For the Irish among us.

[nacktman]

Dinae ferget tae bea a'wearin' o'th green tomaury.

Tis Sine Paddy's Dae.

Bea a'wearin' green paint if'n, no'n-else

[Qikdraw]

I had an english teacher that dyed his beard green. Twas funny.

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[nacktman]

Here's a"traditional" Irish song (that was actually written by an Englishman).

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[naturalmanwa]

I would prefer a rousing version of "Garryowen"! For the non-Irish, that was the 7th US Cavalry marching song.

[nacktman]

Erin Go Bragh!

It seems the Irish are ever borrowing from we Scots ...

Speakers of the Irish language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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)".


It should be noted that the Scottish Gaelic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic) phrase "Èirinn gu bràth," which literally means "Ireland until the Day of Judgement," is pronounced almost identically to the Anglicized phrase.

It is not surprising that a phrase which has come to so strongly represent Ireland would have come not from Irish (Gaeilge) but instead from Scottish (Gàidhlig) - just this morning the group Celtic Thunder in dress Kilts opened the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade with the song "Caledonia".

Caledonia is the Roman/Latin name for Scotland - Hibernia is the name for Ireland.
Also, all the 'pipe bands' were playing Scots Highland Pipes and not the Irish Ullean Pipes while wearing Scots Tartan Kilts.

Funny about that isn't it?!

[Qikdraw]

As my mother is fond of saying... The Scots are just Irish who couldn't make the swim. :D

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[usmc1]

Erin Go Bragh!

It seems the Irish are ever borrowing from we Scots ...

Speakers of the Irish language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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)".


It should be noted that the Scottish Gaelic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic) phrase "Èirinn gu bràth," which literally means "Ireland until the Day of Judgement," is pronounced almost identically to the Anglicized phrase.

It is not surprising that a phrase which has come to so strongly represent Ireland would have come not from Irish (Gaeilge) but instead from Scottish (Gàidhlig) - just this morning the group Celtic Thunder in dress Kilts opened the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade with the song "Caledonia".

Caledonia is the Roman/Latin name for Scotland - Hibernia is the name for Ireland.
Also, all the 'pipe bands' were playing Scots Highland Pipes and not the Irish Ullean Pipes while wearing Scots Tartan Kilts.

Funny about that isn't it?!

Well, since around 8,000 BCE that island now called Ireland was originally visited by hunting parties from "Scotland" and northern europe--the Geats and such--it should come as no surprise that the original Irish peoples were of Scot and Norse ancestry.

Later years saw the bloody awful colonization of that beautiful Isle by the Brits, with invasions and settlements by the Nords. Cromwell's time was particularly bloody, with the Irish; men, women and children, hunted down in their homes and driven like animals into the fields and roadways and slain in ditches running red with their blood by horse-mounted "soldiers" and their lands given over to members of Cromwell's army.

The Irish, the Scots and the Welsh, share language similarities, and a pugancious love of freedom combined with slannish devotion to family. Many people calling themselves Irish, are indeed descend from the lowland Scots who migrated to the nine counties in the North.

[chuckincville]

Being of Scots, Irish, English & German descent I celebrate the best of each!

Happy St. Paddy's Day!:musicband:
Chuck

[mnguy07]

happy st patricks day everyone!

[nacktman]

As my mother is fond of saying... The Scots are just Irish who couldn't make the swim. :D

Qikdraw

Tis nae th' we dinae 'ow tae swim 'o nae 'make it' ... we jus' nae see a'reason tae leave th'land o' th'Gods.;)

[Qikdraw]

Tis nae th' we dinae 'ow tae swim 'o nae 'make it' ... we jus' nae see a'reason tae leave th'land o' th'Gods.;)


Yeah well... The Scottish have to put up with the English living right beside them. Scotland can't be the land of the Gods because heaven is sperated from hell. :D

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[nacktman]

Yeah well... The Scottish have to put up with the English living right beside them. Scotland can't be the land of the Gods because heaven is sperated from hell. :D

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That is what the 'lowlands' are for.:sneaky:

[scubare]

Being of Scots, Irish, English & German descent I celebrate the best of each!

Happy St. Paddy's Day!:musicband:
Chuck

I'm there with ya dude, but I have to throw in French and Dutch too. Boy, with the Scots and Irish against the English, and the Germans against all of them in the world wars, it's no wonder I talk to myself...and fight with myself! :laugh:

[scubare]

That is what the 'lowlands' are for.:sneaky:

Spoken like a true Highlander! :D

[Qikdraw]

Spoken like a true high landsman! :smoking:

Fixed.

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[roaddog]

Hi All,
Point of information for you all, Paddys day was moved to saturday 15th this year, easter being so early and holy week being this week the church moved it. Glad to see so many noticed this. LOL
Cheers
Mick

[nacktman]

Hi All,
Point of information for you all, Paddys day was moved to saturday 15th this year, easter being so early and holy week being this week the church moved it. Glad to see so many noticed this. LOL
Cheers
Mick

They couldn't move St. Paddy's Day, maybe St. Patrick's but not St. Paddy's which is always on the 17th of March come what may - holy week or no.