Ba gráin leis é. = .i. It was an object of hatred to him. Bhí ainm an "informer" air agus ba ghráin leis na comharsain é. = He was a person to be hated.
Thá (an) ghráin ag gach aoinne air. = Every one hates him. Thá gráin ag a (g'a:) chomharsain air. = His neighbours hate him. Gráin mharbh. = deadly hatred.