Some Gaeilge(?) on my 10eu bill. Any ideas what it says?

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Posted by LadyBlues

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  1. My Gaeilge is very very rusty so someone doubtless can give you a better idea but it looks like some poetry to me.

    Under the EU flag in black is something along the lines of “Tell me about it / tell it to me, playing a song, my work, throughout the day.” then I don’t really understand the last two lines.

    Sideways by the green 10 is Yesterday, today, tomorrow and then I don’t know what arú means I’m afraid.

  2. Adventurous_Pipe1135 on

    Arú in the context of days means before. As in arú inné is the day before yesterday. The rest is like the precious comment said random phrases in the tuiseal ginideach, genitive case. This is defo someone trying to cheat an exam

  3. He spoke to me

    Playing music

    My work

    During the day

    They’re ashamed

    Don’t bother with them

    That’s a direct translation but when read in Irish it reads like a poem 🙂

  4. Some random bits mostly, like:

    – Misneach abú – go courage! (very roughly. abú basically means you’re cheering for that thing)
    – Eanáir, Feabhra, Márta – January, February, March
    – inné, inniu, amárach, arú – yesterday, today, tomorrow. “arú amárach” means the day before yesterday, but arú ón it’s own basically means “oh well” or “never mind”. We use it in English too, though where I’m from it’s more like ‘arrah’ instead.

  5. Misneach Abú up the top is I think referring to one of the dogs of our president of im remembering the name correctly. Misneach is the Irish for courage and as I said, I think it’s the name of one of the president’s dogs. I’m not entirely sure how to translate “Abú” into English, it’s a kind of a cheer. So like if I was watching my county playing in the all-ireland hurling I’d say “Corcaigh Abú”, kinda like saying “Up Cork”.

    The rest is a simple poem, already translated by someone else in the comments. I don’t know if it’s of any significance or just made up by the person writing it here, tho I’d probably lean towards the latter, it’s not exactly a Shakespearean sonnet in terms of writing quality.

    The rest is a seemingly random collection of various words and phrases.

  6. How do they write like that, with the bottom of the letters all flattened, as though sitting on a shelf? Have they a ruler there as they write?

  7. It_Lives_In_My_Sink on

    Misneach abú: Go courage, yup courage

    Labhair sé liom: He spoke to me

    Ag seinm ceol [sic]: Playing music

    Mo chuid oibre: My own work

    I rith an lae: Throughout the day

    Tá náire orthu: They are ashamed

    Ná bac leo: Don’t mind them

    Eanair, Feabhra, Márta: January, February, March

    Beo: Alive

    Tua: Axe

    Fia: Deer

    Urú: Eclipse / Urú in grammar (ár *bh*fia, bhur *g*cat), etc

    Nós: Style, manner

    Íoc: Pay

    Inné: Yesterday

    Inniu: Today

    Amárach: Tomorrow

    Arú: Often just an exclamation, but in the context of units of time it means the unit before/after what you’re talking about. For example, ‘arú inné’ or ‘arú amárach’ mean the day before yesterday and the day after tomorrow.

    Grainstad [sic]: Solstice

    Corcaigh: Cork

    Aontriom: Antrim

    An : Meath (not ‘anmhí’, which means animal)

    Doire: Derry

    Ar fud na tíre: Throughout the country

    Tá obair le déanamh: There is work to be done

    Tá iontas air: He is amazed

    Tá áthas orm faoi sin: I’m happy about that

    Níl aon cíos ar an caint: Not sure about this. There’s no rent on talk? Talking is free? Possibly some seanfhocal.

    Go leor ama: A lot of time

    Imigh leat: Away with you

    Is fearr déanach ná go brath: It’s better to do than to think (?) possibly another seanfhocal

    Brostaigh ort: Hurry up

    Éire: Ireland

    potafocal.com

  8. Doitean-feargach555 on

    That’s either terrible poetry, cheat notes for an exam, or someone decided to just write some Irish they knew.

    The big bit is “he spoke with me, playing music(from an instrument), my own work, during the day, there’s shame on them, don’t bother with them”

    Then

    Yesterday, today, tomorrow, arú then means like before. Arú-inné the day before yesterday ect.

    January, February, March. Eanáir, Feabhra, Márta.

    Misneach abú means up bravery. Like as in Muigheo abú means up Mayo.

    http://www.potafocal.com/ this is potafocal.com

    Ocht, cúig, trí = 8, 5 and 3

    Grianstad means solstice

    Beo, tua, fia, urú, nós, íoc = life, axe, deer, eclipse, style, pay

    Corcaigh, Aontroim, ainmhí, Doire = Cork, Antrim, animal, Derry

    Across the land,