PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí sé ~ in aice linn, he was there (on former occasion) beside us.
Tá sé ag teacht abhaile ar a dhúchas, he is beginning to frequent his former haunts, getting into his old ways.
Ní inniu ná ~ é, it was not today or yesterday. (Former)
~ den saol, in former days.
Tháinig sé ina ~ féin arís, he regained his former appearance, became his old self again.
Níl ann ach a ~, he is but a ghost of his former self.
An ~, the ancient world; olden, former, times.
Lucht an tseansaoil, the people of old; the people of former generations.