"Ní neart go cur le chile" - Unity in strength.
"Nuair a stadan an ceol stadan an rinca" - When the music stops, the dancing stops.
"Oiche aerach is maidin bronach"- A merry night means a sad morning.
"Is minic a rug cú mall ar ghiorra" - It's often a slow hound that captured a hare.
"Na tábhair do chúd le comhair le mhaithe leat"- Never ignore good advice.
"Chomh folláin le breac" - Healthy as a trout.
"Is minic a bhain seangán léim as gearrán" - It's often an ant that made the horse jump.
"Beidh lá eile ag an bpaorach" - There will always be another day.
"Ní bhíonn saoi gan locht" - Nothings perfect.
"Tús maith leath na hoibre" - A good starts half the work.
"An té nach bhfuil láidir ní foláir dó bheith glic" - What one lacks in strength, they must make up for in cleverness.
"Is maith an scáthán súil charad" - A friends eye is a good mirror.
"Is binn beal ina thost" - A silent mouth is sweet/Silence is Golden.
"An rud is annamh is iontach" - Whats rare is great.
"Ní bhíonn saoi gan locht" - There is no wise man without fault.
"Is fearr suaimheas ná saibhreas" - Peace is better than wealth .
"Beireann buan bua" - Success breeds Success.
"Sean bhróg smearthá bróg nua" - The old shoe polished is a new shoe.
"Beir ar an liathróid ar an gcéad phreib" - Catch the ball on the first hop.
"Is fearr rith mhaith nádrochsheasamh" - He who runs away lives to fight another day.
"Marbh le tae agus marbh gan é!" - Dead from tea and dead without it!
"Is fearr obair ná caint" - Work is better than talk.
"Téann an saol thart mar a bheadh eiteoga air, agus cuireann gach aon Nollaig bliain eile ar do ghualainn." - Life goes by as if it had wings, and every Christmas puts another year on your shoulder.
"Bia is deoch i gcomhair na Nollag, éadach nua i gcomhair na Cásca." - Food and drink for Christmas, new clothes for Easter.
"Samhradh gach síon go Nollaig." - Each summer stormy weather until Christmas.
"Is minic nach é an capall is fearr a thóigeas an rása" - Often the best horse doesn't win the race.
"Is fearr sona ná saibhir" - Its better to be fortunate than rich.
"Aon ní ar flú é a dhéanamh, Is fiú é a dhéanamh go maith" - What's worth doing is worth doing well.
"Ina shuí go meán oíche is ina luí go meán lae" - Up 'til all hours and in bed all day.
"Is glas iad na cnoic i bhfad uainn, m'as glasmhar iad, ní féarmhar" - Faraway hills may look greener but are not always.
"Maireann croí éadrom i bhfad" - A light heart lives long.
"Bíonn blas ar an bheagán" - A little tastes sweet.
"Buail an iarann te" - Strike the hot iron.
"Is fearr clú ná conach" - A good name is better than riches.
"Ní tír gan teanga" - There is no nation without a language.
"Bíonn gach duine go lách go dtéann bó ina gharraí" - Everybody is good natured until a cow goes into his garden.
"Is fearr Gaeilge briste, ná Bearla clíste" - Broken Irish is better, than clever English.
"Aithnítear cara i gcruatán" - A friend is known in hardship.
"An rud a théann i bhfad, téann sé i bhfuaire" - What drags on grows cold.
"Cuir síoda ar ghabhar agus is gabhar i gcónaí é" - Put silk on a goat and it is still a goat.
"Ní hiad na fir mhóra a bhaineas an fomhar i gcónaí" - It is not the great men that always reap the harvest.
"Ní thagann ciall roimh aois" - Sense does not come before age.
"Bíonn caora dhubh ar an tréad is gile" - There tends to be a black sheep (even) in the whitest flock.
"Níor chuaigh fial riamh go hIfreann" - No generous person ever went to hell.
"Na ceithre rud is measa amú; ceann tinn, béal seirbh, intinn bhuartha, agus poca folamh" -
The four least useful things;
a headache, a bitter mouth,
a worried mind, and an empty pocket.
"Filleann an feall ar an bhfeallaire" - The treachery returns to the betrayer.
"Bíonn siúlach scéalach" - Travellers have tales to tell.
"Ní heolas go haontíos" - You must live with a person to know a person.
"Ní dhéanfaidh smaoineamh an treabhadh duit" - You'll never plough a field turning it over in your mind.
"Is fearr leath builín ná bheith gan arán" - Half a loaf is better than to be without bread.
"Is as a ceann a bhlitéar an bhó" - What the cow eats determines the quality of it's milk.
"Is iad na muca ciúine a itheann an mhín" - It’s the quiet pigs that eat the grain.
"Bíonn dhá insint ar scéal agus dhá leagan déag ar amhrán"- There are two versions to a story and twelve arrangements to a song.
"Níor dhún Dia doras riamh nár oscail Sé ceann eile" - God never closed one door without opening another.
"Is maith an scéalaí an aimsir" - Time is a good storyteller.
"Is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras" - Hunger is a good sauce.
"Ní dhéanfaidh smaoineamh an treabhadh duit" - You'll never plough a field turning it over in your mind.
"An rud a ghoilleas ar an gcroí caithfidh an t-súil é a shileas" - What pains the heart must be washed away with tears.
"Is é an duine an t-éadach" - The man (person) is the clothes.
Is doimhin é poll an amhrais" - Deep is the hole of doubt.
"Síleann do chara agus do namhaid nach bhfaighidh tú bás choíce" - Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die.
