What does "Erin go braugh" mean?
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March 16th, 2013
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It’s all over the place on St. Patty’s Day stuff. My iPod translation app isn’t giving me anything. Is it Irish? What does it mean?
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‘tis Irish Gaelic for Ireland forever, or so I’ve heard.
@Brian1946: well that makes sense, at least. Maybe now I’ll come up with something else to wonder about when I get bored at work. :)
From wikipedia
Erin go Bragh (pron.: /ˌɛrɪn ɡə ˈbrɑː/), sometimes Erin go Braugh, is the anglicisation of an Irish phrase, Éirinn go Brách, and is used to express allegiance to Ireland. It is most often translated as “Ireland Forever.”[1]
So, yes, it is Irleland forever
Ireland forever! ‘Tis just a wee bit of an Irish loyalty and love thing. Keep off the faerie hills, lass, lest the fae play a trick on ye!
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The words “Aryan”, “Eire”, and “Iran” are all supposed to derive from a Proto-Indoeuropean root of self-designation, and with a meaning, roughly, of “Noble”.
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