Your Favourite Irish Saying...

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.

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

bionn blás ar an mbeagán
A little bite can taste delicious

One for the FAI

Ni heolais go haontios
There is no knowledge without unity

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Originally Posted by 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

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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

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.

Is maith an scáthán súil charad.


A friend's eye is a good mirror.

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

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

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Originally Posted by 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

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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

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Originally Posted by Peadar

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

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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!)

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Originally Posted by Beavis

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

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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"

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

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

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

Filleann an feall ar an bhfeallaire

Which roughly means what goes around comes around.

Deanann tart tart

Thirst makes thirst

"Níl aon thóin tinn mar do thóin tinn féin"

- better than the 'tinteán' version anyway

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Originally Posted by 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

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

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Originally Posted by 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

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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