Dublin is from Irish bDubh/b Linn, meaning "dark pool", which was a reference to a dark pool of water created by the River Liffey, on whose banks Dublin was founded. The modern Irish name bBaile/b Atha Cliath means "City of the Ford of the ...
PHRASE: Is e do bbhaile/b do chaislean. PRONOUNCED: iss a duh boll-yah duh kosh-lonn. MEANING: Your house is your castle. PHRASE: Coimhead fearg fhear na foighde. PRONOUNCED: koe-vade varrig farr nah foe-ih-geh b..../b PRONOUNCED: ban/glass/bdubh/b/ gorm/donn/dearg/bui. MEANING: bawn/gloss/duve/gurim/don/djarigg/bwee. PHRASE: Ta se a seacht/ocht/naoi a chlog. PRONOUNCED: taw shay shocked/ucked/knee a clug. MEANING: It is seven/eight/nine o'clock. PHRASE: Aibrean/Bealtaine/Meitheamh b.../b