Éirinn go Brách

Ireland forever · Air-in guh Brawkh

Éirinn go Brách means Ireland forever, and is said Air-in guh Brawkh.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads Ireland till doomsday. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Air-in guh Brawkh, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

Usually written Erin go Bragh in English, which is how it reached America on banners and flags. Brách means for ever, as in go brách, till the end of time.

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