Irish/gaelic button?

[Buttonman]

Not a lot of age or quality on this souvenir/fashion? button but I would be grateful for any information/translation on it. The letters appear to be Irish.

Thanks,

David.

[Buttonman]

Example of Gaelic lettering as on the button, courtesy of Wikipedia. Any ideas please?

David.

[btns]

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the letters are: dh n h e
google translates dhnhe from scots gaelic into english: today

[mike_vee]

Originally Posted by btns

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the letters are: dh n h e
google translates dhnhe from scots gaelic into english: today

First letter in an O .

It appears to be connected to ÓnaÉ :

https://ansionnachfionn.com/2013/12/...eireann-onahe/

On various sites/forums the title is written as OnahÉ :

you claimed the National Army were called OnahÉ or Irish Volunteers if you like.

The national army was the continuation of OnahE which they soon after officially referred themselves as.

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[tarabelle]

I've asked a friend about this he says its National Army but not to mistake that with the Irish Army as things were very confusing in the early days of the state and last days of british rule and depending on your ideology there were a number of organisations then and subsequently that claimed to be the rightful 'national army' he says its likely associated with either a pre partition force or has been picked up in later decades by some group or other

[Buttonman]

Thanks very much everyone for your help. Most intriguing, lots to think about here. The first letter is a capital D according to the alphabet in post 2 making DnahE it seems.

David.