PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
I ndeireadh na dála, when all is said and done.
Oíche na dála, (on) the night of the match-making, of the betrothal.
Dála gine Chríost, the circumstances attending Christ’s conception.
Bhí eolas acu ar dhála a sean, they knew how things had been with their forefathers.
Dála Oscair, as regards Oscar.
Faoi dháil, faoi dhála, a mhic, concerning his son.
Mo dhála féin, as in my own case, like myself.
Is é a dhála sin agamsa é, so it is with me.
Tá mo dhála féin ort, you are like myself in that respect.
Tá dála an tsaoil air, he is like everybody else.
Dála mar a rinne mise, just as I did.
D’éirigh do dhála féin dom, it happened to me as it did to you.
Dála an scéil, as you have mentioned it, by the way.
A dhála sin, as in that case, similarly.
Is é an dála céanna agamsa é, it is the same with me.
~aí na Dála, the Dáil proceedings.
~ na Dála, the dissolution of the Dáil.