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What is a fainne?

What is a fainne? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. a pin badge worn to show fluency in, or a willingness to speak, the Irish language.
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He said Dusty, who is also known as Mara or Fainne, Orb or just the dolphin, zigzags between swimmers.
Seamus O'Grianna's vitriolc review of an An Comhar Dramaidheachta performance in Fainne an Lae dismissed as ludicrous the spectacle of the non-native speaker on stage.
The expression 'so long' is thought to come from the Gaelic Slan, while 'phoney' may have its origins in the Irish word fainne, meaning a ring.
These words were recorded in the report for Fainne an Lae by an anonymous reporter.
Also wearing the fainne oir which signified a fluent Irish speaker, Brennan looks away from the camera into the distance.

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