What does the Irish....?

Question

....saying "Erin go Braugh" mean?

Answer 1

Long Live Ireland or Ireland Forever

Answer 2

This is Americanised Gaelic. It could be Erin go brea with a fada or forward slash over the a.  However, this doesn't really mean anything.  It sort of means Ireland so fine but it is not an expression an Irish person would use nor is it correct Irish grammar.  

It could also be Erin go brach (again with a fada on the a) which sort of means Ireland for ever but again is not really correct grammar.  You see these expressions on American websites all the time but they are really not correct.  

My advice is not to use it at all.

Answer 3

Literally it means lovely Ireland but i think its slang for Ireland Forever. Think its spelt Erin go bréa

Answer 4

Is a americogaelic version of top of the morning to you. not used by any irish speaker.

Came from the american civil war when irish troups fought in irish regiments. Was used on green flags with a harp.

You cant directly translate irish into English.

An example of this is, in English it is gramatically incorrect to say i do be, however in irish (notice i did not call it Gaelic, we hate that), it is perfectly fine to say i do be.

The fact is what the person was saying is probably wonderfull beautifull  lovely ireland,

Ta an aimsir go brea,  the weather is lovley

bhi an cluiche go brea the game was wonderfull.

(Gaelgors,Excuse my poor attempt as my irish is rusty)

Personally I agree with the above, You are spelling it incorrectly as you are spelling it phonetically.

I hate it when irish people who moved to the uk let their kids be called by the anglicised version of their surname, i.e. pete docherty the c is silent, is not DOC er t. and dont get me started on the Gallagher brothers.

You cant directly translate irish into english.

The reason there is so much difficulty with the language is that people cant get the English sentence structure and grammer out of their heads and expect irish to be laid down over these foundations and to conform to what they already know. The fact is most people in ireland speak english in the sentance structure of irish.

Irish is also a pictorally descriptive language, to speak it requires the ability to create images to the correspondant. Irish people do this all the time when speaking english. the fact is irish has influenced how we communicate in english, so the language is not dead.



To anser your question, it means what ever you want it to mean as long as its something favourable.

wonderfull ireland, lovley ireland, i love ireland etc

Answer 5

Yeah, it means Ireland forever, but has become associated in some ways with a nationalist way of thinking, and could potentially cause offence. So don't use it!