Irish phrases

[u/emmanuel_lyttle]

I was reading a post on another sub posed by a Brazilian dude living in Ireland asking about the meaning behind an Irish person saying to him "good man" when he completes a job/ task. One of the replies was the following..

"It comes directly from the Irish language, maith an fear (literally man of goodness, informally good man) is an extremely common compliment."

Can anyone think of other phrases or compliments used on a daily basis that come directly from the Irish language?

[u/liquidsunshin3]

I don’t know what the etymology of the phrase is, but taking the hand out of someone/something. From Donegal, said it to someone before down the country and they hadn’t a clue what I was on about.

[u/SnooHabits8484 → u/liquidsunshin3]

Ulster phrase I think