geajvop
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The only one who can read the translation of the name that’s written on the label

It’s not translated there. 
geajvop
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The little square label on the bottle is about the meaning of “Stiuireadair” though
I see it now. The name of the whiskey isn’t translated though.
geajvop
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I would have guessed steerer, but they say helmsman, sounds like a translation to me?
It sounds like a bit of a bullshit name alright. 
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geajvop
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Sounds like one of the made up ones, but I’d guess its actually authentic
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stiúrthóir
Is it The Arse of the Hole?
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geajvop
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it means “Arse of the River”
(you got that pretty close!)
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I was torn between The Whole of the Arse.
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geajvop
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I’ve got a smart reply for that, but I’m going to refrain from saying it. 
I saw the crescent. You saw the whole of the arse?
Rocket
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Back on topic…
Why Bushmills is the only Irish whiskey in most bars in the NE US…
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geajvop
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The Italians, who would have thought!
talking about the meaning of the Irish names of whiskies isnt relevant in a thread about Irish Whiskey? 
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Are we discussing Scottish Gaelic or Irish Scotch?
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Rocket
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Italians??
The last 17 posts are about Scotch
geajvop
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Rocket:
Italians??
All those Italian guys in the clip you posted? 
Rocket
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There’s no Italians
Where did you get Italians??
The Westies were a New York City-based Irish American organized crime gang, responsible for racketeering, drug trafficking, and contract killing. They were partnered with the Italian-American Mafia and operated out of the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.
According to crime author T.J. English, "Although never more than twelve to twenty members—depending on who was in or out of jail at any given time—
the Westies became synonymous with the last generation of Irish in the birthplace of...
Irish
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geajvop
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Nope, not buying, all Italians. Coming over here, drinking our whiskey… 
Frederico "Freddie" Scappaticci (born c. 1946 Belfast) was a purported high-level double agent in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), known by the codename "Stakeknife".
Scappaticci was born around 1946 and grew up in the Markets area of Belfast, the son of Daniel Scappaticci, an Italian immigrant to the city in the 1920s. In 1962, at the age of 16, he was encouraged to sign for the football club Nottingham Forest although his father is said to have resisted the idea. He took up work...