Environment
There are two Irish words we use for "Environment".
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Timpeallacht (teem~pa~lock~t). Timpeall means "around" or "about" - therefore "timpeallacht" is all that is around and about us - everything in our environs, hence our environment.
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Comhshaol (ko~hale). Saol is the Irish word for both "life" and "world". "Comh" equates to the English compounding prefix of "co-" (as in co-owned, co-joined, co-authored, etc.). So, when we use the Irish word "Comhshaol", we are compounding the English words "life" and "world" and showing the interdependence of both. We are showing that the quality, and the very existence, of both are linked inextricably.
County Kildare, forming part of the central plain of Ireland, has no well marked physical features, and is Ireland's flattest county. On the south-east border, however, rise the outlying hills of the Wicklow Mountains.
In north-west Kildare the River Boyne forms the border with County Meath, and here lies part of the large Bog of Allen.
The Royal Canal and the Grand Canal, which were once an import part of Ireland's transport system, both flow westwards through the county towards the River Shannon.
The great Curragh plain is an important military area and a centre for Irish horse-racing. There are many stud farms and training establishments in the vicinity.
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[Extract from Illustrated Road Book of Ireland, published by the Automobile Association, c.1965)
- These pages will be in green type to indicate the type of environment to which we espouse