Erin go Bragh

Language Log 2025-03-17

Summary:

I've been saying "Erin go Bragh" my whole life and knew that it meant roughly "Ireland Forever!". It's actually an anglicized version of the Irish language phrase "Éire go brách" or "Eire go bráth," which may be translated as "Ireland till doomsday". The term brách is equivalent to "eternity" or "end of time", meaning the […]

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Tags:

etymology

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

03/17/2025, 23:22

Date published:

03/17/2025, 21:18