ERIN GO BRAGH

Updated 05-May-2020.

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Opinion | Erin Go Broke: The slogan “Erin go bragh,” used as a declaration of Irish identity, could also be read as a prediction for the world economy.

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: the standard version in Irish is Éire go Brách, which is pronounced [erj brx] but Éirinn is a historic form used instead of Éire in two dialect the term brách is equivalent to “eternity” or “end of time” the term Éire go Bráth is also used in Irish and means the same thing . by 1847, it was already in use as soldiers flew a green flag with a harp on it, with the motto “Erin Go Bragh” the exact design is not known . variations on this flag design have been used at different times to express Irish nation Founded in 1875 by Edinburgh Irishmen and the local Catholic Church, St Patrick’s, the club’s shirts included a gold harp set on a green background . the flag can still be seen at in 1906, three Irishmen went to Athens, Greece to compete as an Irish team independent of Britain . they intended to compete for the first time as representatives of their own country . the tricolour had not yet received widespread acceptance it was the first time an Irish flag had been flown at a sporting event . in 1969, the band Wolfe Tones released a song called “Erin Go Bragh” Dick Gaughan’s 1981 album Handful the expression is used by Hercule Poirot in the 1990 television adaptation of Agatha Christie’s “The Kidnapped Prime Minister” the expression was paraphrased by a punning New York Times headline