Proverb of the Day
Tír gan teanga tír gan anam.
A land without a language is a land without a soul.
Explanation:
This proverb was common currency in the Irish language revival movement at the beginning of the century, and has since passed into common use. It's generally associated with Patrick Pearse.
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Irish ProverbsOther Irish Proverbs
Let that be as it is, and Tralee where it is.
Carrying beach wrack to Inch.
Four priests who aren't greedy,
Four smiths who aren't dark-skinned,
Four old woman who aren't gap-toothed,
Those are twelve who aren't in the country.
A dumb priest earns no living.
Do as they say and never mind what they do.