I think in "traditional" Irish, "orange" was "buí" ie. perceived as a kind of yellow. For instance, the Orangemen are called "na fir bhuí", the yellow men.

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

They are called many other things as well...

Flannbhuí is what I was taught for the colour orange, Oraiste was for the fruit. Green was uaine and glás for green vegetables, trees, etc

I'm pretty sure a bay horse is "donnrua." "Buírua" sounds more like what I would think of as a buckskin or yellow dun.

Redwolf

Glas (no fada) is also grey when talking about animals.
And eyes too AFAIK.

Ofcourse "glas" has other non-colour meanings too like "lock".

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I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
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A Bhríd, around Teach Mór and Lochán Beag in the 40's and 50's the orange colour was always referred to as flannbhuí. I realise that all languages change over time but I don't recall oranges being plentiful in the area (it was wartime).

Yes. Oráiste is an introduced words. Flannbhuí was used more often before that, and still used for the national flag. But today most people use "oráiste" as the colour too.

Oranges would never have been common in poor rural areas, you might be lucky if you got an orange for Christmas. Often people didn't have jam except for special days too. Unless they made their own, but then they'd have to buy loads of sugar for that. And people lived on what they could plant themselves for the most part. Often bartering eggs etc to buy flour and sugar.
I'm from An Cheathrú Rua.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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A Lughaidh
Seans go mbainfidh tú taitneamh as an bpíosa seo ón Duibhíneach (Dia go deo leis). GML má tá sé feicthe agat cheana:

http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~oduibhin/crui ... raiste.htm

My Dad actually did get an orange for Christmas one year in the late 1950s. Also I think coffee was a special thing
that a few people in the town got around Christmas as well.

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

Doesn't buí have other connotations in Irish? I seem to remember it did somewhere. I didn't go through the whole list on Focal but does bronze - cré-umha count as a colour?