Franc,

Thanks for the suggestion,
That site is a great resource.

There were a couple of words that I could not get the pronunciations for though.

maire
flúirse

Any help please.

Garth

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I am very much a beginner and need all the help I can get.

I have a question for Caoimhín about the use of 'agaibh' here. -
In the phrase -
Go raibh bia ar an mbord agaibh i gcónaí - does 'agaibh' simply imply that's it's your (plural) table or does it mean - wishing something 'to you' - go raibh ........agaibh ?

Caoimhín,

Abair.ie, another great resource site.

Thanks for all your help.

Garth

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I took it as wishing something "to you", or similar to the "have" construction. Take "go raibh maith agat" for example. It literally translates "May good be at you", or "may you have good". I feel this is the same. "May you (pl) have food on your table always"

All,

I know you guys are going to want to kill me,
but I am thinking of changing a couple of lines.
The first two lines of the second verse from,

May you always have friends 'round about you.
May you always have drink and a song.

to

May you always have friends to drink with you.
May you always have music and song.

My attempt at the second line is.

Go raibh ceol agus amhrán agaibh i gcónaí.


GRMA

Garth

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