hi,
i need help with a boat name.
it is my first boat and i know no irish apart from my tatoo.
i would like to have an irish name for my boat and was thinking maybe 'free from europe' or 'feck the EU' - i am not a fan of EU and would like to state that on my boat but ot sure what to use. any suggestions would be gladly apreciated (with translation to irish please)
thank you in advance
kieran

Perhaps:

Saor ón tAontas Eorpach "Free from the European Union"

or

Saor ón tAE "Free from the EU" (NOTE: the lower case t is not a mistake, that's how it is spelt.)

or

an tAE don diabhail "Feck the EU"

Of the three, my preference is Saor ón tAE, short and sweet.

Await further input ...

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Question Breandán..is t prefix before vowels used after ón?...It doesnt sound right to me

and e ó dónaill (Ulsterish) agrees with me

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Nuair a shuíonn an coileach péacoige ar a thóin, níl ann ach turcaí
Chief Buffalo Breath
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Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.

Oh, bugger, you're right, of course. And I did so like the look of tAE.

Saor ón Aontas Eorpach
Saor ón AE
an tAE don diabhail

Anois nach bhfuil siad ceart ?

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

haha..those old (very) memory banks are amazing

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Nuair a shuíonn an coileach péacoige ar a thóin, níl ann ach turcaí
Chief Buffalo Breath
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Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.

don diabhal

Thanks again, Scooby.

Saor ón Aontas Eorpach
Saor ón AE
an tAE don diabhal

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

hi,
thanks very much for the help,
i prefer 'feck the EU' as a boat name - an tAE don diabhal
now if i can get the pronounciation it would be great
could someone write out the pronounciation phonetically for me please
thank you very much for your great help
kieran

an tAE don diabhal
un TAW EY dun JOWL
/əN tɑ: e: dəN d´auL/

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).