Céad slán

A hundred farewells · Kayd slawn

Céad slán means A hundred farewells, and is said Kayd slawn.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads A hundred safes. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Kayd slawn, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

A fond goodbye, often to a place rather than a person. Céad slán leis an áit is a hundred farewells to the place, which is the emigrant's phrase.

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• Beannacht Dé leat: God's blessing be with you
• Sonas ort: Happiness be on you

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