Dictionary Entry

Richard ODonnell as Baile Fhiacháin, Acaill uilig ag an am agus shocraigh sé an t-oileán agus an paróiste Acla uilig a dhíol agus ba é an luach a bhí ar an ar an oileán ná seacht mhíle dhéag punt. Rinne nAingeal iarracht an t-oileán uilig a cheannacht ach ní raibh sé ábalta theacht ar deich míle cúig céad agus cheannaigh sé.

Richard O'Donnell from Ballyveaghan, all of Achill at the time, and he decided to sell the island and the whole parish of Achill, and the value that was on the island was seventeen thousand pounds. The Angels tried to buy the whole island but he was not able to come up with ten thousand five hundred and he bought...