"Nuair a stadan an ceol stadan an rinca" - When the music stops, the dancing stops.
"Oiche aerach is maidin bronach"- A merry night means a sad morning.
"Is minic a rug cú mall ar ghiorra" - It's often a slow hound that captured a hare.
"Na tábhair do chúd le comhair le mhaithe leat"- Never ignore good advice.
"Chomh folláin le breac" - Healthy as a trout.
"Is minic a bhain seangán léim as gearrán" - It's often an ant that made the horse jump.
"Beidh lá eile ag an bpaorach" - There will always be another day.
"Ní bhíonn saoi gan locht" - Nothings perfect.
"Tús maith leath na hoibre" - A good starts half the work.
"An té nach bhfuil láidir ní foláir dó bheith glic" - What one lacks in strength, they must make up for in cleverness.
"Is maith an scáthán súil charad" - A friends eye is a good mirror.
"Is binn beal ina thost" - A silent mouth is sweet/Silence is Golden.
"An rud is annamh is iontach" - Whats rare is great.
"Ní bhíonn saoi gan locht" - There is no wise man without fault.
"Is fearr suaimheas ná saibhreas" - Peace is better than wealth .
"Beireann buan bua" - Success breeds Success.
"Sean bhróg smearthá bróg nua" - The old shoe polished is a new shoe.
"Beir ar an liathróid ar an gcéad phreib" - Catch the ball on the first hop.
"Is fearr rith mhaith nádrochsheasamh" - He who runs away lives to fight another day.
"Marbh le tae agus marbh gan é!" - Dead from tea and dead without it!
"Is fearr obair ná caint" - Work is better than talk.
"Téann an saol thart mar a bheadh eiteoga air, agus cuireann gach aon Nollaig bliain eile ar do ghualainn." - Life goes by as if it had wings, and every Christmas puts another year on your shoulder.
"Bia is deoch i gcomhair na Nollag, éadach nua i gcomhair na Cásca." - Food and drink for Christmas, new clothes for Easter.
"Samhradh gach síon go Nollaig." - Each summer stormy weather until Christmas.
"Is minic nach é an capall is fearr a thóigeas an rása" - Often the best horse doesn't win the race.
"Is fearr sona ná saibhir" - Its better to be fortunate than rich.
"Aon ní ar flú é a dhéanamh, Is fiú é a dhéanamh go maith" - What's worth doing is worth doing well.
"Ina shuí go meán oíche is ina luí go meán lae" - Up 'til all hours and in bed all day.
"Is glas iad na cnoic i bhfad uainn, m'as glasmhar iad, ní féarmhar" - Faraway hills may look greener but are not always.
"Maireann croí éadrom i bhfad" - A light heart lives long.
"Bíonn blas ar an bheagán" - A little tastes sweet.
"Buail an iarann te" - Strike the hot iron.
"Is fearr clú ná conach" - A good name is better than riches.
"Ní tír gan teanga" - There is no nation without a language.
"Bíonn gach duine go lách go dtéann bó ina gharraí" - Everybody is good natured until a cow goes into his garden.
"Is fearr Gaeilge briste, ná Bearla clíste" - Broken Irish is better, than clever English.
"Aithnítear cara i gcruatán" - A friend is known in hardship.
"An rud a théann i bhfad, téann sé i bhfuaire" - What drags on grows cold.
"Cuir síoda ar ghabhar agus is gabhar i gcónaí é" - Put silk on a goat and it is still a goat.
"Ní hiad na fir mhóra a bhaineas an fomhar i gcónaí" - It is not the great men that always reap the harvest.
"Ní thagann ciall roimh aois" - Sense does not come before age.
"Bíonn caora dhubh ar an tréad is gile" - There tends to be a black sheep (even) in the whitest flock.
"Níor chuaigh fial riamh go hIfreann" - No generous person ever went to hell.
"Na ceithre rud is measa amú; ceann tinn, béal seirbh, intinn bhuartha, agus poca folamh" -
The four least useful things;
a headache, a bitter mouth,
a worried mind, and an empty pocket.
"Filleann an feall ar an bhfeallaire" - The treachery returns to the betrayer.
"Bíonn siúlach scéalach" - Travellers have tales to tell.
"Ní heolas go haontíos" - You must live with a person to know a person.
"Ní dhéanfaidh smaoineamh an treabhadh duit" - You'll never plough a field turning it over in your mind.
"Is fearr leath builín ná bheith gan arán" - Half a loaf is better than to be without bread.
"Is as a ceann a bhlitéar an bhó" - What the cow eats determines the quality of it's milk.
"Is iad na muca ciúine a itheann an mhín" - It’s the quiet pigs that eat the grain.
"Bíonn dhá insint ar scéal agus dhá leagan déag ar amhrán"- There are two versions to a story and twelve arrangements to a song.
"Níor dhún Dia doras riamh nár oscail Sé ceann eile" - God never closed one door without opening another.
"Is maith an scéalaí an aimsir" - Time is a good storyteller.
"Is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras" - Hunger is a good sauce.
"Ní dhéanfaidh smaoineamh an treabhadh duit" - You'll never plough a field turning it over in your mind.
"An rud a ghoilleas ar an gcroí caithfidh an t-súil é a shileas" - What pains the heart must be washed away with tears.
"Is é an duine an t-éadach" - The man (person) is the clothes.
Is doimhin é poll an amhrais" - Deep is the hole of doubt.
"Síleann do chara agus do namhaid nach bhfaighidh tú bás choíce" - Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die.