Dictionary Entry

Ní raibh mise aige sin mórán ach bhí fear eile gur mhaith liom é ní amhráin anois ach eolas uaidh fear a dtugadh siad Tommy Ves, Tomás Tommy Burns, Tommy Ves a bheireadh sé do Phort an Chló agus bhí ardGhaeilge aige sin.

I didn’t have much to do with him but there was another man whom I liked—not for songs now but for knowledge—a man they called Tommy Ves, Tomás Tommy Burns, Tommy Ves he was called in Port an Chló, and he had excellent Irish.