gaelic meaning

[beloitpiper]

Sorry, I only do Irish and that is Scottish. Are you sure there's no accent marks on the button?

[george7]

Try posting a picture of the button.

[Kiltman]

Welcome from Eastern Washington State.

[slohairt]

I have the same buttons on my Argyll jacket. It is Scottish Gaelic written in the Old Irish alphabet, and it's a bit difficult to make out. Whether this is from the moulding or not, it is hard to distinguish the letters "i" or "l".

Mine reads:
Clann nan Gael (Family or tribe of Gaels)
An Grailib (Grallib, Grailibh?) na Creile (or Crelle?) (The ? of the ?)

There are definitely no fada (length marks/accents) on the buttons. As this is in the Old Script, it would have been represented by a straight line above a vowel, not like the acute (Irish) or grave (Scottish) accents used today.

[Jack Daw]

Hello and welcome from Houston, TX. I hope you enjoy it here.

[Daibhidh O'Baoighill]

from WV! If Ó hAirt can't translate it, it probably won't get translated.

[Mael Coluim]

from the Old Dominion State!

[SteveB]

Hello and a warm Celtic from Boston, Massachusetts.

[Beertigger]

Cead mille failte!

(which is very nearly the extent of my Gaelic)

[ThistleDown]

Welcome from Vancouver, Canada and Inverness, Scotland