Ba maith fer for a ferand fadessin.
Ba maith fer for a ferand fadessin.
(would be * good * a man * on * his * land * own)
A man were well in his own land.
Spoken by Conall Corc in “Conall Corc & the Corcu Luigde”, published in Anecdota, iii.59. Conall is in Scotland but wants to return to Ireland. The heavy alliteration on ‘f’ in the original lends this statement the feel of a maxim.