN- sla' emphasis on the first sylabel and roll the remaining two sylabels into one.

4. The last name 'Moran' being pronounced 'MOR-ANNE' The right pronounciation is 'MORE-in' emphasis on the first sylabel.

5. The last name 'Shaughnessy' being pronounced 'Shawn -nessy'. The right pronounciation is 'Shock-nessy' 

I could go on - do you all have time for this? LOL.

Oh yeah, and the perception that the only stout in Ireland is Guinness, and the most popular Irish whiskey is either Bushmills or Jameson.

Many Thanks John

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