PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An ~ is fearr ina sciathán, his mainstay.
~ chatha, mainstay in battle.
~ cosanta, ~ daortha, defence to fall back on, mainstay.
Tá ~ na tíre orthu, the country is depending on them; they are the mainstay of the country.
~, fear ~, supporter, mainstay; (boxing, etc.) second.