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To: chesley

Erin’


29 posted on 01/22/2009 1:31:04 PM PST by garykfd (American by Birth, Southern by the Grace of God!)
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Check wikipeida Erin Go Bragh (also sometimes: Erin Go Braugh) is the Anglicization of a Gaelic phrase used to express allegiance to Ireland. It is most often translated as "Ireland Forever",[1] and pronounced /ˌɛrɪn gə ˈbrɔː/.

Speakers of the Irish language assume that the phrase is a corruption of the Irish "Éire go brách", or "Éireann go Brách", which would be pronounced [ˈeːrʲə gə brɑːx]. The term "brách" is equivalent to "eternity" or "end of time", meaning the phrase may be translated literally as: "Ireland until eternity" or "Ireland until the end (of time)". The form "Éirinn go bráth" or "Éire go bráth" which also means "Ireland forever" or literally "Ireland until the Day of Judgment", is also used in Irish.

73 posted on 01/22/2009 1:53:17 PM PST by chesley (A pox on both their houses. I've voted for my last RINO.)
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