Your Favourite Irish Saying...

[Peadar]

Ok, the rules are simple.
The saying must be written in Irish first with a general English translation.
Spelling isn't overly important.
If you don't have the Irish, look it up before posting.

To get the ball rolling...

Glac bog an saol agus glacfaidh an saol bog tú.
Take the world nice and easy, and the world will take you the same.

Ní dhéanfaidh smaoineamh an treabhadh duit.
You'll never plough a field turning it over in your mind.

[liam88]

Go n-ithe an cat thú, is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat
May the cat eat you, and may the devil eat the cat

Bit mean but....

Go lagaí galar tógálach do chroí
May an infectious disease weaken your heart

[gustavo]

bionn blás ar an mbeagán
A little bite can taste delicious

[blobbyblob]

One for the FAI

Ni heolais go haontios
There is no knowledge without unity

[Eire06]

Go n-ithe an cat thú, is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat
May the cat eat you, and may the devil eat the cat



Thats my fav too always lmao when I hear it....

Eireann go Brach
Ireland Forever

Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam
A country without a language is a county without a soul

Ná glac pioc comhairle gan comhairle ban.
Never take advice without a woman's guidance

[Ruairi]

I always liked, mainly for the way it rolls off the tounge.

Ní hé lá na báistí lá na bpáistí

which doesnt really have a direct translation really, just rainy days arent days for children.

[strangeirish]

Is maith an scáthán súil charad.


A friend's eye is a good mirror.

[liam88]

Tiocfaidh Ar La.......
:D :eek: ;) joking

[Éanna]

I was waiting for someone to say that liam! But you forgot your fadas!!!! :eek:

I always liked "Níl neart go chur le chéile"

there's strength in unity

[liam88]

I was waiting for someone to say that liam! But you forgot your fadas!!!! :eek:

I always liked "Níl neart go chur le chéile"

there's strength in unity

Fadas? (sorry)
Nah I just thought I'd say it before anyone else did just to keep it as a joke and make sure this wasn't another political thread :o
We all know i'm not really into that stuff :eek: :D
Like the strength in unity one-sort of united we stand kind of thign-good stuff :D

[Beavis]

Ní dhéanfaidh smaoineamh an treabhadh duit.
You'll never plough a field turning it over in your mind.
Thats a great one.I love a good saying,and the irish language has some gems.
I like:
'Mol na hOige agus tiocfaidh siad'
Praise the young and they will prosper

Simple but noble.

(sorry don't know how to get fadas!)

[Peadar]

(sorry don't know how to get fadas!)


Try holding down, "Alt Gr" and then pressing the letter you want the fada over.
áéóú
ÁÉÓÚ
The i doesn't work on this keyboard because it's set to "English - United Kingdom"

[Macy]

Dún an doras as I use it everyday, rather than it having any great meaning...

[fosterdollar]

Apt for a MB such as foot.ie
Is minic a bhris béal duine a shrón
It's often a person's mouth that broke their nose

on the using every day vein:
sin sin; sin é; slán go fóil;
that's that; that's it; see ya later

[Pauro 76]

Dún do bhéal agus ná bí ag caint.... and I use the greeting “cad é an scéal” a lot!

[SÓC]

Filleann an feall ar an bhfeallaire

Which roughly means what goes around comes around.

[noby]

Deanann tart tart

Thirst makes thirst

[Dick Long]

"Níl aon thóin tinn mar do thóin tinn féin"

- better than the 'tinteán' version anyway

[holidaysong]

Go n-ithe an cat thú, is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat
May the cat eat you, and may the devil eat the cat

I love that one...hehe is cracks me up! :D

[liam88]

Go n-ithe an cat thú, is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat
May the cat eat you, and may the devil eat the cat



Tis deffinatley ma favourite and a real cracker but I cannae say it :o
Can someone write it fo-net-ik-lee for me; cheers :D

[Schumi]

Tis deffinatley ma favourite and a real cracker but I cannae say it :o
Can someone write it fo-net-ik-lee for me; cheers :D
Guh nih-heh on cot who, iss guh nih-heh on jow-ul on cot.

Something like that.

[holidaysong]

Guh nih-heh on cot who, iss guh nih-heh on jow-ul on cot.

Something like that.

Yup thats a good one :)

[Éanna]

Tis deffinatley ma favourite and a real cracker but I cannae say it :o
Can someone write it fo-net-ik-lee for me; cheers :D
do they not teach Irish at your local Celtic supporters club :rolleyes:

[liam88]

do they not teach Irish at your local Celtic supporters club :rolleyes:
Celtic supporters club in Guildford-your vaing a lauigh ain't ya>? :eek:

My 'local' CSC's are Reading, Croydon and Portmouth-all at least an hour on the train so I'm not there regularly enough to know ;)

I admit that (unfortunatley) my knowledge of Gaelic is around hello/what's you're name?/my name's Liam/ Ireland forever/In the name of the Father, Son and the the Holy spirit/two pitns please

That sort of thing-love to learn though but unfortunatley none of my schools ever found it necessary/important and no local classes :(

Bought myself an English-Galeic/Gaelic-english dictionary though and have found some good website :)

[Peadar]

Bought myself an English-Galeic/Gaelic-english dictionary though and have found some good website :)


Liam, you need to get yourself Turas Teanga (http://www.rte.ie/tv/turasteanga/), boy!
Learn a bit of Irish and look at lovely Sharon at the same time.
Quality! :D

[yur man]

i cant get the spelling right but this is my favourite

go dtiocheach seacht buicéad cach ar do ceann

may seven buckets of **** fall on your head :D

[anto eile]

spelling: go dtitfeadh seacht buicéad chac ar do cheann ,afaik

[anto eile]

kellys pub in fairview has some irish sayings painted on the wall. in a real irish pub not a fake plastic paddy pub type of way. kellys is a nice pub.
one being:

"nuair a óltar an fíon, doirtear an fhírinne"
when wine is drunk,truth is spilt.and quite accurate too

[SÓC]

spelling: go dtitfeadh seacht mbuicéad chac ar do cheann ,afaik

Jackíní le Gaeilge ar fud na haite!

Coláiste Cillian? Coláiste Eoin? Bré?

[crc]

"Tuaisceart Éireann go breá!" :D

no kidding, I saw this on someone's signiature in an Irish league forum, though I can't seem to find it again.

[anto eile]

Jackíní le Gaeilge ar fud na haite!

Coláiste Cillian? Coláiste Eoin? Bré?
Coláiste Mhuire.lár na cathrach

[SÓC]

Coláiste Mhuire.lár na cathrach

Ahh yea..nach raibh an gypo-iriseoir ag dul ann freisin? Agus Method-ist ón Ultras MB nó an bhfuilim ag smaoineamh ar scoil eile?

Bhíos féin i gColáiste Eoin ar feadh 3 bhliain, roinnt Hoops ann freisin

[anto eile]

aidan fitzgypo ab ea an iriseoir sin,sea.tá an ceart agat i dtaca method-ist,bhí eisin ann chomh maith ach d'fhreastail mé féin ar an scoil sin roinnt mhaith bhliain in dhiadh an beirt sin é a fhágáil.ceapaim go chuaigh rennieatemyrotweiler ón ultras forum go dtí an Mhuire freisin.chríochnaigh mé féin sa bliain 2002