Welcome to the Daltaí na Gaeilge Seanfhocal Archive page. This page is updated weekly with the featured Seanfhocal na Seachtaine from the week before. Past proverbs are categorized below by subject matter for quick reference. They are also listed sequentially on Proverbs in Order Posted.

Personal Qualities / Types of People

• Appearances / Image
• Common Sense
• Courage
• Faults
• Generosity / Stinginess
• Inherent Qualities
• Nobility / Treachery
• Quiet / Talkative
• Truth / Falsehood
• Young / Old
• Industriousness / Laziness

Relationships / Dealing with others

• Advice
• Blessings / Curses
• Cooperation
• Family
• Friendship / Community
• Love
• Marriage

Living and dying

• Death
• Health
• Life

Material Things

• Animals
• Food and Drink
• Luck
• Plants
• Wealth / Poverty

The Bigger World

• The Church
• Craic / Good Times
• God
• Freedom
• The Irish Language
• Learning
• Opportunity
• The Nation
• Nature
• Peace
• Right and Wrong
• The Weather
• Work

Do you have a seanfhocal you would like to see featured on our Seanfhocal na Seachtaine page? Send the seanfhocal (in Irish and English), along with a brief explanatory note if possible, to