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Quote of the Day — Irish Proverb

March 17, 2026

May you be at the gates of heaven an hour before the devil knows you're dead. — Irish Proverb
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Irish Proverb

The Irish Proverb, like the Irish Blessing, belongs not to any single author but to the collective wisdom of the Irish people, distilled over centuries of lived experience and passed from generation to generation through the spoken word. Ireland’s proverbial tradition is one of the richest in the world, a vast treasury of pithy observations about human nature, duty, faith, work, friendship, and the art of living well. These sayings, known in the Irish language as seanfhocail, meaning “old words,” represent the accumulated insight of a people who endured extraordinary hardship with remarkable humor, resilience, and clarity of moral vision.…

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From the Show

Kim Monson selected this centuries-old Irish proverb to mark St. Patrick’s Day on the March 17, 2026 broadcast, weaving the themes of faith, persistence, and good humor that ran through conversations with Brad Beck about Evacuation Day and Ben Monson about the guardian angel in his children’s book.

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Galore

In abundance; in plentiful amounts; plenty. Used postpositively to emphasize a large quantity of something.

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