Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 09:55 AM
Slainte is the most used Irish expression in America our recent reader survey discovered.
Slainte, meaning Good Health’ is an ancient Irish expression that derives from the word Slan, meaning safe.
It is used in different contexts, usually when downing a pint of Guinness, you say ‘Slainte’,before you begun drinking it.
It means literally good health.
There are many other expression that use slainte, such as ‘Is fearr an
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